Messy Face

Apparently somebody likes cherry pie.  Seriously, this little guy can make a mess with one chocolate chip!  He's one messy eater but we love him to pieces!

Under the Weather

My little love bug woke up not feeling well with a tummy ache and spent most of the day lying in the recliner.  She even took a few little cat naps.  I love her eyelashes!

She looked so cute I had to snap a few photos of our love bug resting.  Thankfully she didn't fell bad not more than a day.

Our Elf Returns

Our elves surprised us with a yummy breakfast to welcome the Christmas season.  This year Griffin thought Julia might like a girl elf to join our family so now we have two.

They left Julia and Andrew a note along with a Christmas sticker book and a gingerbread house for us to decorate.  Oh, they brought us donuts too!

Now Julia is able to read her own note from the elves.

Close up of our new elf...Julia named her Jingle.  Isn't she cute?

Donuts...yummy!

Andrew loves donuts too!

It was definitely an exciting morning.

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

We're excited for the Christmas season and always love decorating our house together as a family.  Definitely a tradition I look forward to every year.  The kids have been really awesome helpers since they are getting older.

They worked together to decorate the tree.  I guess I was too busy decorating and didn't take many pictures.

That evening it was so warm we headed to The Collection for their tree lighting since we live so close.  We even ran into Ms. Marjorie which was Julia and Andrew's 3 year old preschool teacher.  We loved her and so glad both our kids had her as a teacher.  It was neat for Julia to see her since she hasn't seen her in a few years.  Oh, BTW Julia isn't wearing lipstick.  She won a candy cane and it turned her lips bright red and Andrew has green lips.

See it was warm, Daddy didn't even wear a coat.

Happy kids with yummy candy canes and not the red and white peppermint ones.

Such a pretty tree...I love the star at the top!

Black Friday Hike

Since we had some beautiful weather we decided to go for a hike the day after Thanksgiving. Great way to burn all those calories.  We thought about going to Amicalola Falls but decided against it since it's an hour away and Team Dennison was leaving later that day to start their long drive back.

The three older cousins all ready with their hiking sticks.

Such a beautiful day for a hike up Sawnee Mountain.

These three walked all the way to the top!

Cousins enjoying a snack together at the top.

Victoria is much more interested in her raisins than having her picture taken.

These two have such a special bond despite living 12 hours apart.  They are such great buddies!

Too busy watching Frozen to look and smile at me.  Blue eyes times two!

Such a fun little girl!  We had a blast with Team Dennison and can't wait until our next visit.

Thanksgiving Park Visit

We finally got some nice weather which happened to be on Thanksgiving so while Victoria was napping and the turkey was cooking we made a quick trip to the park.

Sisters hanging out and watching our kiddos and catching up.  Such a beautiful day and lots to be thankful for!  

The kids had a blast being able to run around after the cold weather we've had lately.

Pretty Julia!  Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and were able to count your blessings.

Roller Skating

After playing at the house all morning we headed to do some roller skating after Victoria's nap.  Julia and Andrew have only skated once before and Alexander has never been.  He did great with the help of the PVC pipes on wheels.

Andrew is really concentrating and doing great.

Julia is helping Alexander.

Cousins posing for a photo but it came out a bit dark.

Julia practicing with the PVC pipe but she really didn't need the help.

Me and my little guy.

Off she goes.

Look at my cute little guy!

All smiles!

There she goes without any help!

Julia did really well skating...I'm so proud of her and she loved doing it too.

All Fired Up

The first few days our cousins were in town it was quite chilly so going to parks was out of the question therefore we had to find fun things to do indoors.  With Christmas right around the corner we decided to go paint some ornaments one day which was fun!  Julia is all excited and ready to paint.

Andrew is all smiles and ready.

Alexander is ready to go!

Look at cute little Victoria painting her ornament.

Lots of concentration going on here with the tongue out and all. 

Looks like my kids have their tongues out when they are concentrating.

4 of the cutest little painters I know.

Victoria was too busy having a snack to get in the photo.

Fun times with cousins.

Balancing and ready to go home and have some lunch.

Hugs - Julia loves Victoria and Victoria loved her Frozen toys.

Love this photo of Victoria saying 'cheese' with her eyes closed.  Is she cute or what?  In case you're wondering she's holding a Frozen sheet of stickers.  She's definitely obsessed with Frozen right now which is absolutely hilarious to me.