It's Pat!

Our elf, Pat, was sent by Santa at the beginning of the month.  Since then he has been watching who has been naughty and who has been nice, and let me tell you, he has been busy!  Here's some of the shenanigans he has been up to (in photos, because that's how I function).

Pat covered our windows with snowflakes!

Super Pat!

A tea party with Buzz.

Just hanging out.

Doing the Tango with Frosty.

Trying to get a good view of the monsters...I mean angels.

Enjoying a Coke.

He favors the aerial view.

Fishing.

Wishing C&P a Happy Birthday!

and a note.

Pat sent peppermint seeds to plant!

7:00 am planting mess.

Putting on the "magic sprinkles."

Look what grew! (Found out they hate peppermint, just like their Dad!)

Finishing off the syrup with Jersey Shore Ken.

I'm sure Pat will go out with a bang on Christmas Eve!

Pirates & Princesses

We celebrated C&P's birthday with family & a few of their buddies.  C& P chose a Pirate & Princess themed birthday party, even though I had my heart set on Toy Story. 

A cake fit for a princess.

A walk the plank cake.

One day I'm just going to have a Christmas themed birthday party, aaand done!

Where's Ariel?

Swag!

Snow White.

He's ready to swab the deck!

He could not wait for everyone to finish eating so that he could eat cake!

Three year-old twins, Holy Cow!

We sing twice, 1st to Paige....

& then to Cam!

All the kids in their pirate & princess gear! (or at least as close as a photo with 7 three year-olds gets!)

 

PARTY SUCCESS!

Happy 3rd Birthday

I just blinked, and now they are THREE!!  

1st, let's reminisce...

9 Days Old.

Peace out, NICU!

Fist pumping.

Personalities established before they hit 3 months.

10 Months

And now at 3!

Paige...
likes: orange juice, coloring, cheese, drinking bath water, playing dress up, apples, Beauty & the Beast
dislikes: potatoes, mint anything, Yo Gabba Gabba, closed doors, time out

Cameron...
likes: chocolate milk, Legos, Star Wars Bonus Material, Pirate Booty, bananas, sorting good guys from bad guys

dislikes: potatoes, Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus, mint anything, hot food/drink, time out

 

Happy Birthday Cam & Paige!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...but not feel like it with 60 degree days in December!  Global warming isn't that bad ;)  These almost 3 year-olds are loving all things Christmas!  So far, the car rides after before bed to check out the lights in the neighborhoods are their favorite!

Time to put up the tree!

Helping with the plastic ornaments.

The only shot of the whole tree, and Dad's awesome pj's!

Clark, hanging the lights!

Seeing Santa!  He asked for Star Wars Legos! (Don't worry his pants aren't really that short.)

She whispered to Santa the whole time, and asked for Sofia the Princess

 (That dang doll isn't even in stores, Santa has his work cut out for him!)

On a sleigh ride with Piper.

Look who arrived...It's Pat!

Stay tuned for Pat's crazy shenanigans!

Thankful

We are thankful for health. (Can you believe they were once 4 lbs?)

We are thankful for a full house!  (19 total!)

We are thankful for Pinterest.

We are thankful for perfectionists.

We are thankful for cousins that share their laser guns.

We are thankful for Grandpa's that push us on the swing...and the 60 degree weather!

We are thankful for cousins.

We are thankful for the new baby arriving this winter!

We are thankful for family!

Go Huskies!!

Cam & Paige were so excited to wake yesterday to find out if their NIU Huskies won the Mac Championship, again...and they did!!!!  

Courtesy of niu.edu

Courtesy of The Jayne's

Go Huskies!

It was fate that we saw a pack of huskies at the DP Winterfest!