Catch Up: Days 8-13!

Okay, so I've been pretty busy lately and keeping up with the blog has been near the bottom of my list. So, we're going to do a quick recap of the past few days' Christmas activities.

Day 8: Sing Christmas carols.  I bought a CD of Christmas songs the other day and Target.  The boys and I had a blast singing and dancing around the living room to all the songs.  And Austin busted out the guitar playing, as usual!

Day 9: We went to our annual (okay, it's only in the second year!) cul-de-sac Christmas party.  We have a wonderful group of neighbors and enjoyed their company at a potluck celebration.

Day 10:  We went shopping for a stranger.  At work, they were doing a toy drive for a charity for teenage mothers and their kids. I explained (well, tried to, at least) to Austin that we were going to pick out a gift for some kids who didn't have alot of toys.  He did a good job helping me pick out some good ones, but also managed to sneak in a DVD for himself as well.  Hey, if it prevents a meltdown in the middle of the aisle, I'm doing it. Don't judge!

Day 11:  We went to a Christmas Cookie Decorating Party for Ladies and Gents.  This required my boys to sport ties. Austin opted to wear one of Daddy's ties, like he was going to work.  Chase wore a clip-on tie for a short period of time, as his neck is too thick and I could barely button the top button on his shirt! 

Day 12: Read a Christmas book.  Last year, Austin got a Charlie Brown Christmas book that was pretty good, so after bath time, I curled up with my boys on the couch to read it.  Austin was into it, but once again, Chase was more concerned with trying to crawl off the couch! I'm going to have a hard time keeping up with that one!

Day 13:  I let Austin help me wrap a few presents. I'm trying to have him understand the concept of 'it's better to give than receive'.  He seemed excited, wanted to do more.  However, I couldn't let him near the closet where all his presents were hiding!!

I didn't do a very good job capturing pictures of these events. However, I do have a few from the Christmas Cookie party.

Austin decorating his cookie and licking the icing/sprinkles off his fingers :)

So grown up in Daddy's tie!

Chase didn't decorate cookies, but scarfed them down instead