Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year: Christmas Bucket List 2018

10:04 PM

Thanksgiving is over and December is fast approaching.  And this is by far my most favorite time of the year!  Ever since I was little I have loved Christmas and all that goes along with it!  I love decorating the tree and house, spending time with family, baking cookies, listening to Christmas music (especially Andy Williams), Christmas Eve service, and buying gifts for family and friends.  Now that I have babies of my own I can't wait to make this time of year as magical for them as it was (and still is) for me!  There are so many things I want to do with Will, James and Ellie this year: here is our Christmas Bucket List




What are your favorite things doing during the holiday season?

diy costume

Halloween 2018

9:58 PM



Happy Halloween!  This year was so much fun, all of the kids were excited to go trick or treating.  Ellie didn't really understand exactly what was going on, but she enjoyed carrying her candy bucket, putting pieces of candy into it and watching all of the other trick or treaters. And Ellie really did carry her own bucket for the entire 45 minutes we were out walking around!


Will and James on the other hand really understood what was going on this year and couldn't wait to put on their costumes and head out to the neighbors to get candy!  We have been talking about it for a while and they got to do a practice run at Daddy's work on Monday. After getting the candy at Daddy's work they were excited about the opportunity to get more candy!

The boys were also excited about their costumes.  They picked who they wanted to be this year and have been telling people for about a month or so who they were going to be.  As I slowly pieced their costumes together they became more and more excited!!

I had told them that I wanted to take their picture before we went out trick or treating.  In hopes that if I prepped them they would actually let me get a picture of them without too much of a fuss.  And it kind of worked because about an hour before we were planning on heading out the boys started asking to put on their costumes so we could take a picture!

It really was a fun night!  The boys kept asking to go to more houses and did a great job saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You" for their candy.  One difference this year was the boys were scared of some of the decorations at some of the houses and would say "No Thank You" and keep walking past not wanting to get candy from those homes.

When we got home Will and James had just as much fun handing out our candy to all the trick or treaters that came to our house!  They were excited when kids would knock on our door and as we were tucking them in they were still peeking out their window to watch the remaining trick or treaters go by.

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween!



A little side note: I was super excited with how Will, James and Ellie's costumes turned out.  My mom has always been super crafty and she actually helped me piece together the boys costumes last year since she happened to be in town, but this year I was on my own.  I wasn't sure about making the Donald Duck costume but it turned out better than I thought it would! It took me a few tries and I gave myself a pretty bad hot glue burn, but it all worked out in the end.

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