We have started to have lots of fun already with the holidays. I always get so sad when summer gets over, but then I remember how fun we have with the holidays, especially with my kids. I just love how excited they get to enjoy the holidays. Kayley remembered seeing a picture of her and Cora when Cora was Rex's age with their heads together and in opposite direction. She immediately wanted to take a picture of her and Cora and Rex altogether like that. Rex had fun, for a while and then got a little impatient as he kept thinking I was picking him up when in reality I was standing over him trying to get him to smile. We have also already been to Bass Pro to see Santa Claus. Bass Pro always has such a great Christmas display with crafts and Santa and games....and our favorite part is that it's always free! So a couple of weeks ago, I stood in line with the girls for at least 30-45 min while Nick shopped a bit and then took turns standing in line. There was a really nice lady who was behind me and kept my place in line while the girls and I stepped out to do the craft instead of us loosing our place in line. It is always refreshing to be around someone nice like that! The girls loved seeing Santa...no one cried, except Rex, but he has reason to. They got really excited telling him what they wanted for Christmas. It's always cute to see them believe.
Then Thanksgiving was last week. Kayley was so cute because a couple of weeks ago we talked about how Thanksgiving was coming up. Kayley said, "Thanksgiving is when we get to eat Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy...it's the best meal ever!" And that is exactly what she ate...Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and nothing else! Cora on the other hand just ate the turkey...she loves meat! We went to Michelle and Kendall's house for dinner on Thursday with Kendall's parents and Patsy made the Turkey and kept the Turkey legs for the kids to play/eat with. My girls absolutely loved them!! Cora couldn't get enough of it! We had to take some pictures of them devouring it!
And of course, it was Rex's first Thankgiving...although he wasn't able to eat anything he enjoyed watching us! I tried to get him to smile for his "first Thanksgiving" picture, but he kept giving me this funky grin...still cute none the less. He's getting so big and almost 5 months old now. And the bottom right is of Kayley, Ashlyn, Cora, & Preston cuddling up on the bean bag for Diary of a Wimpy Kid or "Diarrhea Wimpy Kid" as it sounds when Cora says it. We watched this with the Walkers after dinner...it was our second time watching it...it's hilarious!! The girls love it except for a scary story the older brother tells his younger brother on Halloween night. Part of the story is of these kids who get killed because an oven gets left on in a house and catches the house on fire. It is a pretty scary story when you think about it. But earlier that day I was baking stuff for our dinner and I guess I had left the oven light on. So when we came home the girls sad there was a monster in our house (because the oven light was on, they associated that with the oven being on that killed the people in the scary story)...We had to reassure them many times there were no such thing as monsters. They are smart!
And every year Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus come to our house. Rex got to join in on the fun this year. However, the toy Santa gave Rex actually scares him. We are noticing more and more how sensitive this little boy is. One of Kayley's Jesse dolls scares him like crazy and now this dog toy from Santa Claus does too. Oh well. The girls absolutely loved seeing Santa at their house. They watched him come and go visit the other neighbors too. It's always a fun day when Santa comes!
And this past weekend we also got our Christmas decorations up. The girls were SO excited to decorate this year. They always are, but Kayley couldn't get enough of it and has asked everyday for the past month when we get to put up our tree. We sadly had to do some switching around with our tree lights as half of our lights from last year stopped working, but we finally made it work tonight and have all our ornaments and decorations up except the outside lights which Nick has to still put up. Kayley was cute because she insisted on everyone having Santa hats on, even Rex, and she kept telling Nick when to take pictures. I'll have to post a picture later of the finished product...although it's not anything amazing...however it's amazing to see how elated the girls are with the finished product! So let the holiday season begin in the Bell household!!
Then Thanksgiving was last week. Kayley was so cute because a couple of weeks ago we talked about how Thanksgiving was coming up. Kayley said, "Thanksgiving is when we get to eat Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy...it's the best meal ever!" And that is exactly what she ate...Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and nothing else! Cora on the other hand just ate the turkey...she loves meat! We went to Michelle and Kendall's house for dinner on Thursday with Kendall's parents and Patsy made the Turkey and kept the Turkey legs for the kids to play/eat with. My girls absolutely loved them!! Cora couldn't get enough of it! We had to take some pictures of them devouring it!
And of course, it was Rex's first Thankgiving...although he wasn't able to eat anything he enjoyed watching us! I tried to get him to smile for his "first Thanksgiving" picture, but he kept giving me this funky grin...still cute none the less. He's getting so big and almost 5 months old now. And the bottom right is of Kayley, Ashlyn, Cora, & Preston cuddling up on the bean bag for Diary of a Wimpy Kid or "Diarrhea Wimpy Kid" as it sounds when Cora says it. We watched this with the Walkers after dinner...it was our second time watching it...it's hilarious!! The girls love it except for a scary story the older brother tells his younger brother on Halloween night. Part of the story is of these kids who get killed because an oven gets left on in a house and catches the house on fire. It is a pretty scary story when you think about it. But earlier that day I was baking stuff for our dinner and I guess I had left the oven light on. So when we came home the girls sad there was a monster in our house (because the oven light was on, they associated that with the oven being on that killed the people in the scary story)...We had to reassure them many times there were no such thing as monsters. They are smart!
And every year Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus come to our house. Rex got to join in on the fun this year. However, the toy Santa gave Rex actually scares him. We are noticing more and more how sensitive this little boy is. One of Kayley's Jesse dolls scares him like crazy and now this dog toy from Santa Claus does too. Oh well. The girls absolutely loved seeing Santa at their house. They watched him come and go visit the other neighbors too. It's always a fun day when Santa comes!
And this past weekend we also got our Christmas decorations up. The girls were SO excited to decorate this year. They always are, but Kayley couldn't get enough of it and has asked everyday for the past month when we get to put up our tree. We sadly had to do some switching around with our tree lights as half of our lights from last year stopped working, but we finally made it work tonight and have all our ornaments and decorations up except the outside lights which Nick has to still put up. Kayley was cute because she insisted on everyone having Santa hats on, even Rex, and she kept telling Nick when to take pictures. I'll have to post a picture later of the finished product...although it's not anything amazing...however it's amazing to see how elated the girls are with the finished product! So let the holiday season begin in the Bell household!!
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Great pictures! Looks like you guys are taking advantage of the fun holidays! :)
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