Oh Christmas Tree

I debated a lot on if we should put the tree up and how to decorate it if at all.    Some said no, some said they would be good and you just show them not to touch anything and it would be fine.   Um, I doubted that!  Even if I just used plastic ones, Charlie thinks anything round is a ball (even nasty egg shells out of the garbage) so he would have to play with it and throw them!    Finally I came up with a solution.   I made tulle pom poms!   They are perfect.  I don't care if they get messed up, and Charlie and Adella can put them on themselves.  I knew if I used other ornaments if they took them off they would never get them back on and that would frustrate both of them.  I wanted the tree to be something fun and magical, and not to have to constantly say NO when they touched it (I have to do enough of that already!).  So it's not the prettiest tree ever, but it's simple and still magical in their eyes. I still need to get out the tree skirt and see how that goes and put the topper on. But for now, here it is!  And I bet you can't guess who put all the white ones on.

Thanksgiving

I wasn't very good at documenting Thanksgiving.  I wasn't feeling great and was completely exhausted by the time we actually started eating!   We were in charge of the Turkey's this year.  We brined two of them and did one in the oven and the other on a rotisserie on the grill.  Oh my gosh, the one on the grill was the best turkey ever!  I wish I would have got a picture of that, but it was amazing!

Charlie and Adella discovered how fun a trampoline can be.  Charlie especially loved it and was getting pretty good at bouncing.  It's so fun to watch kids learn how to jump!

And Adella learned how awesome chocolate pie can be!

And we all appreciated the gorgeous AZ weather that allowed us to enjoy being outside as well!

Making Waffles

Helping mom make waffles for lunch.  Yes, we had waffles for lunch.  Sometimes a mom just runs out of tricks!

Just for fun

My friend Laurel and I have been trading off babysitting one day a week so we each have a couple of hours to do the things we need/want to!  She took some cute pics of the kids playing outside one day. 

These kids!

I often find myself saying, quit being so cute to this girl!

And this guy loves yogurt