Saturday, December 17, 2016

My attempt at a Christmas photo....


So I bought these cute Santa hats for the kids to wear...
Milo has a baby Santa hat from previous years.
I wanted to get a cute Christmas photo of all 3 boys...


Milo was napping so I started 'practice' with these two.
I got a few good shots but they were distracted and got bored fast!


Then Luka brings out Pua the pig...
"Let me put a hat on Pua" he says..
Alright!
Another photo session ensues...


Then Milo wakes up!


I took SO MANY photos of the 3...
I must've taken about 50. 
And THIS was the only good photo..and even then, it's not the best.
I have a new respect for professional photographers who take amazing kid photos.
Group shots? forget it... I'm gonna have to try again another time.
It was fun though!


2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 16 ♥


Day 16 is Pascal from the Tangled movie ♥
He's cute!

Friday, December 16, 2016

"My igloo house!"


"Mommy, this is my igloo house!"
Luka found a nook in the corner and claimed it...
He calls it his "igloo house".


And after playing in the 'igloo house'...he fell asleep.


I caught Milo trying to pry one of the ornaments off the tree.
You can see Luka sleeping in the corner ^_^


Random


Some fun pictures...
Luka falling asleep on the floor.


Luka is in love with his Elmo doll again.
He dug them out of the toy bin and now he brings them everywhere.


Visiting a local Elementary school for an appointment...
Can't believe he'll be in Kindergarten next September...!





Some fun Christmas themed filters ♥


2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 15 ♥



Day 15...Pluto!
He's got a candy cane in his mouth ♥


Tuesday, December 13, 2016

2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 13 ♥


Day 13 is Patch♥
He's got a gingerbread cookie in his mouth!

Gingerbread House ♥


We built our gingerbread house today ♥


It was a bit tricky...the cookie pieces were heavy and the icing wasn't holding it well.
At one point I had to put it in the fridge to harden a bit.



And on top of that the icing bag exploded ...so we had to apply with a spoon.
It was definitely a Monday...


The kiddos had fun (and so did I!).
The gingerbread house crumbled soon after though and it just wasn't working...
I saw other people on social media who bought the same set and had the same problem.
Maybe next time I'll use actual hot glue to hold the pieces together.
(And of course we wouldn't eat it in that case)
Believe it or not, this was our first gingerbread house!
Definitely doing it again next year ♥

Monday, December 12, 2016

Sunday, December 11, 2016

2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 11 ♥


Day 11 is Stitch ♥
One of my faves!


And this great photo!
It seems that Luka emptied out the toy box and Milo got trapped back there.
Lost in a sea of stuffed animals.

Nighttime Carousel & Train ride ♥


It was very cold out...but it meant shorter lines and less crowds.
The kids enjoyed a ride on the carousel and a train ride ♥


We found Santa's house under the Christmas Tree!
(They aren't looking at the camera because they're distracted by the carousel)





After the ride.
Luka didn't want to leave.




Next year Milo will get to enjoy the rides!

2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 10 ♥


Day 10 is...Lady ♥


And here's a preview of tomorrow's post...
The kiddos had a fun time ♥

Friday, December 9, 2016

Luka playing with the Advent Calendar ♥



I secretly video-taped Luka talking and playing with one of our advent calendars.
We've been watching youtube videos of other people opening their calendars too...so you can hear him say things like "Welcome back to my channel", and referring them to "Figurines", and giving a review of each toy.  This is so darn cute ! 


And another chatty video with Luka ♥

2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 9 ♥


Day 9 is Dale! 


Luka wanted to point out that his favorite one so far is Baymax ♥

New squish face !


So Luka started with his 'monster face' again.
He likes to pull down his cheeks and look at himself in the mirror.
He calls it the monster face and laughs.


So I decided to teach him a new face...
This is the 'squish face'.
Squish your cheeks in!
He was having fun with it ♥


And I wanted to share my tsum haul form last week...which was Finding Nemo!
I only grabbed the cute ones.
The kids love it and...yes, so do I!
Darla might be my favorite.

2016 Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 8 ♥


Day 8 of the advent calendar is....
Chip!

It's cold outside !


A beautiful sunny day but boy was it cold!!
We are headed to the asian store for some groceries.
I rarely make this trip anymore by myself because it's not a friendly parking lot..
The spaces are small which makes it hard getting the kids in and out,
And managing three kids through the small aisles in the store? Forget it!
But I was feeling good today and it was still early so I decided to go for it!

Balloon art?
These are balloons from my Birthday last month...The helium wore off so they slowly started to fall down.  They each claimed a balloon and drew on it.