Holidazzle

Saturday night Brad and I went to the Holidazle Parade downtown for his Christmas party.  The picture is blurry, but still fun to see how much we FROZE even though we were out there for a little bit.  From there we went to Macy's before heading to Prior Lake for a birthday party.

This one is for Darcy and Joel...as you walked into your warm started car and heated seats, this is what the temp said on ours.  Isn't this like January / February weather?  Yikes, it was cold.

Here comes Santa Claus

Today we went to see Santa Claus and his reindeer. At first, Jacks was NOT happy with Santa, similar to last year. Finally after about 30 minutes of watching, he decided he wasn't so bad. I'll have to have Jess send me pictures later of all of them - I was trying too hard to divert his attention!

Here are Aves and Jack on their way to see the reindeer.

Jack got up to him and said "Oh, he's so CUTE!" 

Yes, yes he was. :)

Now I know...

Friday night, I got home pretty late after working on an event all day and then going to Tate's pre-school program. When I got home, I walked through the door and saw Jack on the table. When I asked him what he was doing he replied "Sittin' on the table eating chips with Daddy." Huh, now I know what they do when I'm gone. :)

Christmas came early

Thank you, Cyber Monday (or Sunday).

Brad and I were decorating for Christmas this past Sunday, and instead of just moving the TV, Brad decided it was finally time to pull the trigger and get a new one.  With the help of a great Cyber Monday special (and in-store pick-up), and Brad getting enough Best Buy gift cards from work, we got a free TV.  Seriously.  He was giddy. We also got a new TiVo for a great deal, which is our Christmas present to each other this year. :)

Jack is getting so funny.  He put the Santa hat on that was stuffed in with all of our decorations, and wanted his picture taken.  I don't know when he started to want to get his picture taken, but it's hilarious....and you know I love it!

Who says Santa needs clothes on??

We're Thankful

We spent Thursday - Sunday at the farm for Thanksgiving.  Great food, great family, and great fun.  Here are a few things we're thankful for:

Our little man, who is so full of life and energy, and always keeps us on our toes.

These great girls, and of course the rest of our families as well.

A good piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast.

Each other....and great Grandparents for Jack who are always willing to babysit so we can have date nights...or in this weekend's case, a really fun wedding.

Mini Vegas

On Saturday, Brad and I spent the day in Mankato. We got to spend the day with Derek and Ashley (my best friend from High School). Ashley is due with their first baby in January, and has been on bed rest, so we wanted to visit them. I didn't dare ask to take a picture of her, even though she looks GREAT! I can't believe she's as far along as she is, her belly is still pretty tiny.

In the evening, we headed over to my friend Andrea's 30th birthday party. She is so stinkin' adorable. Here is Erin, myself, and Andrea at the party.



Brad was glad when Willie showed up. You'd never know I was the reason these two are friends...seriously. We had so much fun running into everyone we love from Kato. And not to mention how much things change! We even got to end the night with a "Backstage Pass" at Rounders, Willie's new bar that will open in December (hopefully). :)

Here's a bit of randomness, but what's a night without a little Patron??

Thanks to Amanda and Ryan, too....we were sad you guys weren't in town, but thanks for letting us take over your house. An ADORABLE house I may add!

When we were leaving town, Brad said..."Seriously, Mankato is like our Mini Vegas, we can't do that every weekend!" Totally true, but so much fun. You know we'll be back!

The skool

So what looks like an ordinary stool that came with Jack's kitchen set has turned into what Jack calls his "skool".  This skool has helped him get into just about anything.  It helps him turn on lights at 2:00 am, reach the button for the dryer (which when you push it makes the most horrible buzzing sound) and has made virtually EVERYTHING we have in his grasp.  We know he wants something when he runs around the corner asking "Where's my skool?".

Here it is in action.

Some days, we get creative and hide the stool before he realizes it's even gone....therefore, everything else in the house turns INTO a stool.  Like a bag of blocks!

And this last picture has nothing to do with the stool....I just thought I would want to remember three things. 

1) Two-year-olds sometimes have to be put on time out for the same thing 10 times before they even realize what they did.

2) As you can see from Jack's face, this is NOT his favorite activity to be put on.

3) He has started to pull his shirt down and instead of taking it off, he wears it as a skirt....I remember my little sister Kara doing this when she was little, but my little man??  Oh well...

Side note: Yes, it is 4:39 am....because our little Action Jackson has once again decided sleep just really isn't his thing.  :)