Christmas!

Santa came early to our house this year! We all had a great day and were so excited that he (Santa) knew that we would be gone. We are leaving on Friday for Utah! We are so excited to be going home for Christmas! Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Where's Santa?

I was finally able to get Marcus on film with Santa. He is still a little shy with the real Santa but with our place mat Santa then he is definitely not shy!

Our Fun Week!

This week has been a lot of fun. First off we made some Christmas cookies while the boys were in bed and Brian made a fun Christmas tree cookie especially for Marcus. Brian and I were so excited to give it to him. Well...he loved it! He just kept saying "Christmas tree cookie" and then getting this huge smile!

We also were able to go meet some of Brian's classmates at a very impressive ice skating rink. Marcus loved to watch them all skate around.

We went to the Macy's Nutcracker display, and ended up waiting in line for quite a while but I loved it! Marcus and Tyson liked it too, but Brian probably could have done without. It was really impressive, I loved all of the 17 scenes.

Well even though we had a great week, Brian still had to study quite a bit. Here is Marcus reading aloud Brian's finance material. He just doesn't understand what is so hard about it.

Brothers

Boys, boys, boys! I love them! I believe we have the sweetest little boys ever. The past couple of days they have really been enjoying each other more and more. Marcus has always been a sweet boy to Tyson but I guess I am realizing how much Tyson really loves Marcus. About every time Tyson wakes up from his nap and Marcus is asleep he doesn't really know what to do, he gets so bored. I guess I am not as exciting as Marcus is. But when Marcus is awake then he just follows him around and tries to give him kisses. Today Tyson crawled up all of the stairs for the first time. He was so quick that it looked like he had done it a thousand times. I think that the main reason that he was so quick was because Marcus was in the lead! The boys were both laughing, it was the best ever! I sure love being a mom!

Santa's Coming to Town!

Finally on Wednesday night we put up our Christmas tree. Ya, I know we were a little slow at getting it up. We had wanted to get a real one but we decided against it. We won't be here for Christmas so we wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it. Our neighbors had two fake Christmas trees and only wanted one, so they gave us this wonderful Christmas tree. We love it! I don't even have to worry about keeping sugar and water in it! Don't worry though we have a pine candle so it can still smell like Christmas. We ended up decorating it after the boys went to bed but we both couldn't wait to see the boys reactions. Marcus still doesn't quite get it but they both really enjoy the lights, ornaments, and they also really wanted to open their presents! Tyson couldn't wait, he has already partly opened one of them.

SNOW!

So we finally got snow December 1st! Marcus really enjoyed it but I only let him enjoy from afar. We probably have about 7 inches now, it snowed more yesterday. Well today after we went to the library I gave in and let him play outside for a little bit. We don't have snow stuff yet so I couldn't let him play for too long. He really loved it! I think that he really liked to make his own tracks in the snow. He kept walking around and then looking behind him at his tracks in the snow. I let Tyson walk around (me holding both hands of course) and he really thought it was great! I think that the only way I got Marcus to come in was to tempt him with a good cup of hot chocolate! Yep he takes after me! Okay Brian likes it too...who doesn't!

Marcus making his tracks!

Tyson doesn't look too happy but he really did like it I promise! Our apartment is in the background.

This is just outside of our apartment he calls it his "truck" it really is just a jeep that he loves to play on.

Bus!

Marcus just loves buses! While we are driving around town he is always letting me know where all of the buses are... orange ones, white ones, and even sometimes green ones! In the morning when Brian leaves for school Marcus just gets a sad little look on his face and says in a low little voice..."Dad bus." It really is the cutest thing ever! Well last weekend he got to see what Dad gets to experience everyday and I must say that he really loved it. We went to the Holidazzle parade where everything is lit up with Christmas lights and we rode the bus into town. I think that Marcus actually enjoyed the bus ride more then he did the parade and he really enjoyed the parade. At the end of the parade Marcus got a wonderful surprise... a bus all lit up! He really loved it! We really had a great time!