Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! We had a wonderful, but super busy family filled Thanksgiving break. Since we have a new home, we decided to host Thanksgiving dinner this year. Noni, Granddaddy, and Gigi made the trip from South Carolina to help us celebrate. It was such a nice time with family. The cousins got to play and even got to see Frozen together. They love eachother so much and get so excited when they get to spend time together.  

These little turkeys are top on my list of things to be thankful for this year!

We were so happy that Gigi was able to make the trip and spend some time with us. Gigi and Jackson share a common love.....candy!

Super Noni! She certainly is a superhero in the eyes of this little boy. The day Noni and Granddaddy were arriving Jackson was so excited. Everytime he heard the chime of the door, he would go running screaming "Noni!!" At one point he said, "Mommy, I just can't wait any longer!"

Despite it being the coldest Thanksgiving on record, it didn't stop this little slugger from showing off his batting skills!

Sweet brothers :)

Without even planning it, the cousins all matched for their Turkey day outfits. These are the 5 cutest kids I have ever seen!

This is what the men were doing while the women were cleaning up....somehow that doesn't seem quite right....

After the meal, we decided to make some Christmas ornaments. The kids did such a great job with their painting.

Mary painting her Christmas tree.

James also did a great job!

Then it was time to make some more ornaments that Noni brought. Here are Mary and Jackson holding up their angel ornaments.

Of course, we couldn't leave out sweet Beckett.

The next day, it was time to make the list for the big man in red. I was so proud of Jackson because he wrote his letter all by himself! Such a big boy!!

Beckett's turn!

Time to put the letter in the mailbox for the postman.

Next we had to go pick out our trees!

Home Depot had a couple of big blow up Christmas

My little ham :)

The next morning, Jackson couldn't wait to start decorating! He had to put on the first ornament.

I wasn't sure how Beckett was going to do with the tree this year, but he did great! He loved hanging up the ornaments.

Since I am always behind the camera, I made Greg take a picture of me so that the kids knew that I really was there for all our events :)

That Sunday Jackson had his debut singing in the church choir. He practiced his song and sang his little heart out! I was so proud of him!!

We got to church super early so we could get a good seat, but unfortunatley, we didn't realize the piano was going to be right in our view. This was the best I could get of him.

That night our friend's hosted a huge party with the one and only Santa Claus! Jackson couldn't believe that Santa was at his friend Christopher's grandparents house. Beckett wasn't so sure about him at first, but he quickly figured out he was okay.

Such a wonderful time of year! We have so many kid fun events coming up, but we are most excited about 2 little boy's birthdays and Disney World! We leave next week and can't wait to celebrate with Mickey Mouse!!

Tellus Museum

Daddy had the weekend off, so we headed to Tellus Museum. This museum is a boy's paradise with dinosaurs, airplanes, huge trucks, and lots of science. Jackson is really into 2 things right now....dinosaurs and space. Tellus has them both! Here are my boys posing in front of a dinosaur.

Hard to believe that there was ever a shark that big swimming around the ocean!

My little astrounaut. It's amazing how much he has grown in just a few short months....last time we came here, he wasn't tall enough to get his head all the way out.

Not a problem this time!

Looking for gems! The boys really loved doing this! They give them a little bag to put all their gems in.

Beckett mostly just got wet :)

Next stop....digging for dinosaur bones! They had little brushes to find the different fossils and got to keep 1 fossil each. Jackson chose a shark tooth.

My little scientist.....

Beckett had to get in on the action as well

My 2 Jedis! We are getting ready to celebrate these boy's birthdays! This year is going to be a little different. Since the house is always decorated for Christmas, I have been hesitant to have their party at our house. Now that we have so much room outside, we are going to pray that the weather stays decent and have a Star Wars themed party outside.  We are going to have a Jedi training center (aka jumpy obstacle course) and an Ewok village (aka petting zoo) in our front yard.  

They are ready to defeat the dark side!

My little turkey! Jackson's fine motor skills have gotten so much better this year that he is starting to enjoy doing some crafts. He still doesn't like to sit too long, but I can usually get him to finish 1 project. He loved making his turkey hat. After he finished it, he said, "I can't wait to be the teacher and show Mary and James how to make it"

These 2 turkeys can't wait to see their Noni, Granddaddy and Gigi. Although I am sad that we are missing Thanksgiving with my sisters, I am so excited to be hosting this year at our new home. We hope everyone has safe travels this week and a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Happy 38th Birthday Greg! It is hard to believe that we are celebrating his 8th birthday together. I can say one thing for sure, each year gets better and better. This year, I decided to surprise Greg with a dinner out with 20 of our closest friends. After dinner, we then headed to the Ritz Carlton for a child free night and morning. Unfortunately, Greg figured out something was up but it was still a wonderful night!

The next day, after lunch, we headed home to celebrate with the boys. Jackson was so excited to show daddy his cake and to give him his presents.

Helping daddy blow out his candles. I decided to get "trick" candles this year, and Jackson loved him! He thought it was so funny when they kept relighting.

Practice for his big day in just a couple of weeks!

"Helping" daddy open his presents..

Jackson has been asking for a few weeks now when he can go back to the zoo. Well, daddy had he day off and it wasn't too cold, so we headed to the zoo! Beckett has not been back in a long time so it was so fun to actually see him look and recognize the different animals.

My monkey on a gorilla

Of course, he also had to get on the momma gorilla.

Trying to get his brother on...not having it.

Beckett is constantly watching Jackson and mimicking him. It can be very cute or very bad depending on what Jackson is doing :)

Beckett loves animals! The zoo has a petting zoo part and Beckett was in heavan!

It was really cute to watch Jackson help Beckett put his brush on and then teach him how to pet the animals.

My 3 boys :)

We also decided to head to catch air last week. Beckett hasn't been here since he was little either and it was so proud to be able to do the things the big kids were doing.

I just love their facial expressions!

And here comes Beckett.....

My little dancing queen!

Our good friends, the Moffett's, are getting ready to gut and renovate their house. They invited us over for a champagne toast and to let the kids destroy the house before they start domolition. I was a little nervous about taking Beckett because I didn't want to confuse him, but he really didn't seem to get it.

So strong! It is not very often that you get the opportunity to take a sledge hammer to a wall!

He loved it!

Whatever this tool was, it made me really nervous! We quickly hid it!

Beckett getting in on the action with a baseball bat.

We also headed back to our old stomping grounds, Atlantic station. It is crazy to think that we used to live there!! Here are the boys riding the train.

They have music playing in boxes near each tree. Jackson kept calling them dancing trees and they would stop and dance around them.

We are gearing up for the next big celebration...Thanksgiving! We can't wait to see Noni, Granddady, and Gigi!!