What's Been Going On

December has brought about a very busy but fun month for our family. Here's a few of the things that we've been doing....

We met my sister Rachel and her family at Bass Pro Shop to get the kids' picture taken with Santa. They have a beautiful display and the pictures are free!

The kids loved decorating the tree this year. At first we couldn't get Deklan to leave the ornaments alone, but he's being good about it now!

Rachel and I put our boys in their pajamas and took them to the library. The library offered gingerbread cookie decorating, caroling, and pajama story time. However, our boys were too hyped up on sugar once story time was starting, so we left and went to Rachel's where they could play and burn off some of that energy.

I joined Grafton on his last day of preschool to help him build a gingerbread house. We had so much fun!

This isn't exactly something we did, but I was happily surprised to find this picture in my camera.... It's my three favorite guys!

My Dad came in town to meet his newest grandson as well as visit with the rest of us. One evening we went to our outdoor mall where they had carriage rides, carolers, and it snowed over the play area.

Deklan loved the snow and even tried to eat it.

Grafton was mad the snow wasn't real and was actually made of foam bubbles.

The boys and I took my dad (their papaw) to the airport and said our goodbye's. I don't know what my deal was, but I cried on and off for two days over him leaving!

We spent an evening at my mom's to have a delicious dinner and open presents. Rachel and I thought it would be fun to go in our jammies (especially since it was a cold and rainy day) and now we may do that every year!

Our church brought in snow for the kids to play in after church. It worked out perfectly when we arrived between services and hardly any kids were out there.

Grafton spent his time throwing snowballs at me and Deklan kept eating it!

I think it will take us a month to recover from our busy December!

Feed the Birds

Grafton loves animals, and even more specifically, ocean life and birds. Whenever we go to the zoo the birds are one of the animals he likes to watch the longest. He comes by this fascination honestly because my Grandmother is also an avid bird lover. In fact, she's known as "The Bird Lady" in the retirement community in which she lives.

For Grafton's birthday my Grandparents decided to help Grafton with his bird watching by buying him a hummingbird feeder, two wild bird feeders, and a bird bath. They came by our house a few days before Grafton's birthday party so that they could spend the afternoon putting everything together.

Grafton's "Nanny GG" explained to him what everything was for and which type of birds each feeder would attract.

We walked to the dirt lot across from our house to find rocks so that Grafton could weigh down the bird feeder. 

My grandparents secretly left some river rocks there for Grafton to find.

Next, it was time to mix the birdseed for the feeders.

The limbs on our trees are not heavy enough to hold the feeders, so we purchased a rod-iron stand to hang them from. Now we constantly have birds at our house from sun up to sun down. Grafton enjoys watching them, filling up the feeders with seed, and replenishing their water every couple of days.

Thank you Nanny & Pappa GG!

Taco Salad Tuesday

For as long as I can remember, the clubhouse in the community where my grandparents live has been serving taco salads as their special every Tuesday.  I meet them for lunch a few times a year to have a taco salad and enjoy the company of two of my favorite people.

Today the boys and I joined my grandparents for "Taco Salad Tuesday" and we were able to sit outside where the weather was perfect!  I was impressed at how well both of my children behaved, which is always a relief.

After lunch we went back to my grandparents house where Deklan napped and Grafton played a little golf in their backyard, watched a movie, snacked on a cookie, and...

Tried on my Pappa's cowboy boots.  

It was a wonderful Tuesday and Grafton is already asking when he can go back to his Nanny & Pappa GG's.  The "GG" stands for Great Grandparents, and GREAT Grandparents they are!