Well, we have participated in every kind of Christmas activity you can think of this year!! I think I've had more fun than the kiddos though! I have scoured for activities that I thought the boys would like, and I think we did pretty good! We started off the month by visiting Santa in the mall. Lincoln did VERY well this year (although he looks slightly constipated in the picture - which I don't have a digital copy of btw). He actually sat in his lap, and told him he wanted a "dozer" actually specified a blue one! And Liam thought Santa was hilarious! Must've been the beard. He just kicked and cackled the whole time!
Then we took a trip to the local library to listen to Santa read Christmas stories. This was SO cute, and hopefully will become a yearly tradition. He may not have been the best LOOKING Santa ever, but he was SO animated and did a great job reading the stories. He even stuck around afterwards so all the kids could sit in his lap and take pictures.
Again, both children did great with Santa!
We did lots of Christmas cookie baking (my husband swears I made cookies every night this month) and even did some Christmas painting involving hands and feet made to look like reindeer!
Gosh, I just LOVE these boys...
Ashley's birthday was also this month (he turned 29 again). Lincoln and Liam helped him to open his presents. Afterwards, we made our way to the Boonville Christmas parade, then to Santa Claus to drive through the lights.
It was a perfect day for the parade. A bit cool, but not too bad at all - and perfectly sunny!
It was held right around the square, so Lincoln loved running around and getting to climb on the courthouse steps.
Liam just loved trying to eat the grass.
The parade had a TON of firetrucks, tractors, ambulances, police cars and - of course - candy! I was worried that Lincoln wouldn't like how loud the trucks were (since we were 5 feet from them!), but he didn't seem to mind at all! He was waving and watching like crazy.
And poor little Liam, bless his heart, really hung tough. Until he just couldn't take it anymore.
When we finally got back in the car, Lincoln finally gave it up too. Sucker and all.
We stopped to get some pizza while we were in Santa Claus, and then went over to the festival of lights. If you haven't been, and you have small children, you should absolutely go. It's over a mile of Christmas lights that tell the story of Rudolph. Super cute. And Lincoln LOVED it.
Of course we went through the lights at Garvin park, too. Although there aren't as many as Santa Claus, the boys still love it and Lincoln even requested to go through it "both" (his term for twice).
Mim-mim and Pap took them to a "living" nativity at a church in Bowling Green where they got to see all the manger animals as well as "baby Desus." Of course when I called to see if the boys liked it, mom was crying (we shoulda stuck with the name "Drama-w") telling me how sweet they were...
Awww look, they do love each other...
And incase you didn't catch this picture yet, it's definitely worth seeing. This is it... Real life folks. Welcome to my world... Total meltdown mode, all over a picture...
But we managed to catch enough sweet moments to make up for the... um... not-so-sweet moments... ;)
Christmas Day is right around the corner, new post soon!
Well, we have participated in every kind of Christmas activity you can think of this year!! I think I've had more fun than the kiddos though! I have scoured for activities that I thought the boys would like, and I think we did pretty good! We started off the month by visiting Santa in the mall. Lincoln did VERY well this year (although he looks slightly constipated in the picture - which I don't have a digital copy of btw). He actually sat in his lap, and told him he wanted a "dozer" actually specified a blue one! And Liam thought Santa was hilarious! Must've been the beard. He just kicked and cackled the whole time!
Then we took a trip to the local library to listen to Santa read Christmas stories. This was SO cute, and hopefully will become a yearly tradition. He may not have been the best LOOKING Santa ever, but he was SO animated and did a great job reading the stories. He even stuck around afterwards so all the kids could sit in his lap and take pictures.
Again, both children did great with Santa!
We did lots of Christmas cookie baking (my husband swears I made cookies every night this month) and even did some Christmas painting involving hands and feet made to look like reindeer!
Gosh, I just LOVE these boys...
Ashley's birthday was also this month (he turned 29 again). Lincoln and Liam helped him to open his presents. Afterwards, we made our way to the Boonville Christmas parade, then to Santa Claus to drive through the lights.
It was a perfect day for the parade. A bit cool, but not too bad at all - and perfectly sunny!
It was held right around the square, so Lincoln loved running around and getting to climb on the courthouse steps.
Liam just loved trying to eat the grass. 
The parade had a TON of firetrucks, tractors, ambulances, police cars and - of course - candy! I was worried that Lincoln wouldn't like how loud the trucks were (since we were 5 feet from them!), but he didn't seem to mind at all! He was waving and watching like crazy.
And poor little Liam, bless his heart, really hung tough. Until he just couldn't take it anymore.
When we finally got back in the car, Lincoln finally gave it up too. Sucker and all.
We stopped to get some pizza while we were in Santa Claus, and then went over to the festival of lights. If you haven't been, and you have small children, you should absolutely go. It's over a mile of Christmas lights that tell the story of Rudolph. Super cute. And Lincoln LOVED it. 
Of course we went through the lights at Garvin park, too. Although there aren't as many as Santa Claus, the boys still love it and Lincoln even requested to go through it "both" (his term for twice).
Mim-mim and Pap took them to a "living" nativity at a church in Bowling Green where they got to see all the manger animals as well as "baby Desus." Of course when I called to see if the boys liked it, mom was crying (we shoulda stuck with the name "Drama-w") telling me how sweet they were...
Awww look, they do love each other...
And incase you didn't catch this picture yet, it's definitely worth seeing. This is it... Real life folks. Welcome to my world... Total meltdown mode, all over a picture...
But we managed to catch enough sweet moments to make up for the... um... not-so-sweet moments... ;)
Christmas Day is right around the corner, new post soon!
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