Gingerbread House

What is a Christmas season without two 3 year old's decorating a Gingerbread house? So with the help of Grammy and Pop Chase and Cody were able to decorate the house.

It was a disaster in the beginning, because Chase and Cody wanted to decorate before the house was even together. It took some patients on there part and a video to keep them entertained.

But it turned out cute! As Chase and Cody call it It's Mickey Mouse's House. He is inside, sleeping! It came out a little lopsided but that just adds character!

The artist's posing before there great artwork!

Thanks Grammy and Pop for doing this with them. They had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year!

Christmas Program

In the beginning of December, Chase and Cody had a Christmas Holiday Performance at School.

They both walked semi-quitely to the stage with the rest of the 3 years olds that were to sing.

Niether one of them cried.
And they sang and danced their heart out!

They all did a great job...Here is a video of one of the songs that they performed.

(Warning I am not the greatest videoer there is so bare with all the movement!)

Christmas Cookie Cut-out's

Last Wednesday, we invited our neighbors, Grace and Spencer, up to decorate cut out cookies. Grace and Spencer twins also and are 5 weeks younger than we are, so we all get along really good.

Here are some pictures of the fun.
Cody decorating a gingerbread man.


Chase decorating his gingerbread man.


Chase and Cody decorating!

The finished result of very colorful decorated cookies.

I think Santa is really going to like these cookies!

Aren't they beautiful...enjoy Santa!

Christmas Morning

Both of the boys were in our bed Christmas Morning, when they woke up, Steve asked them, What is today? And Chase responded Christmas. Steve asked what happens on Christmas? And Cody responded "Well it didn't snow." Well yeah Cody, we kind of live in a place that doesn't get snow any time of the year and not on Christmas!

Chase also said Santa comes, but still didn't quite get what Santa would bring. I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted, of course. Chase was the first one up too see our tree and the presents under it.

We opened our stockings, and found toothbrushes, candy and socks. Chase and Cody got some play musical instruments.

We got ready to go to Steve's parents house for Christmas morning and Christmas dinner. Here is their tree when we walked in.

Big quads and big dinosaurs were the main focus here. The boys were so excited!!

After dinner at around 2pm, we came home and the boys were able to open more Santa gifts. They were kind of out of the mood by then and really just wanted to play with the wrapped boxes and stack them here and there. They opened a few and one of their favorites was their guitars.

Yes, Santa brought them play guitars, but he didn't manufacturer them very well and they have already started to fall apart. They haven't put these guitars down since they opened them. So, I think mom well have to find some better made guitars for these two.

They are dancing and singing the everyone, including their big dinosaurs. I need to get it on video.

The boys never finished opening packages on Christmas, they were still way to busy playing with there guitars to continue, so the opening went well into Saturday. Makes Christmas fun to spread it out over a few days!

6 Word Saturday

Play along here:

What did you get for Christmas?

My wonderful husband and kids got me The Cafe Frappe Machine - I can't wait to use it!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas for My Family to Your Family!!

Hoping all your wishes are coming true today and that you are spending the day with people who you love!

Putting our cookies out for Santa

We won't be home until late tonight and the boys will probably fall asleep in the car ont he way home, so I decided I have them put thier cookies and carrots out this morning for Santa. This is Cody's choice for Santa.

This is Chase's choice for Santa

Here are the boys looking at the cookies and wanting them. I tell them they are for Santa and they can't have them...Still taking the sprinkles off of them.
The boys standing by thier plate of cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer!

This is a good picture considering Mickey Mouse was on!

Hope everyone have a great Christmas Eve!!

Seeing Santa!

We went to see Santa a couple of weeks ago and just now getting up the pictures for everyone to see. The trip didn't go very well as you can see by the pictures. We were invited by Santa to go to a private viewing of him which benefited a friends Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk Fund Raiser. I thought that this would be a better setting then at a mall or someplace crowded.

Going into this both of them said that they would talk to Santa, not sit on his lap. But they really do any talking either.


Mrs. Clause, Santa and Cody. Cody loved Santa's bells, but wouldn't talk to him and kept running away with the bells.

Chase finally did give Santa knuckles, but he wouldn't talk either. And no way sitting on his lap!

I sat down in front of Santa thinking that they would also but they wouldn't even do that. We eat a candy cane and tried again but they would only wave from a distance that time.

We were one of the first people there to see Santa and I think that the man was just very intimidating without more kids around to copy.

We have seen Santa other places since then, like the mall, but I ask them do you want to go and see Santa again and they both say No!

So maybe next year! Well see!

Two for Twos-day

Today is Tuesday and of course, I am presenting my Two for Twos-day picture!

My Aunt Kathy bought Chase and Cody these Mickey Mouse Christmas Jammie's! They love them. They couldn't wait to wear them and want to wear them every night!

Everything Mickey Mouse goes in our house right now and Aunt Kathy did good with these. They will wear them for Christmas Eve to get a good night sleep for Santa!

One of the many out takes of pictures that we took just to get a some what decent picture of Mickey Mouse Jammie's!

Thank you Aunt Kathy for making our night times so much more comfy.

Looking at Christmas Lights

On Sunday night I told Chase and Cody that we could go and see Christmas lights around the neighborhood. They really like looking at all the lights and the inflatable Santa and Snowmen.

I also had an plan to go to a house across town that had a lot of lights, it was featured in the local newspaper saying that it had a working train and Santa was giving train rides to all the kids. I wanted to see that also. The weather has a little chilly about 48 degrees.

Cody standing in front of the train tracks and the reindeer display. The lights and the house were beautiful.

They had a lot of lights and displays everywhere.

Right before we got there the train came off it's train track and while we were there they weren't able to fix it. It kept coming off. We are going to try to go back but the owners weren't going to be home. So we didn't get to ride the train and Chase and Cody were very disappointed, but the lights were pretty anyways!

Good picture of Chase and Cody standing in front of the light display.

We had fun that night just looking at lights around the neighborhood.

Santiago Twin Girls

Santiago Twin Girls: "

1. Plan dinner for Christmas Eve and Christmas. If it's possible buy the necessary food for both days. I don't have too cook anything either day, but need to be ready to go out of town with food on Sunday. So I will start planning my menu's and food- Thanks for the reminder!

2.Finish purchasing (clothes and gifts) and wrap the gifts (you will not want to spend Christmas Eve packing gifts while other are partying). - I am doing pretty good on this. Still have a few more things to get and have just about everything that I have purchased wrapped!

3. Try to maintain all clean and organized (this is a requirement). Do not forget that in this season there are people that visits without notice. - Yes, my house is still clean!

4. Finish the details for Christmas Eve and Christmas. - check!

Very simple tasks that will permit us to be relaxed for the holidays"

This really has made my Christmas season less stressful! I was always somewhat organized but now very organzied! Looking forward to a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Christmas Tree Purchasing / Two for Twos-day

I am using this picture as my Two for Twos-day picture!

Standing in front of our beautiful Christmas tree... as the story continues...

Cody standing perfectly good for a picture. Something that lately he has been wanting to do. He will even say cheese.

It seems like to run around a Christmas tree farm, thank god it was fenced in, was the greatest thing ever! The second best thing was to hide from mom and dad while shopping for Christmas tree and giggle and run the other way from them. Good thing that we were the only one's there and they weren't bothering anyone.

On the way to the Christmas tree farm, Cody was telling me that he wanted to baby tiny tree and Chase wanted a BIG tree, something that daddy would have to cut and use a saw on to get it into our house.

So when Cody found this little tree, he was set and ready to go...until he found the mud...

look at his knees. Yes, did I mention that we had got about 1.5" of rain the night and morning before we went to the dirt Christmas Tree Lot. Did you know that a lot of dirt turns to a lot of mud when put rain to it? Well, Chase and Cody had a blast playing with the Christmas tree's and the mud!

What could be better then a awesome smile once we had picked out our Christmas tree and were ready to go! Oh by the way, when we got the tree home did we realize that the tree we settled on had a tinted purple flocking on it not just a white flocking on it! It is still a pretty tree.

Makes My Monday

We had a very relaxing weekend no stress and no hustling and bustling for the Christmas holiday's!


Friday we stayed at home and watched the rain come down. We stayed inside and played games. We continued to wrap presents. Have you tried wrapping a package with two - 3 year old trying to "help"? Yeah, that is fun in itself!


Saturday, we did venture out and pick out our Christmas tree!

Here is a sneak peek at our Christmas tree...I will have another post about the whole experience! Again, have you ever tried picking out a Christmas tree, while it is still slightly raining and in the last 24 hours have received at 1.5" of rain? Do you know that 3 year old's love to jump into mud puddles while picking out said Christmas tree?

After the great Christmas tree was bought and stowed away we went to help Steve mom's, to decorate her banister. She has been collecting Hallmark Ornaments since my husband was born and every year she buys an ornament for her two sons, her three grandsons and her two granddaughters. I think just by a quick counting we hung on her banister over 100 ornaments! It is a fun thing to do and even more fun in January when we take them down and try to find the correct corresponding boxes it goes into!!

Sunday it was tree decorating time! Do you know that Chase woke up at 6:30am and the first thing he wanted to know is if we could decorate the tree now. Well, not right this second son but soon in a few hours we can.

After only breaking 3 glass ornaments the whole time decorating we have a decorated tree!

We really did have a good weekend and looking forward to another great week!

Santiago Twin Girls

Okay Anne is putting me right back on track with this list of assignments for this week!


Santiago Twin Girls: "Now let's see what is next for this week:

1. Finish purchasing clothes for the Christmas holidays. If you already bought everything you needs start organizing the clothes, shoes and accessories that you will use. - I think we have everything here we need. Just bought the boys two nw shirts to wear for thier Christmas performance at school and can rewear these shirts for Christmas!

2. Send the Christmas postcards. - All my Christmas cards, 60 of them, were sent on Wednesday. I order 20 more just to have on hand.

3. Try to finalize the purchases during this week or the next one. - I am done with all my shopping except for about 3 people.

4. If you plans on sending some Christmas gifts do it now so it will arrive on time. - I will send my gifts tomorrow for my side of the family. Getting together the last minute things for another shipment hopefully on Monday.

5. Keep the house clean (this is an obligatory requirement after so much effort and dedication). - Yes doing a good job at that!

Up to now we have invested a lot of effort to manage to enjoy our Christmas holidays without 'stress'."

I can't wait until the next round of things to do. I still have one more christmas craft to get the items for and complete. This really has made me more organized and seems like the holidays are going smoothly!

Christmas Decorations Tour 2009

My good blogging pal, Annie, is hosting a Christmas Decorations Tour of everyones house. I can't wait to play along!

Here is our stockings hung with care, in hopes of Saint Nick soon will be here.

The half wall that separates the office and the living room is decorated with lights and Christmas goodies.

In the china hatch, I have the Nativity scene and my light up Christmas tree. I put this stuff in here so little hands wouldn't touch them!

We still haven't found the perfect Christmas tree and probably do it sometime this week so we can have it for this next weekend to decorate it.

I need to take pictures of the outside lights. We have so many outside lights on the house! I will post those pictures tonight as long as it's not raining for me to take the pictures!

I have this snowman outside the door of the house. Tried to take picture of the snowman and the boys but the snowman was in no mood to have his picture taken! This was the best picture of the 6-7 pictures that I took