My how time flies...

Where has the year gone? Spencer and I were talking about how we only have two Sundays left this year. Aaahhh! The new year is upon us. And soon my JJ will be 5. Double Aaahhh! The holidays and birthdays have been keeping me busy, so here are the last 10 days of photos:

 

BATMAN RETURNS

We have unexpected visitors to our house all the time. 

 

The kids made a mega mess one day, it started out by playing "restaurant" they got out the toys for all the kids who came to eat. 

 

Thursday we went to the mall for the Christmas Concert, the kids enjoyed playing in the Dinosaur play area after.

 

Once there was a Snowman! 

JJ made a snowman mask and got dressed up in white.

 

On Friday we celebrated JJ's birthday at preschool.

 

Saturday Eva and I went to a dance program, she was very excited to see Santa, she drug me across the auditorium when I asked he if she wanted to see him.

 

Sunday we went for a walk, it was a great day for December.

 

Spencer gave me a DSLR for my birthday. I was playing around with it on Monday. It's been a long time since I used an SLR, I've got a lot to figure out!

 

On Sunday we celebrated the Pratt December birthdays: Jason, Myself, John, JJ, and Avery. A gift JJ received was broken upon opening, so I returned it to Target and let JJ pick out a toy. It took about an hour, he ended up picking out the toy story bucket of soldiers.

Busy Thanksgiving

Well life has been crazy. So here are about two weeks of photos:

 

The kids are getting so excited for Christmas. Eva wore this around for two days straight.

 

This is Eva's "why can't I go to preschool" face.

 

This snow capped mountain was beautiful. The picture did not do it justice. Now that we've had plenty of snow and freezing cold temps it doesn't seem so splendid.

The kids have been enjoying painting lately.

 

There's my smiley JJ!

 

JJ is so creative, he wanted an oxygen mask, so he taped a cup cake baking cup to his nose. Looks good to me!

 

Eva and Shoomp.

Thanksgiving started off with my Mom's family. I made a turkey and 4 dozen rolls. Later we went to Glen and Maryann's. I bakes 4 Pumpkin Pies for their house. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. At Glen and Maryann's house Eva fell in love with Chelsey's dog "Shoomp". Shoomp is a good dog, Eva wasn't the afraid of him, thankfully! Usually she gets scared of dogs, and I end up holding her all night. 

 

Congrats to Jeff and Sarah, who were married on Friday!

 There's my boys sledding!

 

Eva LOVES wearing dresses these days, she loved wearing her Christmas dress to church.

 

Monday was decorating day for the Festival of Trees. This year our theme was "Music Making Memories", we did it in honor of my Mom. My Mom is an amazing person, she's had a lot of trials in her life, but she always had music to brighten her day, and she would brighten our day when she'd burst out in song. Our home was filled with music, laughter, and yummy food. Especially at Christmas music takes me back to my childhood, "performing in the ballet", singing Jingle Bells as fast as Barbra Streisand, listening to music as we made countless treats for ALL the neighbors, ect... 

I love you Mom!!!

p.s. our tree was in a bidding war and sold for $1160. which goes to Primary Children's Hospital. 

If you get a chance to go, our tree is located on aisle M #8. Read some of the stories if you get a chance- it's very heartwarming!

 

I've been dying to put up the Christmas tree this year, I think JJ's enthusiasm is wearing off on me. I was excited to get it up.

And finally, many thanks to Lily and Avery for the Advent Calendars, JJ and Eva loved them. JJ said he wanted to sneak another chocolate, I told him I'd know if he did, because a day would be missing. We'll see what happens. Happy December to you all!