Gingerbread House

Our one family tradition at Christmas is making a Gingerbread House! We finally did one this year. Maybe sometime I'll venture to make the gingerbread myself.

The boys each decorated a sugar cookie and added a small bag of M&M's (thanks Stacy) to eat.

Our final masterpiece.

It's really the handy work of Isayas and Ermias. Waymond piped the frosting and I did the tree on the door and the wreath beside.

Christmas break

By 8am on the first day of Christmas break Ermias has asked (in this order) to go roller skating (his new favorite thing), to have chocolates (before breakfast), to have hot chocolate, to have toasted bread with chocolate. The boy will not have in life because he didn't ask, whether it be information or stuff! He has no probably asking!

My answers were (in order), not today but maybe during your break sometime, we don't have chocolates in the morning before breakfast, maybe this evening, and yes, eat your cereal and I'll toast you some bread with peanut butter and chocolate. One out of four isn't bad by 8am, right? 

Our first snow of December

This morning I got up, took a shower, got dressed and went to the kitchen to start breakfast. Soon I heard the boys thundering down the stairs whispering to each other. Then they burst into the kitchen saying, "it's snowing outside! Did you see it, Mom?"

So, I looked outside and sure enough we had a light dusting of snow! It was a VERY icy snow. I took a video of the boys. It's more for the sound instead of the picture! So sorry that its so dark!

And, after school the boys (mainly Isayas) made a little snowman.

32 weeks today!

Today marks 32 weeks of pregnancy! It's kind of hard to believe that in less than two months we will have an infant. I mean super crazy!!

Since its a weekday I was the only one home, so this picture is as good as it gets!

Our little Lillian is growing like crazy and is moving around like she owes the place! Our pregnancy calendar says the baby is due to be moving less and less. I think I'm ready for that; last night I felt like my stomach was doing the wave. She must have been turning over and over.

Family time

Usually I don't win things; I take after my Mom in that department. However, lately I've been on a roll! I've won some chocolates at a ladies gathering, a set of Alphabet cookie cutters from a grocery store in town and recently something off a blog.

Our nights have been super full lately so we took some much needed family time and decorated cookies from the Alphabet cookie cutters I won.

I made a basic sugar cookie and cut out Merry Christmas.

I'm hiding my pregnant belly pretty well under the table!

We all did a few. I should have taken a close up on some of these, because the amount of frosting that Ermias can load up on one cookie is impressive! I'm thinking he's planning on eating the ones he decorated.

We also did some stars. We had a great time. 

Our terrific kids

Both boys were Terrific Kid in November! They were so excited to get to be on stage and get a certificate.

 We went for ice cream to celebrate!

Lincoln Logs

Waymond's mom brought the boys some old Lincoln Logs. The boys have really enjoyed building with them.

They were super proud of their creations. I think I have about 20 pictures of the houses.

Isayas took a picture of what I was doing while they were building! :o)

I'm telling you that being pregnant is exhausting!

Batman in a pinch

As it is known, Ermias loves to dress up. Loves it!

This day he was Batman, but he kept tying his legs up (with old shoe laces) to see if Batman could break free.

Leaves

The boys had their first experience with jumping into a pile of leaves...they had the best time ever!

Christmas deco

The boys wanted to get the Christmas tree and lights up ASAP! They did a great job, in fact, we let them put most of the ornaments on the tree themselves. Waymond then moved around several. He said he now understands why his mom always said, "you are bunching them up, spread them around."

Every morning its a race to see who gets to turn the lights on.

The boys and their drawings

The boys love the dry erase board and use it often!

The many questions

This morning was a late start for the boys so we had an extra two hours at the house. Which worked out nicely because it took them about 30 minutes to eat breakfast! Isayas had an english muffin with a fried egg with bacon pieces, half a banana and then a bowl of cereal! After he put his dishes in the kitchen he said, "my belly is full!" I'm imagining our grocery bill when they are teenagers...scary!

As I was doing their hair this morning Isayas was looking at himself in the mirror. He said, "mom, what makes my eyes able to see?" A rather big question for the morning in my opinion! I told him we would have to Google it to get all the answers.

I think all the questions are the hardest part of being a mom. Isayas is a rapid firer of questions, all day long! He wants to know about everything. How an engine makes the car go, how is eye works, how electricity works are just a few recently. I feel like I should have gotten a Masters Degree in some kind of science to mother him! :o)

Musical Talents

This quite a normal evening at the Hampton house before bed. The video is a bit long, sorry.

Just dressing up

It doesn't have to be halloween for Ermias to dress up. He usually is coming up with something.

This is his Indian Jones look.

And, this I'm not sure...Batman mixed with Indian Jones? He has Uno playing cards tucked inside his belt. He's creative to say the least!!

The costumes

The Hampton boys on their way for a little trick or treating! Batman, Darth Vader and a hipster Indian Jones!

I stayed at home and passed out candy to two trick or treaters. Sad! Thankfully we didn't have a ton of candy to get rid of. I'm thinking of passing our leftovers on to the boys' teachers for their prize boxes.

They got to pick one piece of candy to eat after dinner. It was a hard decision!