Horses

Rick's parents have some neighbors with a stable and horses in their backyard. We went over there on Saturday and the kids had a blast riding the pony and playing in the mud. Carson was excited that he got to hold a little egg.

Carson was especially excited when I told him that baby Jesus was born in a stable like the one we visited. We had a great time!

Our big boy

So, a little over two years ago when Carson was only about 16 months old we moved him into this fire truck bed, and he has loved it ever since. WE never had any problem transitioning from the crib since he loved it so much! But lately, he has gotten a little bigger and Rick and I have noticed him bumping the walls at night and waking himself up. Pretty much three or four times a week I wakeup to a sleeping toddler in my bed with me in the middle of the night. Finally yesterday I asked him why he keeps coming in my room in the night to sleep and he said, "my bed is too small." I was like, oh.....duh? So, with Carson's permission, we moved our daybed (which was cramping space in Brynnli's room with her crib) into his room and said goodbye to his firetruck bed, or at least banished it to the garage until it finds a new home. It amazes me how fast the time goes by and how life has changed in two years. My big little guy is growing up....sniff. He loves his new big bed though and hasn't come in our room at all.....yet.

Thanksgiving

This post is a little delayed..... but I've been busy Christmas shopping. Christmas over here was in full swing before Thanksgiving even started.....our kids are a little obsessed, and okay, me too. More posts to follow on that. Our Thanksgiving was wonderful and stress free. Rick played in the church turkey bowl, and me and the kids came to watch and play at the park.

We came home and watched the Macy's parade on TV, which the kids LOVED!!! The funny thing is that Carson thinks it is his cousin (whose name is Macy)Macy's parade. We have since watched it multiple times thanks to tivo....

WE had Thanksgiving with Rick's parents and relatives. Rick had to make a swift exit after dinner though and was gone the rest of the weekend at work....... which meant I took my two kids black friday shopping with me:)

The food was yummy and the best part was I barely had to cook anything, even though I did try.

I am so thankful for my family!