Apparently, Ben doesn't like these and I thought he did. Didn't he love them last year Mommy? Oh well! Simon and Talon enjoyed them... Beb wasn't feeling too good yesterday though, maybe that was the problem...details to follow!
Spiderman Cars!
Ben's actually has The Sandman from the Spiderman3 movie. He thanked Jesus for his "sandy car" tonight before dinner. He wanted me to take this picture. :)
It was so cute. All 3 were running around making hot rod noises. Oh my boys.....
Red & Green Rice Krispie Treats!
When Tal took his first bite he said "yum".
Yum! Ben wanted me to take these pictures (gasp!!!) of him taking huge bites. Then Simon joined in. And of course Talon.
Then they were off to get haircuts and baths. We had our Stevens Family Christmas yesterday so I'll post some pics of that tomorrow! It was a great day! We spent the whole day over at Grandma & Grandpa's. Braandy Buttah! Oh yeah baby! Happy Christmas everyone! :)
Now I have this nearly 2 year old kid who says candy cane and Christmas tree numerous times a day. In his own little way of course. And says "cheese" every time he sees a camera. You can hear him when the video first starts. :) I'm glad I finally got it on video. I just did it with my camera because it was right there...and I can't figure out how to upload from our video camera anyway. I really need to do that.
I took these pictures tonight. I was doing my daily Christmas tree needle vacuum (man, does our tree lose the needles this year! :( 2 and a half more weeks!!!) and Talon was "helping" me. When we were done I put him under the tree so he could look up at all the lights. He didn't want his pajamas on yet (could my boys be any more different???) so here he is looking like a fat baby under the tree. :) He just looks so young to me...
until I see these, that is! :)
Then reality hits that he is no longer a tiny baby.
On the 3rd day of December my mommy gave to me...
Tiny Nutcracker Ornaments.
As you can see, and as we all know...Ben did not want his picture taken. Oh, what fun!
It's too big to fit in the actual calendar...wonder what it is?
Baby Bottle Pops!
The picture taking saga continues with my dear little Bennett... Got them all organized and took this picture, then realized he didn't have a shirt on! Seriously, did I just say that? Did I really not realize he didn't have a shirt on? YES! The answer is yes!
Better! And he's smiling!!! Gotta love that!
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On the 5th day of December my mommy gave to me...
Chocolate Golden Coins!
Pajama boy strikes again...refusing to look at the camera. Talon is putting his wrapper on Ben's head. That's what you get Benny!!! :)
Yummy, candy necklaces!
Boys don't wear necklaces!!! 
Just so you all know that Ben does not live in his pajamas! We all know that he actually loves to be dressed in anything but clothes...wearing silly shoes or hats, even gloves. But he LOVES his pajamas - all of them. So he changes into them daily, usually before dinner. Then takes them off before bed. That is why he has the same ones on in yesterdays pictures, because he wears them in the morning when he wakes up before he gets dressed for the day, then decides it's time to go back to the p.j.'s for a bit in the evening. Funny boy! :)
On the 1st day of December , my mommy gave to me...
A bouncy Cars Movie ball!
Yes, it's been that long since I posted about our dear friend sitting on a jar on my kitchen counter. And yes, he's been sitting there for 61 days now! So, here's what's been going on since day 21 back in October...
About a month ago, I could actually see some eye buds. Pretty amazing.
About 2 weeks ago, Ben was standing on a chair "helping" me do the dishes. He said to me, "Mom, I want to see Slimey." My hands were all wet so I told him to wait and I'd show him in a few minutes. Apparently, that was too long to wait because without me knowing, he picked up the jar and was checking Slimey out all by himself. I went to grab the jar and noticed that it was upside-down. I completely freaked out! Now let me just tell you that I was a little extra emotional at this time, if you know what I mean. Thinking back now, I realize that it's just a caterpillar. I ran down the stairs screaming to show Jon the jar. Neither one of us could see poor little Slimey. I took it back upstairs where Ben has this terrified look on his face because of how I reacted. He said, "I just wanted to play with my pet!" Hugs, kisses, apologies.....and I'm back to trying to find Slimey. I mean everything we had in there was all over the place. I did finally find the chrysalis out of the cocoon in some grass. The cocoon was made in the grass, if you'll remember and that was amazingly still in tact. So I was able to get him back into his cocoon (without touching it, mind you) and there he sits.
I look in on him all the time and he still looks the same. Jon keeps saying he's dead but I don't think so. Wouldn't it be all shriveled up by now? And it's still shiny. Wouldn't he be all dull if he was dead? Here's hoping for a spring butterfly or moth......
We chose a tree in about 2 minutes. I handed Stephanie the camera and asked her to take a picture of us with our tree. Somewhere between wiping snot off of Talon's face and getting Ben to look at the camera, Talon got loose. Jon ran off to get him while I stood in front of our lovely tree with Simon and Ben. 
After Jon grabbed Talon he lifts this other tree up and says "Hey, what about this one?!" Stephanie and I were both like, "Ooohh, I love that one. That one is much better! It's such a nice shade of green!" So off we go to get our picture taken with the new tree. 
As Jon's tying the tree onto the van I say to Stephanie, "This is usually one of our biggest fights of the year!" She says, "It's my presence!" I said, "You're coming every year from now on!" Okay, it's all tied on and we head out for dinner. We ended up at Red Robin and had great food. The kids were really good too. And the raspberry limeade was awesome!!!
Tah-Dah!!!!!!!!!! It's straight (almost) and it looks so good! I think the Lord fixed the top of our tree somehow while I was at Target or something because that thing was crooked!!! And I am loving my new star. Since we got married nearly 8 years ago we've had the same grapevine star, which I still like, but I happened upon this one at OTP and had to have it!
I'm not even going to post about the ornament process. I won't put anyone through that whole ordeal. But here are a few pictures that look like everyone is happy and enjoying themselves. Let's just say for the record, they were not. Neither was I. I actually had to leave the house at one point. Oh What Fun!!!
But the bottom line is...the tree is up and relatively straight. We're ready to start the Christmas season...again!
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