guess who made this giant star.

We have had a fun week leading up to the big day. Liv has been doing Ice Skating camp and at the end of the day (noon) Linc and I go pick her up. The fun part about this is the giant GIANT

bounce house area they have set up at the rink. So linc and liv sneak in a little extra bounce time for 30 minutes and then we go home. It is so funny to see little lincoln trying to navigate his way through these big air filled structures..with his freezing red nose and big coat. Oh how he loved it.

We had some friends over the other night to play. It was fun and the kids were up LATE. but the next morning there was lincoln up before the sun at 7am. He is a slave to his bladder.

So we spent some time making Christmas cookies, and painting. Today's fun Christmas activity. Sleep in and use our new gift from jonny...netflix. Olivia is loving these Christmas cartoons from the 40's. Only one more window to open on the advent calendar.

lincoln: "when i grow up will i be a man?"

me: yes...what will you do when you are a man?

"i will fix the pool. and i'll have really
long feet so i can drive the lawnmower"

here is the beginning of our little ice rink.
more pictures to come.

Today we got some snow. After church we played in it for a couple hours...making snow angels

and having snow fights, and pulling the kids around behind the lawn tractor. fun stuff.

sweet ian eating apples




sleepy boy

I took the kids to ride on a train with santa on saturday morning. The train depot was really old and messy and awesome. They had these amazing giant old trains the kids could walk around in

and see all the details. We waited for quite a bit and when it was finally our turn we got on the little red caboose. The kids rode on these high up seats. my favorite tidbit of the day was a quote from lincoln..."wow, santas NOT a robot" Its true you know.

i adore this bed. made of pallets! look how it can just be rolled around wherever. when the boys move into their own room together i am absolutely making 2 of these beauties.