It's beginning to look

...a lot like the best holiday* ever!

*I say this about every holiday, I realize.

 Love this pic of these boys with Santa. GG & Brandon took them to see Santa at the Town Hall one day when I was at work. Oh, and GG bought them those adorable matching shirts! (She also feels every holiday is the best, I think)

Your vote: prom pose, giant Anderson or chokehold?

Almost Christmas time around here means birthday celebrations of some of out favorite people. Poor Bop broke 3 ribs the week of his birthday so he didn't really get to live it up, but we did get him a coconut pie and I made dinner at the Publix deli area with the Rotisserie chickens. 

How many Santa visits can we possibly cram into one season? So far, the answer is 3. This was a visit to Santa at the YMCA breakfast with Noni on her birthday. We don't have a pic of her with her cake because we were face timing Nicole during the singing. I seriously love FaceTime. And Noni.

Anderson & I decided to decorate this tree next to our house as a new tradition. Why on earth I thought it would be a good idea to add anything to my decorating plate is beyond me, but it was pretty fun, even if it looks a little rough.

It looks sort of pitiful when you see it next to the rest of the trees, but it was pretty tall for us. I actually had to get the ladder out to put the decorations on it. Which, really means nothing because I am pretty short.

Anderson made this card for Bop when he broke his ribs. He really can be sweet when he is not terrorizing people. 

The Noni.

Christmas brunch at the Brimer's!! This has been a tradition since the boys were born and it really is so much fun. Look at these 2...just destined to be BFF.

And these two, of course, already are BFF! Brunch was so yummy because Clare & Andy made so much delicious food and Publix made some great fruit in a bowl, which was my contribution. Brandon asked, "We are bringing fruit?" And I explained that it was important to play to our strengths, so Clare cooked and I brought pre-packaged food.

He is the best.

At some point, their biological mother is going to return to get them, I think.

**People are obsessed with his hair. The fuzziness is really out of control.

So....Anderson is not impressed at all with our Elf. He notices it as I remember at the last minute every morning to move it around the house. To be honest, this whole disinterest in the elf is totally ok with me because one less thing to have to keep up with is perfectly ok in my world.

On this day, I saw some idea to act like it snowed by throwing a bag of cotton balls around a room. Keep in mind that this was literally the one day I tried to do something other than move it from one counter to another. Please look at Anderson's expression. It is almost annoyance. I said, Maybe the elf brought snow from the North Pole?"He responded, "Maybe Chloe ate something and got sick?

The whole experience was really an epic failure.

But, a few days later I totally redeemed myself by starting a massive cotton ball fight when he least expected it. Bam. Redemption.

Christmas train building at Lowe's! I just am in love with both of those little elves.

Late night visit to Kroger in his jammies for last minute cookie making stuff. (And, groceries for the week)

Max really is so good with our tree. Apparently he keeps trying to eat Noni's, but he is not that interested in ours, which is nice. He is more interested in looking adorable and like a grown up.