Getting Ready for Christmas

Getting ready for Christmas this year was fun even though it was a little crazy.  We started to get ready and then went to Disneyland, then we were able to finish our Christmas shopping and wrapping and our decorating right before the entire family got sick.  But through it all we had a great time.  The boys love the lights and the Christmas tree, and the holiday cheer all around is just too much fun.  This year was really fun too because Jake was old enough to help out.  He spent 4 hours outside with Ryan getting the Christmas lights up and loved every minute of it.  Then he and AJ helped me decorate the Christmas tree which was a memory I will always cherish.  Jake even helped me to bake a few cookies after we all started feeling better and REALLY enjoyed that.  It was a season of just enjoying our family...and watching the boys take it all in and just have fun.

Jake and AJ helped Daddy put up the Christmas tree...

...luckily Jake knows his colors, so he could help find the color coded branches...

AJ seems very pleased with the result!!!

Jake could hardly wait to get the star up :)

Jake hanging ornaments on the tree

AJ tried to help too

Jake setting up his little nativity...he loves to point out "baby Jesus" this year

AJ had fun checking out the snowmen

Then for some fun pictures...We were taking pictures of this chair as we are going to list it on Craig's list and then AJ saw it and immediately remembered his old chair....so he spent most of the next hour playing in it.  :)

Jake was even so kinda as to bounce him.  :)

After their play the boys got a little tired.

This afternoon was the first time that AJ tried to figure out climbing on a little ride on...takes a lot of concentration....

...hmmm something is not quite right about this... 

Now he gets it...this one was easier to get on

"Clear the Road, I'm 16" (months)

Adorable Driving Buddies

Why play with one horn when there are two?!  :D

AJ enjoying his first McDonald's cheeseburger

One of my Christmas cookies called for broken up candy canes, so Jake was a big helper and broke them all up with his own hammer (his "Pat" the hammer from the Handy Manny set)

My adorable boys, Ryan and I could hardly wait to spend Christmas with these fun guys.  AJ would "get it" this year and Jake was so excited as he knew about Santa, Christmas, Baby Jesus, family coming and really just the whole joy of the season.  We could hardly wait.....