Visit with Santa Claus

The first Friday in December was our ward Christmas party. And, as is typical with our ward, it was perfect and super fun. We had dinner, enjoyed a live nativity put on by the primary and sang some Christmas carols.

All day long the boys had been talking about how they would get to see Santa that night. They were so excited!! All through dinner, they kept asking if it was time yet, so when it actually was time to see Santa - they were ready to go! Until they actually saw Santa, of course...

Brychan did okay. He instantly became super quiet and shy. We had to do a lot of reassuring that it was okay and he could tell Santa what he wanted. He did tell Santa that he wanted dragons for Christmas (which is what he's been saying all along and still says now if you ask him).

And this is as good as it got with Kehlton. He would not take one step closer to Santa. Even when Santa offered Kehlton a present, Kehlton just stretched his little arm as far out as he could so he wouldn't have to get any closer. Maybe next year!

My little Bug and I waiting for Santa!! Wish he would have stayed this excited when Santa actually arrived!

Kehlton's Birthday

Our little guy is 2. His birthday was pretty low key; mostly because of my stellar mothering skills. Things had just been so incredibly busy for the entire month prior to his birthday that I never really had time to plan his birthday. And while I feel horrible about that, I do think he still managed to have a pretty good birthday!

The day before his birthday, Lala and I took the boys to the library, which is one of their favorite things to do. They played for a couple hours and got to bring home all the books and movies they wanted.

Kehlton's actual birthday was just spent at home, waiting for Daddy to get home from work. On my way home from work, I stopped to get him some balloons. They were obviously a big hit, as he fell asleep for his nap still tightly clutching one of his balloons. (Don't worry - I took it away as soon as he had fallen asleep!)

Kehlton loves Winnie the Pooh. This cake is as close as I could get to Winnie the Pooh. I looked everywhere for more Pooh birthday accessories, but they were all for 1st birthdays only. This little beehive cake isn't quite finished in this photo, but I'm glad I took it when I did 'cause the boys ripped into it seconds after I had taken the photo.

After Daddy got home, we had chicken nuggets and apples for dinner (one of K's favorites! For breakfast we had waffles and strawberries...) and then opened presents. Opening presents was really hard for Brychan, but he was a pretty good sport about it, and tried really hard to be patient.

Just a random photo of K...this was after a morning full of crying and rubbing his eyes, but he insisted that he was NOT tired. I set him on the couch, went back to change the laundry, came back and found this. Nope! Not tired at all.

Such a sweet boy! We sure love him - even with all his mischievous ways!!

Glendale Glitters

Okay. So first of all, a zillion apologies. It's been forever since I've posted anything, and now that I am posting something, the pictures are less than stellar cell phone photos. But, things have been insanely busy over here. A massive giveaway on my other blog. Thanksgiving. Custom Kadydid orders all over the place. Kehlton's birthday. Christmas parties, Christmas parties and more Christmas parties (I've already been to 2 parties, hosted 1 and am hosting another one tomorrow night. After that, that leaves just one more party to attend. I think.). But don't feel too bad. This blog isn't the only thing being neglected around these parts right now!

The weekend after Thanksgiving, we decided to head out to Glendale Glitters. It's an entire, month long celebration in downtown Glendale. Lots of food, lots of vendors, lots of activities and LOTS of lights! We went opening night to catch the lighting ceremony.

Brychan was kind of excited about the excursion until he saw this:

And then he was SUPER excited. About riding the bus. The blue one specifically (luckily, that is the one we ended up on!). He could have cared less about the lights, but the bus ride was everything to him.

We walked around for awhile, had some dinner and looked at the lights.

It was a fun way to kick off our holiday season!!