it's a wonderful life

tonight i wrapped presents for the kids,

and sean put together a doll house for max.

the little screws are even pink.

i adore it.

we watched "it's a wonderful life."

and i just sat their the entire time with my scissors and tape 

and was so overcome with happiness. 

happy to be wrapping presents next to the christmas trees,

in a warm house,

with three beautiful children sleeping upstairs.

so happy to have a husband like sean.

staying up late to put together a doll house for three hours.

such a catch i caught in that one!

it's a wonderful life.

:):):)

.......

earlier tonight it was stroganoff and sugar cookie night with grandma carol.

she had her best friend make my kids aprons for the occasion.

thank you cherie!

even one for baby man chase ray.

with little candy cane and candy ribbon prints on them.

they were so cute in them.

brennan wasn't feeling good and ended up watching Cinderella on the couch.

while max basked in her time alone with grandma carol at the cookie counter,

cutting out sugar cookies with santa, stocking, snowman, stocking, and star shapes.

and frosting and decorating them with candy crushes and red and green m&m's.

i want to sleep in until noon tomorrow.

there is no way that is happening.

i will settle for watching christmas movies all morning.

and i'm hoping and praying that no one starts puking:)

let it snow!!!

I AM SO EXCITED!!! 

:):):)

.....

every night i walk into max and brennan's room and find them, 

in some fashion, 

peeking out of the window.

for the first week i scolded them b/c i didn't want them to rip the curtains out of the wall.

{brennan has already done this once on his side.}

they told me they just wanted to look at the blinking lights.

in a rush i told them they could see our lights from the top of the stairs.

the second week, after i put them to bed, 

i was walking down the stairs 

and 

i 

saw 

them.

in all of the blinking glory!

down  the end of the street and across the way.

a house with blinking snowflake lights,

and sign that flashes "merry christmas."

i turned around and ran back into the kids room,

"are you talking about the blinking snowflake lights?!!"

and then brennan was all,

"YES!!!! and the merry christmas sign mom!"

and from then on, 

i made sure to remind them to peek every night 

out of the curtains to look at the blinking snowflake lights, 

and the sign that flashes "merry christmas."

 ....

in other news...

chase got up on his hands and knees today and spun around in circles like a dog CHASing his tail.

and then i helped him stand up holding the seat at the end of my bed.

i let go and he was just standing there ALL BY HIMSELF.

who does he think he is growing up??!!

waaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

"LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT

SNOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!"

TAT's {halloween declarations in december}

{brennan's friend gave him batman tattoos for christmas this year.}

.......

max and brennan sat at the counter last night while i made pizza, 

intricately discussing their halloween costumes for next year.

brennan declared batman.

then he said chase could be robin.

max was jabbering in agreement with her eyes really big,

talking with her hands,

and i suggested {really excited like} that max be cat woman!!!

well, she shot me down faster than a new york minute.

"Noooooo!!!! JOOOHHHHH-KERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!"

and then brennan started getting all upset 

b/c he couldn't' understand why she would want to dress up as a BAD GUY.

plus he said she was a girl.

but he was mostly concerned that she wanted to be a bad guy.

when chase woke up from his nap brennan went running for a robin tattoo and a wet paper towel.

explaining to sean how to put it on, since he had come home at this point in the story,

and was giveN the honor of TATTING up chase ray.

as if everyone needed to be branded with their respective tattoos to seal the halloween deals.

good thing halloween is still 10 months away.

it will give us 10 months to convince max to be cat woman instead of the joker.

and 10 months for brennan to change his mind 5 times,

and then pick something entirely different 3 days before halloween.

i'm voting cat woman b/c i think little leather pants and cat ears would be so fun to dress max up in.

brennan is voting cat woman b/c "sometimes cat woman is bad, but sometimes she's good."

at least chase won't be old enough for opinions on halloween yet.

for sure, he'll be robin if brennan still wants to be batman.

but what does that leave for me to be?

this is going to require some serious thought...

but for now, we'll just stick with the TAT's.