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

The star on the tree! After Anderson broke 3 ornaments, I made the decision that we are only putting about 8 ornaments on the tree this year. I think it was a good call. His favorite one is a fire truck that Clare bought him-he broke a part of it, but is still is his favorite! LOVE the no pants in this pic. And, my 2 boys, of course :)

Breakfast with Santa! This was in the beginning of November, but I was sort of embarrassed that we were already hoarding Christmas activities at that point, so it is just now making the blog.

We mailed a letter to Santa & he asked for a fire station, police car and a helicopter.*

* Pretty sure (like, 100% sure) that Santa is bringing him a fire station that he got on sale at Costco made for Anderson. We have been "reminding" A of how much he wants a fire station since I got it ( this Santa is a frugal one. Frugal=planning early=lots of online stalking=spending less than $100 total on Christmas/Birthday gifts) Anyway, his teacher last week gave him a Toys R' Us catalog and let him cut out pics of stuff he wanted. Who. is. this. woman? Let's say that the craft was immediately tossed, I printed out a pic of the fire station to hang on the fridge and we found another Santa to "remind" Anderson what he really wants...

Bop's balloon tree!!

I LOVE THIS SANTA*! I said, "Santa, he has to keep his eyepatch on to get a fire station, right?" And, Santa said, "Yes, and I am going to actually start wearing an eyepatch after Christmas just like you because I have a cataract!" I AM SERIOUS!!!! He definitely spent an extra minute with my boy, too. 

* I am embarrassed because I think we have seen 5 Santas this year. (none of which included waiting at the mall. we don't play around with that) Am I hoarding the jolly elf? I think I am. 

Ornament decorating with the Pads. 

 A picture of the Cousin Pajama picture. LOVE their faces:) Also, am loving the prom pose.

I totally was busted by Anderson when he found a piece of his artwork in the trashcan. Oops. Love him, but he does a lot of crafts & there is only so much room on the fridge. I do love the handprint ones, though. 

Menchies snack with Daddy!

Ha ha ha!! We went to a Chickfila Christmas event with train rides (that they loved), crafts (that they did not care about) & photo ops (that we made them do!)

 The 6 of us! Brandon got me a new camera for Christmas (a little early) and it has this cool thing where you can choose a color effect!We look a little creepy, but it is kind of fun. The Brimers had us over for our annual Christmas dinner and it was so much fun and DELICIOUS! And, Anderson left with a super official SWAT outfit! (which unfortunately led me to have a REAL handcuff dangling from my wrist for about 2 hours one afternoon...we were playing "SWAT" & A decided to use the real set (one of Brandon's) & I am an idiot (in my defense, I was distracted...) and let him put it on me before I realized. Well, Brandon was at work & I had to wait for him to get home to unlock me.)

ha, ha. Only the mom of a boy. 

Watching the Polar Express with Dad!

And...just in time for Christmas, Anderson got new glasses! He picked them out and they are definitely GREEN! I really like them and they are not nearly as shocking as I thought they would be!