Dirt Digger

My little man loves digging in the dirt. We are enjoying the warmer winter in NC. It's a week till Christmas and the temperature was 69 today!

Gingerbread House

We had quite a time decorating a gingerbread house this year.  Kellen was all about the candy.  He was so sticky by the time we were finished that his hair was even spiked up.  Even so, it still turned out nice. 

 

My Little Elf

Kellen has been having so much fun digging through all the Christmas decorations.  He tries to be very helpful...

oops, this one wasn't a "real" ball. 

Our Christmas tree before decorations,

 and after.

Its a little smaller than usual, but still looks nice.  I love coming in the house and smelling fresh pine. 

Happy Birthday Daddy

Billy celebrated his 30th birthday last week.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the birthday boy, but I did get pictures of Kellen tearing up a piece of chocolate cake and icecream.  YUM - MY!   

Happy Birthday to a wonderful husband and father!  We love you, even if you are 30!

Home Made Ornaments

Since Kellen is getting a little older now, I wanted to start some holiday traditions with him.  So one of the projects that we've done so far is making home made ornaments out of a flour salt dough.  Of course I thought it would be a great idea to do his hand print before he gets to big.  Caution:  This was not as easy as I thought it would be.  Trying to get a toddler to sit still and put his hand in dough was very difficult.  With that said, I still think they turned out pretty good.

 

The "Sweetness" of Motherhood

So earlier in the week, Kellen seemed to be a little more clingy than usual and just not quite himself.  Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to the signs....Wednesday night we went to care group (Kellen seemed fine, other than just not wanting to eat much that day).  He was a little upset, so I stayed with him and the other kids.  He spent most of the time just sitting in my lap.  He appeared to be very tired.  Then, just as he was starting to fall asleep he got sick!  By sick, I mean vomited all over me and himself.  What a mess, and at someone else's house.  I was so embarrassed, but knew there wasn't anything I could do but take care of Kellen.  We got him home and in bed, and of course by the morning he seemed perfectly fine.  I am thankful for times like these, when I'm reminded that even being vomited on, can be "sweet" when your little one is sick. 

Dadda's Ewws (Daddy's Shoes)

Kellen loves shoes, just like his Mama.  I have to keep them hidden, or he would wear our shoes around the house all the time.  He's not the most steady on his feet wearing shoes 10x to big for him.