Chaos Is A Friend of Mine

Twas The Night Before Christmas

For the first year in a long time, we didn't have anywhere we had to be on Christmas Eve. We had a lot of fun at home getting ready for Santa.

First we made gingerbread cookies:

 

 

 

After dinner, we channeled our excitement about Santa coming into making foam gingerbread houses. (None of the real gingerbread house kits are peanut-free.):

 

 

West didn't want me to take his picture because he said his house wasn't done. But he kept taking it apart and starting over so it never looked any more done than this:

 

Then we read Twas The Night Before Christmas:

 

And finally, we put out treats for Santa and his reindeer:

 

We left hot chocolate instead of milk for Santa because Cash said Santa would be cold and want to drink something hot:

 

 

My plan worked - the boys were totally tuckered out after all of that and went right to sleep.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I Would Eat Them On A Boat

Cash decided he wanted green eggs and ham* for breakfast the other day:

(I don't know why he's holding a piece of sandpaper.)

When West heard that Cash was getting green eggs and ham for breakfast, he decided he wanted RED eggs and ham* because red is his favorite color. The results resembled the internal organs of a farm animal:

 

*All breakfast foods pictured were made by Travis.

O Christmas Tree

We actually got all of our holiday decorating done over Thanksgiving break! I dread it every year - I love the finished results but the process is tedious at best. This year the boys were so excited and wound up it was like we were working with two Tasmanian devils in our midst.

West concentrated on putting his ornaments on one particular branch:

 

For the finishing touch, the boys each took a turn placing the flamingo angel at the top of the tree:

 

Thanksgiving Train

All aboard the Thanksgiving train! Conductor Cash will take your ticket.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

From my two little turkeys:

Thanksgiving Feasts

The boys' preschool has a Thanksgiving feast every year. Before the meal, the kids sing a couple of songs for the parents. Cash's class had their feast on Monday and West's was on Tuesday. So we've already had two turkey dinners this week!

Hmmm, is West bored or tired?

Chaos Suspended

West is pretending to be Cash's pet baby alligator:

First Snow

We had our first snowfall of the season yesterday. It's already all melted but the boys were very excited yesterday morning when they woke up and looked out the window.

 

Chaos Suspended: Bunk Beds

The boys got bunk beds over the summer. They love sharing a room.