Friday, December 11, 2009

It's Christmas Time...

I just love this time of year....there really is nothing better than seeing Christmas through a child's eyes. This is the first year where Greyson really "gets" it. He's telling me the story of baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, all of it. He also tells me all about Santa and he didn't even cry when he saw him (he still didn't like him though....or look at him). He has told me that what he wants for Christmas...."Mommy, I want prizes and birthdays!" That seems easy enough...he's going to get his wish this January as it is birthday central with both of the babies turning a year older. I can't believe how time has flown this year. It feels like Hannah was just born, and Greyson just turned 2. Now, our little Hannah is pulling up and cruising, and we cannot get Greyson to stop talking.

We have been SO busy this month with tons of Mommy get togethers and special family Christmas outings. I don't know what we'll do when this holiday festival ends, but I don't even want to think about it yet. Greyson is just completely in love with all things Christmas. He is also obsessed with relationships....and by relationships I mean the relationship of different things. Right now he is stuck on how some things are big, and some things are little. He keeps telling me that "Hannah is yitto (little) and tiny, Mommy! I am big!" I try to keep getting him to say it, because it's just so cute that he doesn't say his l's right. I can't seem to capture it on video, but I'd better get that done quickly or he will start saying it correctly, and I'll have missed it. Here are some pics from our adventures over the last couple of weeks.

Hannah's 1st Christmas tree...it had to be pink and green to go with her room of course!
We had our 1st "snow" here in Texas quite early....well, we usually don't get one at all so it was rather exciting. Nothing stuck, but Greyson loved "getting ice on my hands." It was really fun to watch, and I hope we get a good ice/snow before the season's over so Greyson can really play in it.
Chi Chi was cold, and she needed to wear her warm weather gear for the occasion. Daddy with the kids playing around in the living room. Greyson likes to feel big and "hold" Hannah. They are really starting to play together. Hannah is in love with her big bro, and he sure enjoys the attention. Hannah is just getting too big too fast...she's pulling up and cruising on everything. This also means that she is getting into even MORE "forbidden" things. The list continues to grow of things she finds that I can say an ignored "no-no" to every day. What can I say....it's a gift!With the big success of the Land of Gar (Garland) Labor Day parade we thought we would take Greyson to a big parade for Christmas. We took him to the Adolphus Children's Christmas parade, and it was a huge hit! We would have taken Hannah, but it was absolutely frigid that morning so Grandma was gracious enough to watch her. Greyson was all bundled up to try to keep warm. The best view of the parade...Greyson so happy after seeing Toot and Puddle and Bob the Builder.I decided to take the kids to see Santa on my own on Monday. Santa had some tricks up his sleeve for getting a non crying picture which I was very grateful for, but he still wasn't high up on the kid's liking list. Greyson was scared, and Hannah was screaming. Here they are all dressed up.Hannah after the pic playing at the mall play area in her tutu...Crawling around having fun...Hannah in her super cute beanie...We took the kids to the Bass Pro Shop Christmas Wonderland last night. It was SO fun! They had TONS of stuff to do, and it was all free. You just can't beat that...

Greyson loved the trains of course!He also loved the ATV!
Hannah loved it even more!Mommy was SUPER excited that Daddy taught Greyson how to shoot a pump action shot gun ;-). He sure loved playing with that thing....Greyson's friend Anders came too, and they rode the ATV together.The kids rode with Daddy on the Merry-go-round.He loved driving the boat.and looking at fish...There's still so much more to come in the next few weeks, and I can't wait to enjoy more fun experiences with the kids. Off to enjoy the quiet for a few minutes while both kids are napping :-).

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