One Week Away!!

I can't believe that Christmas is only a little over a week away!! We are so pleased this year that we finally get to celebrate Christmas morning here at home with the boys! Of course, we will go and see extended family later that day, but we will begin our day at home. The boys are excited to make cookies for Santa and the idea of waking up to presents the next morning. They have both been constantly telling every Santa we see what they want. Clayton saw someone yesterday in the store with a Santa hat on and called him Santa. I love this age and this time with my boys!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!

What do we teach our Children?

Yesterday at Tuesday School when I went to pick the boys up, there was a discussion going on about what we teach our children about Santa. There are some there at church that allow and encourage their children to believe in Santa. There are others, that feel they are lying to their children if they do that and tell them that there is no Santa and that parents buy the presents. Now these children are slightly older than or the same age as my boys and are telling the boys that Santa isn't real...which in turn causes them to come home and ask questions about Santa's reality. When B asked me yesterday, I just turned the question on him and asked what he thought...did he think Santa was real? He said he did, so I told him that maybe he needed to ignore the kids that were saying these things.


So, my questions are: Are we lying to them when we allow them to believe in Santa? I look at it as being a fun part of the season and don't see a problem with it. However, the thoughts are there now.

Tell Santa what you want....

We went to a Parents as Teachers function last night and the boys got to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted. Neither of them were shy at all! They told santa over and over what they wanted. Brent told Santa that we were going to leave him cookies and milk and wanted to know what kind he liked. Would plain cookies be alright? Of course, Santa said yes, but then Clayton piped in and told him to make sure he washed his hands before he ate the cookies and milk. Santa got awfully tickled at the boys and told us of another girl who was there earlier in the night. She told him that last year when he ate his cookies and milk he left a huge mess in their kitchen and she and her mom didn't appreciate it and could he please be more careful this year and not make a big mess. Apparently, her dad was standing there and heard all of it and was laughing his head off! Of course, it was dad who ate the cookies last year and made the huge mess, but the girl naturally blamed Santa!

Merry Christmas!

By the way....This guy is local and makes a great Santa, don't you think??

Our Tree 2005

Just wanted to share a pic of our tree for this year...the boys were so excited to put it up and did a really good job helping with the ornamets. Of course, with their help all the ornaments ended up on the bottom 1/3 of the tree, so I went back and moved some so the cat wouldn't have a hay day with them. Enjoy!

Bunk Beds!!!

Saturday, we rearranged a little bit! We decided to turn the spare bedroom into a school room, because school stuff is taking over the dining room and living room! Anyway, that meant the boys would need a different bed setup...so we decided to bunk them. They are so excited. We worked most of the afternoon and evening and finally got it all done. Then Sunday we built some stairs for the top bunk (cuz brent was having a hard time getting to his bed). I've added some pictures. The boys are so excited. The next step is to clean out the spare room and set up their desks for school. There is so much to do, but we are all very happy with the results we've had so far. Brent said yesterday when we got home from Tuesday school, "Tuesday school is fun to go to, but home is even more fun to go to." Gotta love it!