Christmas Pics and Randomness

I realized I didn't take very many pictures over Christmas.  But here are a few to prove we did celebrate:

 Sorry Sam, probably not your best picture... but it's the only one I had. 

And we enjoyed having you with us this year.

 A quick picture before bed for no apparent reason.

 Stewart cutting Stew's hair.

I cut Ryan's hair a week later, but it turned out terrible. He doesn't like getting his hair cut, but I was tired of his shaggy hair, so I basically pinned him down and tried to quickly buzz it off.  You can tell from the picture below it did not go well.  I refuse to try cutting his hair again.  :)

TOP 5

1. Watching a 2 yr old boy all day for someone in the ward and the kid was an angel the whole day. 

2.  11:00 Church.
3. Downton Abby, even with the drama.
4. Jimmy Fallon's Downton Sixbey 
5. Evie, Stew, Me and UNO.

BOTTOM 5

1. Evie having a type of asthma and she hates using the inhaler. She keeps thinking the coughing is going to go away on it's own like a cold.
2.  Cooper, the dog upstairs, apparently getting a new ball for Christmas. He loves to pick it up and drop it every few minutes on their hardwood floors.  It's a treat for the ears.
3. Poppy seeds.  I love you, but I always get at least one stuck in my teeth.
4. Almost telling an older lady in our ward to "put on her big girl panties" and just do your visiting teaching. ( I definitely thought it in my head.) She was complaining about a assignment change and said she wouldn't do it if her VT companion and sisters weren't really close to where she lives.  Our ward fits inside like a 4 block radius.
5. My twisted pelvis really bugging me this week.  I need to get on a regular routine with a chiropractor. 

Christmas Wish

Evie came home from school and handed me this letter:

It says, " Dear Mom,  Can I pretty please have a ipad.  I will put math games on it.  I will buy it with my own money.  I will do all of the chores.  Love Evie."

If she could actually follow through with those things...  then absolutely!

This Week's:

TOP 5

1. Little Ryan saying, "Just two minutes" when I ask him to do anything.

2. A gift that was on back order and wasn't suppose to ship until Jan. came this week. Hooray!

3. Putting Evie in an Art Club that meets after school on Mondays.  She loves it and I love seeing what she brings home.

4. Hallmark, Lifetime and ABC Family Holiday Movies. Love them!

5. Christmas cards.

BOTTOM 5

1.  The ice in our condo parking lot still hasn't melted.  Arg!

2.  A certain child having an enormous amount of ear wax.

3. Having several books I'd like to read, but my Library doesn't have them yet.  Boo. 

4. Speaking of books, I still haven't read Allegiant.  Ahhhh!  

5. I still haven't see the final show of Amazing Race. I've tried to watch it several times online and it keeps having a problem.  Surprisingly I still don't know which team won.

Annual Pumpkin Patch Trip

 Stew coming down the pipe slide.

 Ryan and Stew leaving me behind in the hay maze. It was really tall. They loved it, I got a little claustrophobic.

 Stew getting as close as he dared to a huge pig.

 The corn pit is always a crowd pleaser.

 Making a corn angel.

Having fun on the small hay pyramid.

You may have noticed Evie isn't in any of the pumpkin patch pictures... she wasn't with us when I had the camera. We went multiple times so she got to go a different time.  :)

 Stew as a knight, Evie a kitty for Halloween

 Ryan refused to wear his lion costume, so I stuck a note on his hat that said "Stubborn 2 yr old".

 Ryan actually let Sam's girlfriend cut his hair.

Mischievous little monkey

TOP 5

1. Ryan saying "spooookyyy" for anything and everything related to Halloween, referring to a pumpkin as "pumpkin patch", and calling any type of candy as "candy corns".  

2. It didn't rain on the night of our ward Trunk or Treat.  (Whew, I was in charge of it.)

3.Finally ordering Ryan's baby book of his first year.

4. Sunny giving me an awesome $20 off coupon, which motivated me to get his baby book done.

5. Stew finally being old enough to hold his own with board games.  We've been playing a lot.

BOTTOM 5

1. Ryan getting croup a couple of weeks ago.

2. The Dr. saying he'll most likely get croup with every big illness that come through because of his asthma.

3. Candy

4. Dying to read "Allegiant".  

5. Not ready for winter weather to come, I've really enjoyed our beautiful fall weather this past month.