Christmas Events 2014

The month of December was busy, but not too busy.  I had decided that I was not going to bake this Christmas and it was a great decision.  The boys and I made a few treats together and they loved it, but it wasn't too much for three small little boys.  We also did not watch as many Christmas movies as usual because the boys are on a huge board game kick right now.  There was nothing more special than lighting the fire, sitting in front of the tree, and playing board games.  Clint even rearranged furniture and moved in a table specifically for games.  Memory was the most popular, and Beau can beat us all.

We participated in Operation Shoebox.  Beau did not understand that the shoebox was not for him and that caused an embarrassing moment.  We threw a Christmas party for our neighbor friends with Christmas themed after school snacks, cookie decorating, and other crafts.  We had an outing to get Orange Leaf and a nutcracker for each of the boys.  They love going to Hobby Lobby over the holidays.  We also got eggnog ice cream and took it to the park one very cold Saturday morning.  We drove around looking at lights and found some amazing displays.  We visited GG and brought her lunch.

Clint bought the "cashanova" suit for Christmas celebrations.  Hah!

The boys love their nutcrackers.  Paul especially loved to stack them as high as he could like blocks.

We went to Arkansas to celebrate Christmas the weekend before.  We learned our lesson though and are going to have to celebrate with my side of the family afterwards from now on.  The kids just all traded germs and everyone ended up sick.  But we went to Golden Coral for brunch (it is the kids favorite), then my mom had rented Boingo Bounce for two hours.  We had snacks and Christmas cookies at Boingo Bounce.  After the "kid party" we went back to my parents for visiting and a nice cajun dinner.  It was a great day.