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Because I just can’t come up with a catchy blog title and I have a slight headache and don’t really want to try.

You know you have done a good job getting your kids in the Christmas spirit when your son walks up to you in the middle of your holiday baking and sings “I’m in a store and I’m singing…….I’m in a store and I’m siiiiinging!!” That’s my kid. Can you tell we have watched our fair share of Elf lately?

Sooooo I have been trying to do some fun stuff with the kids before the holiday season is over. Saturday we had an entire day with no plans!! It was glorious, and what made it even better was that Josh took the night off and hung out with us. That, my friend, never happens.

Here is what we did Saturday day:

Oh yes, that is a hot mess right there. We declared it pajama/onesie/ladybug headband day!!!

So the kids spent some time reading books (aka dumping all the books out as well as the crayons and sitting amongst the pile) while I did some cleaning.

Harper needed a tissue at one point, and by tissue I mean the entire roll of toilet paper!! Still rockin’ that headband.

Then it was dance party time! The kids think this new floor puzzle  is a dance floor…..we just go with it. Please don’t be jealous of baby girls white legs, I made her a spray tan appt. for next week.

Mid-way through the day I got the urge to bake (shocking, I know!) So we all headed out to the store. Please don’t fret, I did dress my children before we went, and the headband stayed at home.

I gave the kids their own pretzels and chocolate to dip, why you ask? Well see picture below:

You KNOW these kids are all about double dipping and lickin’ tho fingers, and you KNOW this girl is not about to let those pretzels get mixed in with my germ free ones.

Who doesn’t like to sport a straight up mullet on a chilly Saturday afternoon? I sure do.

Oh this picture is so classic them. Harper looks pissed and Pax looks annoyed.  Please be entertained by the following series of pictures:

Dirty hands? Problem solved.

That night we drove around to look at Christmas lights and watched Christmas Vacation with Pax. It was a good Saturday, I feel I earned my  Good Mom badge that day (other days….not so much….but that day, yup!!)

So this is a repeat story from Facebook but have to share anyway. Josh was home with the kids on Tuesday while I was at Teen Club. He was in our room and all of a sudden Pax comes running in and told Josh that Harper had opened one of her presents from under the tree. Josh went in the living room and sure enough Harper is CRADLING the box with her doll in it and says “yook (look) Daddy, baby.” Josh took it away from her and she got in trouble, yadda yadda yadda.

Fast forward to later that evening. I am home from Teen Club and went into the kitchen to get dinner started, open the fridge to find this:

 

Oh yes, Harper hid the wrapping paper in the fridge! I laughed so hard when I saw that. I am not even sure if she was hiding it or went in to get a snack and just left it in there. It could go either way knowing her.

Speaking of Harper, I never did post any pics from her birthday (wow Mom of the Year right here) so here are a few that I took after she opened her presents from us, her favorite thing is obviously the cat:

Future player Coach Morrell?

AND did you know that my other child, Pax, had his first Christmas recital? Well you wouldn’t would you because I haven’t blogged about that either. Honestly I didn’t get any good pics from that because he was on the opposite side of the stage from where I sat and was all the way up in the corner. I did my best:

Someone just came through the door to surprise the kids…………

It’s Santa, in case you didn’t know.

Pax did ok at the recital. He kept playing with his sleeves and making faces at me. He would do so good practicing all his songs at home with me but I don’t think he is much of a public performer.

This is as close as Harper would get to him and Paxton wouldn’t sit on his lap either. He said he already told Santa what he wanted at Tony’s work. I am pretty sure he is still traumatized by this from 2 years ago:

 

Oh-em-gee this still makes me laugh so hard when I look at it, never.gets.old. (PS-do you die at how tiny Harper was, cause I do).

And we conclude this completely random blog post with even more pictures I have forgotten to post.

These all turned out super grainy, but when a rare photo opp. occurs and both children are willing to participate, you DON’T have time to mess with the settings on your camera and you just go with it!!! Especially because the last 3 pics are a rare display of affection from both of them and I am so glad I got that caught on camera. So one day when they are screaming at each other over who ate the last pudding pack (ahem AMBER!!!) I can bust these out and say “kids, you used to love each other and one day you will be best friends so please don’t hit your sister over the head with your backpack!!” (I may or may not have done that when I was little).

I may blog again before Christmas, I may not…… I’m not sure, I dunno if I’ll have enough time (name that movie) but if I don’t then Merry Christmas everyone, hope yours is filled with family, fun and wine, I know mine will be (especially the wine part)!!!

Oh yeah and one more thing……….congratulations to this cutie-patootie couple:

My Brother, Tony, and his FIANCE Tara, they just got engaged on Sunday (oh girl do you even know what you are getting yourself into with this family?) You know what that means? ANOTHER WEDDING!! I freakin’ love weddings!! Love you both!