Weekend Before Christmas

The weekend prior to Christmas was pretty low key - we started our morning out with a new breakfast receipe that I found on Pinterest. The boys helped me make it and it turned out really yummy and fun since the boys helped out.

Here is a picture of bacon egg and cheese biscuit/muffins.

My guys being silly at the breakfast table
After breakfast was over, the boys headed out to get some football time in.

They were pleasantly surprised when they looked up and saw Santa coming down the road on a firetruck! I think it seriously was Grayson's dream come true - Santa on a firetruck, coming to his house AND he brought candy. Perfect!

I love that our community fire department does this each year for the kids - it is so sweet and the boys LOVE it!

Lance's School Christmas Party

I feel so far behind on my blogging - I have not gotten any of our Christmas activities on here yet. So, here we go, I am going to attempt to get caught up.

First up is Lance's school Christmas Party - all the kiddos in his class had a great time! They had some yummy snacks, played BINGO and made a craft which was a Christmas tree ornament; which I love so that we will have it for many years to come to remember this special year in my little guys life.

Here is Lancer enjoying some of his snacks with his buddies.

Grayson always hangs out in the kitchen in Lance's class room during party's -

at least it keeps him entertained :o)

All the kids enjoying their snacks.
Playing BINGO - let me tell ya, this boy is competitive!
Not sure where he gets that?! ;0)

Working hard on his craft. I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of the finished product but it was a candy cane Christmas ornament - very cute!

We love his school party's - it is nice to get to hang out with Lance in his classroom and get a little taste of what his school days are like.

Polar Express

The boys love to read and watch The Polar Express during the Holiday season. So, my Mom and I took them to Branson to ride on the Polar Express. We surprised Lance by picking him up early from school and we surprised Grayson by picking him up early from Mothers Day Out, we didn't tell them where were going until we got in the car and they were SO excited!

Here are some pictures from our fun afternoon!

Mimi and her boys before we boarded the Polar Express

Showing off their new trains they got.

Testing the hot chocolate

Mmmmm....

Getting their tickets punched

The hobo - Grayson was NOT a fan!

Merry Christmas!!

Santa

We went to see Santa the other day after school and the boys were so excited. On the way to the mall, we talked about what they were going to ask Santa for. Here are their lists:

Lance:

1. Bicycle

2. Wii games

3. Race cars

Grayson:

1. Bicycle

2. Fire truck

3. Kitchen

Their lists change daily with new additions! They both have been good boys this year and I cannot wait for a memorable Christmas morning this year!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Parade

This morning we bundled up and headed to the Bentonville square to watch the annual Christmas parade. The boys loved watching all the floats and most of all collecting the candy that they were giving away! Both of them had bulging pockets by the end of the parade. Here are few pictures we snapped mostly as we were waiting for the parade to start.

Pancake Breakfast

Lance's school hosted a pancake breakfrast for a fund raiser a few weekends ago. A local restaurant is generous enough to donate their facility for the school to have this great event. Lance was beyond excited when he brought the volunteer sign-up sheet home from school.

Here is Lance, our waiter for the morning. He was so cute - he was nervous at first but once he got the swing of things, he did great! His favorite part was cleaning up the tables.

I love this sweet boy and his heart to want to help others - he is such a sweetie!

Quick Weekend Getaway

A few weekends ago, we loaded up and headed to Branson with our good friends Chad and Allison. It was basically a quick trip for the guys to go fishing - we headed over Friday afternoon and came back Saturday afternoon. Allison and I were able to squeeze some Mexican food and a little shopping in, well, as much as you can squeeze in with a 2 and 5 year old. The guys still owe us a shopping day :)

Here are the guys before they headed down to river to fish, looking good I might add! Sadly, this was the only picture I got from the whole weekend :(