Their own Christmas Trees

We are starting the process of putting out our Christmas decor around the house. Since it was a nice day today, Mitchell wanted to put out the Christmas lights around our deck, so we worked hard on that. Then when it got dark, it was time to decorate their own trees. I had some pencil trees that I had got a long time ago and thought the kids could each have one to decorate any way they wanted. I let them pick out their own Christmas lights and balls at Walmart today to decorate their trees with. They had a great time decorating them together. I got a few pictures of them having fun with their Christmas trees!

Fast Asleep

Since Elden is busy in the fields, we sometimes have a "Movie Night" together. Connor got to pick out the movie and wanted to watch the "cars" movie. We hadn't watched that for a long time, so I said we could. For the first 15 minutes, Connor was talking a hundred miles and hour and making his noises while he was watching it and then I didn't hear anything for a while. I looked at him on the couch and there he was, sleeping sitting up~! I thought it was too funny and had to take a picture of it! I guess the movie wasn't as exciting as he thought it was!

Turkey Cookies!

A close up of the cookies!

Mitchell and all of his turkey cookies!

Ever since Mitchell started preschool, he has been asking to bring snacks to school. Well, tomorrow was the big day so I thought it would be fun to make something special. Mitchell was suppose to help me make them, but I ended up doing most of it while the boys snacked on all the candy. I got the idea from online; it is made from Oreo cookies, candy corn for the feathers and nose and Reece's pieces for the eyes. They ended up turning out pretty cute! It is a good snack to make with the kids, not the most healthy though !)

What a Fun Day!

Mitchell's favorite hole!

Having Fun!

Connor trying hard to get it in the hole!

All of us at the mini putt place!

Mitchell and Tyler having fun!

All of us eating at Hickory Park! Yummy!

Today the kids and I got to have a fun day with our friend Jody and Tyler! We went to Ames for the day. We first got to go to Hickory Park restaurant for lunch, and then we did a little shopping at the mall. In order to get the shopping in, we told the kids that the Glow in the Dark Mini Putt (which was in the mall) wasn't open till we were done with shopping :) Everyone was so excited to go to Miniture golfing that we only made it through a couple of stores before we went mini putting! The kids had a blast putting together! It was a pretty cool place to go and I would recommend it to anyone if you are in Ames and were looking for something fun to do with the kids. I took a few pictures of the kids mini putting and of all of us together! Thanks Jody and Tyler for the great time!

Trick or Treating

This past Saturday, we went to the square in Newton and some of the local businesses passed out treats along the square. Usually, we always go to Skiff hospital for trick or treating, but due to the H1N1 virus, they weren't doing it inside of the hospital. So I thought we would go on the square for something different. Mitchell was a race car pit crew and Connor was suppose to be Thomas the Tank Engine (Mitchell's costume from last year), but he wouldn't put it on; maybe he will next year! We went with our good friends, Ken and Carrie and their kids Valarie, Anneke and Micah. The kids had a blast together and even though it didn't take us long, it was still fun.