Saturday Statues

The boys had their picture taken today and the photo studio was in a super swanky shopping center.  I should have saved the hours spent in yelling child and irritated parents hell and taken pictures by the decorations

Doesn't the reindeer look like it's open to a conversation?

 

 

There were fun statues tucked everywhere.  We only went to a small section of the place, but I want to go back & explore.

Those are some big balls

Jack was loving this train but it was $3 for kids and $2 for adults, way too much for a less than 5 minute ride.  He had fun waving at it as it went by though.

These were real pretty & sparkly, I couldn't capture that though.  :-(

It's an elf!

Jack was fascinated by the coins in the fountain.  I gave him one to throw in and he would have thrown everything he could find if we hadn't pulled him away

Hi doggie!  patpat

Ornaments!

Jack picked out our ornament for this year.  He & I went to Kohl's and we searched through all the displays and he loved this one a bunch.  There was another one with a Santa face in the icicle that I may have tried to sway him towards, but Jack liked the snowman.  This one is more detailed for sure.

Jordan's initials! 

Carl's first Christmas ornament.  They didn't have many real first Christmas ones, but this was pretty cute so I plan to put the date on it.

Ok, this is Jack's real favorite.  He was in love with all the light up ornaments like this and the snow globe type thingies too.  I really wanted to get one of the snowmen globes for him but he found something else that used the budget up, I'll explain further down.

It lights up different colors

Oooohhh...

Both of the first Christmas ornaments that we picked out for the boys

Jack making sure all the ornaments face the correct way

I really like the candle setting on this camera. 

This is why there was no snow globe for Jack.  We were walking past one of the price checking stations, where people always leave random stuff, and Jack went running over yelling "CAWOOOOL" and picked up a soft Pooh rattle.  He put it right into the basket and kept putting it back each time I asked him if he was sure.  We came home & he wrapped it (with a little help from Mama, he couldn't figure out why the tape wouldn't stick) and put it under the tree for brother.  It was so incredibly sweet that I couldn't say no.  Such a sweet big brother.  :-)

This, That, & The Other

Before Pete & Kaye's wedding

First snow!

I made rolls for the first time and they were pretty tasty!

New hat!

Rawr!

 

97 cent onesie!

Making a card for his cousin

 

He looks like a little man & it makes my heart hurt a little bit

Snazzy jacket

Jack's doggy friend

Jack started yelling Baybeee and pointing at this Santa.  It was across the road and my old camera would not have gotten this close of a shot.  Love my new camera!

 

New Camera