Our House on Christmas

Thanks Donna for the fun mesh - I'm loving it & see more in my future!

Thanks for the new placemats, Mom - love how they work with the silver balls!

A note from our Elf, Chynna - boys you can be better was the message!

I came home from the grocery to find a Frosty in my house! Boys were awfully excited and had been hiding in the office awaiting my discovery of their friend!

Little Linky-Who!

He seriously looks like a little Who!

The other part of Thanksgiving is that the boys get Christmas gifts from Mimi & Papa - new remote controlled boats! They are in LOVE with them. Sean has had one for years which was sort of off limits to them so having their own new gadget is a big deal to them. We will be spending a lot of time boating at the pond this year.

We had a late Thanksgiving due to some football scheduling this year! Which gave us lots of time for other activities - mainly tractor repair, baseball & football. We had our traditional prime rib which was delish! Highlighted with some jalapeno cheese stuffing & a great maple pecan tart! Yumm-o, wish I cooked like this a little more often but my waistline (or more likely my behind) would show it if I did!

Carter insisted on saying what we were thankful for - something I always intend to do but then get in a rush about eating and don't get done - so glad he did, will be a nice tradition to start in the Hogan house.

C is obviously watching too much football as he had his touchdown pose down - eek, not sure what it is, almost a hook 'em horns move?

I thought I'd try to be a cool mom and let the boys sleep on the living room floor - bad idea! We started by bringing Linc's mattress out to which he had a COMPLETE meltdown and then decided he wanted to sleep there but not with his bed so they attempted to sleep on pillows. Not comfortable for them or for me!

More Carter Art!

Our little artist spent some time making pictures over Thanksgiving break. He now expects pictures to be taken of them!

The new Sears catalog

I remember awaiting the Sears catalog so I could put my mark on each and everything I wanted from Santa - I hope the boys will have similar memories of the Target catalog! They each had a copy and marked like crazy last week - of course many of the toys Carter marked Lincoln had to mark for himself. Tonight we downloaded some holiday tunes - I guess this is the unofficial kick off to the Christmas Season! Doing my very best already to make it stress free by planning ahead - let's hope my plans work & it is STRESS FREE!