December 2017

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These two just crack me up



Not the best picture, but I just love how Rex carries Cooper up the stairs sometimes



Poor Min was neutered this month.



 
Grandma Dixie had her annual Christmas Cookie Party - I think this was the first year I didn't have to help a single child with the frosting!  I only had to be on Lick Patrol - making sure they didn't lick the knives. :-)





After the cookie party, I took the boys to go see Santa at the mall.  Waiting in line was so hard for these cute little guys! 


The wait was worth it, though!  



Cade likes to ask for the red gel after he gets his hair cut by a friend of ours.  Pretty cool, eh?



My mom sent us a package with a little nativity figure to unwrap each day this month.  She made these!  Aren't they super cute??  I really like how the boys (not sure which one) arranged the wise man on top of the camel. 

Of course that's where he goes!



It's the last day of preschool before the Christmas break for Cade and his friend Carson!  They make adorable reindeer, don't they?



This is our attempt at decorating a gingerbread house... I think we're doing something wrong...  But the boys are having fun snitching the candy, and that's what it's all about!



At the cousin present exchange, Sam got this fun Rube Goldberg machine (I had to look that up!) from... one of his cousins. Pretty fun!



We took a New Years Eve walk down the trail and to the park.  Aiden pushed Cooper and made sure that he was plenty hydrated and everything. :-)



This means that the walk was a success.

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