Christmas Cookies!

Nick and I decided that it might be fun for the guys to make Christmas cookies this year and decorate them so that's what we did today! Conner and Ben are ready to start making cookies!

They really wanted to get their hands on that rolling pin and Ben finally got his chance...



They had to take a little break after using the cookie cutters to run around, but then they returned for the fun part... decorating!

Conner couldn't quite grasp the concept that you were supposed to hold the sprinkles above the cookies and not actually touch the cookie with the sprinkle holders... the result was frosting on everything and lots and lots of sprinkles on all of his cookies! (and everywhere else...)

Daddy tried to help Ben use a little less sprinkles...



We're done!!!!

Conner and Ben really enjoyed themselves! We will definitely have to do this again! (But not too soon...) The cookies actually turned out pretty good!!! Of course Conner just wanted to eat the frosting off of his after dinner...

Too much information?

This may be too much information for some of you so if you don't like kid's poop stories feel free to stop reading here...

Poor Ben is fighting a stomach flu, I fear, and tonight the diarrhea started in for him. He was doing really well most of the night. After bathtime we all settled in the boys' room for a goodnight story (about snow...) and Nick was just about to start reading. Ben stood up suddenly and walked away from both of us and we knew what that meant... Ben stood there for a second kinda rubbing his tummy and then exploded loud enough to shock all of us! Then he turned around and looked where he had been standing as if he really expected there to be some evidence of his explosion on the floor! (Luckily that did not happen!) It was hilarious because he kept looking at that spot on the floor in disbelief. He just could not understand how there was nothing there!!! Maybe you had to be there, but we all laughed so hard!!! Conner who has taken a very big liking to seeing how loud he can possibly fart was very impressed with his brother!

The Santa Saga...

We went to see Santa at Daddy's HyVee this morning! Conner sat with him for a long time. He didn't really talk to Santa but he was very content to sit on his lap. Benjamin was not so content... He screamed and cried when we put him on Santa's lap!

After we got this last picture, we tried to convince Ben that he could just stand next to Santa or that Daddy could stand with him next to Santa, but Ben didn't want anything to do with him! I'm not sure what his deal was except that when we got home, he kept saying that Santa was scary! I am very happy that we were able to make it to see Santa since Ben was kinda sick yesterday and I wasn't sure when the freezing rain was going to start today. But we made it there and at least Conner enjoyed himself! Could have been worse... could have been both of them crying in the middle of the store!

Hard at Work!

The boys have been taking some awesomely long naps this week, so most afternoons by the time they got up, I was in the kitchen thinking about what to make for dinner. They have really enjoyed hanging out at the kitchen table and watching Mommy cook. Ben went and got his laptop today and then brought one in for Conner to use as well!





The kitchen is our new hangout...

Long Saturday Morning...

Fun with Play-Doh on a long Saturday morning!

After playing for a while, the boys had combined a few of the colors (green, brown, and yellow) to make an interesting shade... I asked Ben what color it was and he thought about it for a moment and said "poopy..." Nice...

Injuries...

Yesterday at school, the boys both had accidents at school. I took their pictures this morning to show off their injuries! Conner apparently fell off the top of a slide and he got a few bruises on his head! Luckily his hair covers most of them!

Ben apparently walked down the top of the sandbox cover and slipped and fell on the cement. He has a good bruise right on his forehead for all to see!

I must admit I was not at all looking forward to what news I would get today. Yesterday, in addition to the bumps and bruises, we spent two hours in a ENT doctor's office and concluded that the boys will be getting tubes in their ears in a couple of weeks. So I was really hoping for good news at school today...

Conner had a great day...

Then there's Ben who decided that it would be fun to crawl through the window of the play kitchen that is set up in his classroom... it did not end well... the teacher said he was pretty scared when the kitchen wall toppled down on top of him! Maybe it will get him to think twice about doing that again...???

Must Be December...

I can't believe it is December already, but our Christmas tree is up and our spare bedroom is littered with presents and wrapping paper so it must be!

I pleaded with Conner and Ben for a picture in front of our tree...



The finished product... I'm still debating whether or not to string popcorn though...