Santa Visit

We went to see "Santa" at Bass Pro Shop today. They had a great set up there. They call it the Old Fashioned Christmas. There are little trains set up and tables where the kids can color and write out a list to give to Santa. They also had a small firing range with Red Rider B B Guns!!! Of course the boys tried that!! Logan played with the remote control car thing for quite awhile too!! They really did a good job and everyone there is very nice anyway. The icing on the cake....all the pictures are FREE!!! They took one picture of Logan with Santa, one with both boys and Santa and one of the whole family with him. All for free!!! The best part was Lincoln!! I knew that he would scream, but I told Matt that I wanted a picture of that! Matt (surprisingly enough) was reluctant to do it and told me it was cruel. Well, we put him on Santa's lap and sure enough, he lost it!! But the picture is priceless. Matt says now that the picture is a riot and he can't believe that he almost didn't do it!! Afterword, Logan whispered (no small feet for him) in my ear "That Santa is definitely a helper because his beard isn't real". I am so glad that we decided to talk to him about Santa's helpers...there is no way to get one over on that boy!!!

Christmas Decorating

We decorated the tree and house last weekend!! I just love getting things ready for Christmas! This was the first year that Logan really cared about it all. He actually picked out our tree this year. I wanted a different one and he fought very hard for the one we have. I figured that if he cared that much, I would have to give in!! Also, he really helped decorate the tree this year. He has "helped" other years....but not really. This year he looked at each ornament and thought about where it should go. Although, he did show preferential treatment to one branch in particular!!! Meanwhile, all Lincoln wanted to do was eat the ornaments! It is going to be a VERY fun Christmas!

Toothless Logan

Logan lost his front tooth!! That thing has been wiggly for a very long time!! He finally messed with it enough and out it came!! This is his third one to lose all together, but definitaley the most noticable!!

Lincoln's Tunnel

Lincoln is in total explore mode lately! He has been getting very brave and has started trying to climb the furniture. Yesterday he found out that he could crawl under the table! He slowly started in and then when he came out the other side, he kept going back through again and again! He was giggling the whole time! I am so happy that he is mobile now. I love how such simple things can be so entertaining!

Great Thanksgiving Vacation

We really needed a week away....and what a week it was!! We had a great time at mom's (Nana's). We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with tons of yummy desserts!! Logan helped make some of the desserts and he helped Nana make a breakfast bread too! We went to the beach on Friday and got to catch up with my cousin Carrie and her family. She has two kids Emily (almost 8) and Jake (almost 5). The kids had a blast playing in the sand and the Gulf! Matt loves the beach we went to because it is known for sharks teeth. Mom and Matt did some digging and came home with a ton of beautiful teeth! Nana has a pool and a hot tub at her house, so Logan was all set. Lincoln even got into the pool a couple of times. It was a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful trip to Florida!

Lincoln and I have been working on this one for a couple of weeks now.......

4 Wheeler Ride

Logan is really getting good at this big brother thing. He had a really good time riding Lincoln around on the 4 wheeler. He said that Lincoln could stay in the bucket "As long as he wants". He went slow when he needed to and kept turning around checking on him. I'm sure that going that slow was a bit boring to the kid who has been riding that thing for 3 years...but he was really good about going slow for Linc.