Feels like His Christmas present

Dylan has really enjoyed jumping on the neighbors new trampoline. He has really worn himself out. I see more days of jumping in his future. Thanks neighbors for always sharing and allowing us to intrude :)

Dylan is in the aqua shirt. Their youngest son and Dylan could be mistaken for fraternal twins even though he's a year younger. Same cut and color

 Wrestle time

Craft Day

Depending on his mood and the day, if you ask Dylan where we live, you could get any answer.  For the most part, he will say Tennessee, but the city, he doesn't quite understand that concept.  One day, I was telling him how his friend that takes gymnastics is from Africa, and he said like us.  He was dead serious. I thinks we are from Africa because I have been there a few times and we have had a few people from Africa stay at our house. I think he gets a little confused.  

To clear up any confusion, we decided to embark on a craft that I found on pinterest.  It was super easy. The only things needed are paper plate, markers, construction paper, scissors, glue and a binder clip (or yarn). These are things most people have around the house. When Dylan asked to do a craft the other day, my mind immediately jumped to this one. 

The circles include : my house (with address), my city, my state, my country, my continent and the paper plate is my planet.

Wordless Wednesday

Christmas 2011

We had our immediate family over our house on Christmas eve.  This included my mom and dad, brother and his family, and my grandparents. 

Here is Trinity (14 months) and Natalie (10 months)

 Natalie didn't know what to make of things.  She was a little unsure. Especially with the crowd.

 Dylan enjoyed getting lots of games. He's really gotten into playing games.  This one is like Jenga but called Critter Crash. He called it Skit Skat.

 Trinity and Natalie again

 Smiles for Mommy

Christmas morning at our house. Natalie was all smiles as usual

 In their PJs 

 Her attempt to unwrap a gift

 Hollywood

 The one thing that Dylan asked for, "a mega T-Rex"  He said it was his favorite present.

 He got a new playdoh creation station. Damien has become the expert molder. I think he enjoys it as much as Dylan

 My one request for Christmas, a Christmas picture with my kidlets.

 Dylan enjoying his new tablet

December 25 Advent and Elf

Advent Calendar : Make Jesus a birthday cake.

While we were putting frosting on the cake. I asked Dylan if he wanted to put red sprinkles on it. He insisted on green since it's his favorite color.  I explained we only had red. He asked if God liked the color red. I said, yes, he loves every color because he made them.

Later that night, I was eating a piece of it and he said what are you doing? I said eating a piece of birthday cake. He said, that's God's cake. I said, we get to eat the cake too because he wants us to celebrate Jesus' birthday.


The elves had a little gift that they wrapped up.

The letter said,

Dylan and Natalie,

It's Christmas! Woo Hoo! See the present we wrapped, open it, go on....then come back and read the letter.

It's Jesus. He's the greatest gift ever. Born into the world as a baby and died to be our best friend forever. I am so thankful for Jesus. I want to shout it from the mountain tops. I love Jesus! How about you?  See you next year.

Love
Batty and Peppermiz

 He was opening the gift. All I could think was I hope he doesn't get mad when he realizes this isn't a gift for him per say.

 Then the reveal. It's baby Jesus.  (There is a story behind this baby Jesus.  I got a nativity from Malawi during my first trip. It's carved of wood and it's really pretty. They wrapped it for me at the market, so I didn't bother unwrapping since I thought it would travel well.  I got home with the nativity and guess what, no baby Jesus.  I guess I got them to low on the price and they taught me a lesson.  The following year and I had to hit up everyone in the market for a fair price on just a baby Jesus.  They really priced gouged me compared to what I paid for the entire nativity. )

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Merry Christmas!