Merry Christmas!

I believe this is the first of many early Christmas mornings for Aaron and I. The kids were up at 6:30 and ready to tear down the hall to see all their presents. We had to help Levi wake a little, but it didn't take long to get him as ready to go as Rebecca. Here are lots of pictures from this morning, now its on to breakfast and full day of playing with out kiddos.

 We opened stockings yesterday, and this was the only not blurry picture of Rebecca.

 Levi confiscated Rebecca's bubble bath, but looks a bit guilty, doesn't he?

 The baby doll I found for Rebecca, and the one all the clothes I made fit....or should fit?!

 Aaron setting up the kids tent, they are gonna love this!

 A really nice size tent for the kids.

 Aaron building a "sea snail" out of city blocks. Rebecca has wanted to build this since we got her first set of blocks on her birthday.

 Now we own three sets (300) blocks and although the snake looks great, we still don't own enough city blocks to complete him. Looks like we'll be buying more....valentine's maybe?

 Rebecca wanted to do an experiment to see if Santa is real or a 'fake game' so she set out cookies and milk last night. Spoiler: The cookies weren't touched so she has deteremined he is fake. ;-)

 Levi's puppet theater.....I'm sure they will both enjoy playing with this.

 Silly boy.

 Its a four man tent if you are the size of our little man!

 Rebecca got a Bitty Baby from Grandma.....I remember well the year I got my bitty baby and she is still around and looking well loved.

 Loved his expression when he opened his puppets.

 Teaching the finer points of puppetry.

 Still a bit groggy.

 Daddy's present from the children.

 Found the escape door. Someday we'll add a tunnel attachment to this thing.

 Loving her baby.

 For new Baby Alldredge. Less than ten weeks and then we'll know if we've been blessed with a boy or girl!

  More baby to love!

 Her onery glance right before they knocked him down.

 Levi's first train set!

 Farm magnets from Papa and Mare.

 Light Brites are very compact these days, nothing like the big box with a bulb in the back that had to plug into the wall. LOL

 Mr. Conductor.

 When sister asked for a turn...no way!

 He lost his sleeper when he opened up his fancy socks from Papa and Grandma, but didn't actually get around to putting the socks on.

 This is keeping him really busy!

The doll clothes fit! Doesn't this baby look almost real?!

Distractions!

I can't believe I missed the whole month of November, not one post all month. There seems to be a direct correlation between the time I discovered pinterest and when my blog began to suffer. We have been crafting, cooking, sewing and decorating for weeks now! We love this season and Rebecca is a great age for helping with everything! A picture is worth a thousand words...so here are some pictures of what we've been doing lately.

 Paintings for above the couch...the floral just didn;t match our Christmas stuff.

 Homemade snowglobes.

 We have a hockey team in town now!

 Thanksgiving feasting.

 No shopping Balck Friday for us....we spent all day decorating for our favorite season!

 Levi's first year to help with the tree.

 Sister is a pro by now!

 Tada!

 Hello Kitty Ribbon trees for Rebecca's room. We also have hot pink sparkly snowflakes hanging from her light and her butterfly painting is wrapped in pink hello kitty Christmas paper with a bit pink bow....perfect for a girly girl.

 Inside Out Playground in Franklin, TN.

 Three days of fun in Nashville to kick off December.

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 Looking like they are enjoying the acation.

 Wore this little guy out with too much fun.

 Homemade doll dresses, diapers, and bibs for Rebecca's Christmas.

 Mama made felt hand puppets to go with Levi's Christmas present...a puppet theater.

You can't play mommy without a diaper bag...hope Rebecca likes this one that mama made for her.

Practice Run

Our local grocery store had and event for kids this afternoon, so we let the kids do a test run in their costumes and let buddy practice his candy getting skills. It was confusing for him at first, be he quickly realized it was a good deal. Pics  from today and a few misc. from the last couple weeks.