December Daily: Day 27

Our holiday season this year included celebrating the marriage of two of our best friends. It was so much fun and the perfect expression of the love these two people share. 

 Two of my handsome guys

 Charlie and Noah partied hard :-)

 I'm not even sure what this was all about, but I had to share it...

 He's just awesome <3

 The beautiful bride and the two big boys

 Daddy having some fun :-)

 Photo bomb by the groom

 <3

Ben was all smiles all night...

December Daily: Day 25

Christmas morning :-)

 Charlie has willing used his own money to go toward gifts

 for people so Santa wrote him a letter telling him how proud 

he was and gave him some cash to replenish his savings.

 A kid-friendly reminder of the reason for this special day

 First year with our Nana-made stockings

 Santa was very generous

 handsome boy with his cheese smile :-)

 Charlie was such a good big brother and gave plenty 

of attention to Ben and not just his own presents.

:-)

December Daily: Day 24

Christmas Eve Mass

December Daily: Day 20

It's like a Christmas Cookie Best in Show! :-) I am so happy that we successfully made cookies this year to give out to people. The past few years it's been on of those things on the list that never quite happens. It feels good to accomplish making them since I do enjoy baking!

December Daily: Day 19

Decorating the Christmas cutouts was always a fun time when I was a kid growing up. We made it a family affair to decorate cutouts together this year and the results were beautiful in their own way. 

December Daily: Day 18

Charlie wanted to help with the Christmas treat effort by making his own creation. It involved clearing out the pantry of all the random leftover goodies and making them into one epic treat. And it was delicious... :-)

December Daily: Day 17

Charlie's preschool holds a special Christmas event called "Angel Day" where parents get to go and spend a special day at school with their "angel". It seems like we may have bent the rules by both Vince and I attending, but it was such a great morning. 

 Charlie requested that I make angel cookies as our contribution to the party at the end of the morning.

 First stop, Christmas bingo

 Charlie showing off his bucket walking skills

 A little arts and crafts

 Charlie and Dad

my angel <3

December Daily: Day 16

Cuddled with this sweet boy today while big brother was at school - there is nothing better. Its amazing how full your heart can feel....

December Daily: Day 15

Grammy and Grandpa Christmas! 

December Daily: Day 14

Charlie missed a field trip to the Gingerbread Museum last week when he was sick, so we went and bought a gingerbread house kit to make up for it. Mom and Dad handled frosting duty while Charlie was in charge of the candy. It is quite the creation. :-)

December Daily: Day 13

December Daily: Day 12

Grammy and Grandpa are in town to celebrate an early Christmas with us! The boys have loved some good cuddle time this week.

December Daily: Day 11

This is what our life has looked like these past few days. Never seems to fail: the the Jingle Germs always seem to find a way into our house this time of year. Honestly, this makes it look much worse than what it is now. He is on the mend and now the rest of us just need to stay healthy!

December Daily: Day 10

Cousins! 

December Daily: Day 9