Cute Boys, Santa visit, and Build a Bear all in one.

On Sunday after church we headed down to the Galleria for a bit and I thought while we were there we could take the time out to see Santa, boy was I wrong. Me and the whole world had the same plan, so we decided I would take the boys after school one day this week.  Got the boys dressed, and I think they sure looked cute, and headed to our local Sugar Land mall.  We got to have our visit with Santa and the boys let him know the things they really wanted this year.  After that dinner with mall at the food court. Drake think McDonald's' burgers are the best, LOL, so I took advantage of not having to cook. After that we headed to build a bear to build there Christmas Moose. He is precious and light up when you squeeze his hand.  We even added Jingle Bell rock to play on our moose.  Drake really enjoys build a bear, but I think this is the first time Carter really understood. He sat and watched the lady and loves his moose.  

So GREAT Santa visit, no tears, and a wonderful afternoon with mom. 

One of my FAVORITE Christmas decorations.

One of my FAVORITE Christmas decorations came from Pottery Barn last year. I looked and looked for a cool way to display my cards I receive at Christmas. I am not a big fan of the ones that hang on the wall, and I just don't want to toss them in a basket. So while browsing all the great sites for holiday decor I came across this tree that you clip your cards too. I am in LOVE!! I think it is AWESOME and I wish they still had it around because so many people ask where I get it.

Carter the Cookie Maker.

Carter and I spent the other day making cookies. Lots of fun, but what a HUGE mess. It sure is crazy when you let a 2 year old make cookies. We had tons of fun, and it was nice to have some special time with my little guy. It seems like Drake and I always do the 'cooking' while Carter is napping, so it was a nice change to do something with him while Drake was at school

Snowing in Sugar Land!!

It's Snowing It's Snowing!! So flipping exciting!!

But if you noticed from my previous post yesterday my kiddos are in short sleeves, but today, bundle up baby it is cold outside. Leave it to Texas and our crazy weather, but for the moment we will enjoy. Even though it wasn't enough to make a snowman or heck to cover the ground, it sure was exciting and beautiful to watch.

Gingerbread Train gone BAD!

Usually at Christmas we buy one of the gingerbread kits and put them together. And every year it frustrates me to no end. I can NOT get my pieces to stay up. If any of you guys have any advice on how to make my gingerbread pieces stay up I would be appreciative.
Anyways back to our gingerbread train building. We had fun, a few fights. Drake wanted to build and Carter wanted to eat the candy. But in all it was a fun family project through it does frustrate me to no end, I have bought a house to build later in the week. So Round two we will go and hope the house will NOT fall down, though I know it will.

Christmas Time at the Richards

Jess and I before his company Christmas Party.

Eddie the Elf

Again this year I participated in the MOMS Club home holiday tour. We went to around 6 houses and saw some awesome Christmas decorations and enjoyed wonderful company of friends. So I thought that I would post some pictures of our home decorated..

Also in the pictures, notice Eddie the Elf. The Elf is from the book, Elf on the Shelf. He came to our house to watch over the boys and fly at night to Santa to let him know if they are being good. Drake named the Elf, and he became our friend from Santa. The boys get so excited to wake ever morning and try to find where Eddie has flown to next.

MICKEY MOUSE, How I love THEE!

We just got home from a week long vacation over Thanksgiving at DISNEY WORLD! How was it you ask? AMAZING, I felt like a kid again, and my children were in love. Drake loved all the rides, fighting Darth Vader at MGM which he was chosen for, and the fireworks show, heck he liked it all. But Carter, by far his love was for all the characters. People were amazed at him, the boy was not scared at all, and had to give them all a kiss on their nose and a high five before they left or we moved on. Drake on the other hand, thought that they were cool, but for his age the cool thing to do is get there autographs. Though I did see a few smiles when he got in some hug time from the big characters, especially Chip and Dale his favorites. My husband loved the rides and even bribed Drake to go on some pretty scary Roller Coasters. I was scared for my big boy, but he did great. He cheered at the end, and when asked if he wanted to go again, quickly he would say no and he wanted to wait till next year. Me I really loved it all. I loved the look on my boys faces when they got to see Mickey come to life, I loved the amazing Cinderella's Castle, I loved the laughter from the boys when we went round and round on the tea cup ride, I loved the SpectroMagic parade. I cried when the Wishes firework show was happening, because Disney is Magical, I felt the Magic, I saw the Magic come to life through my kids eyes. Disney is really where Dreams come TRUE!!!