Sam's Fam: December 2014

Saturday, December 20, 2014

McWane Center, Christmas Program, & Zoolight Safari!

We have had a really fun, Christmas activity filled week! On Monday we met some friends at the McWane Center. The kids had a blast. This time of year is Bryant's favorite time at the McWane Center because they have the whole Christmas setup and tons of trains. They also have a zipline set up. Bryant was excited about doing it, waited in line to do it, and then when he got up there backed out! Little stinker! But he had fun with everything else. :) On Wednesday the 3K and 4K programs at Bryant's preschool put on a Christmas program. It was of course so cute!! They just sang lots of different Christmas songs that had motions with them and everything. Bryant was really focused on his choreography…it was pretty adorable. They also wore shirts that they had made, which were super cute. Then on Thursday both kids had Christmas parties at school. And that night we went to Zoolight Safari at the Zoo. Bryant had a blast!! Taylor wasn't feeling the best, so she didn't enjoy it very much. Oh well though. Bryant's favorite part was this slide they had set up. You rode down it in a tube. It was awesome! We also rode the carousel a few times, rode the train, went on a hayride, and enjoyed some snacks and the over one million lights!! I don't know if it was because it was Thursday night, or pretty cold, but the crowd wasn't too bad, so that made it even better. Below are all the pictures. :)

This girl. Love her.

Zonked. Out.

So strong.

Bubbles are always such fun.

Slide!

Checking out the model trains.

All 5 riding the train!

He LOVES these trains.

Fishing!

Sleigh Ride

She loves the stingray/shark tank…mainly because she likes to splash in it.

Checking out a shark egg.

Waiting to watch her bubba sing.

Here he comes in his cute reindeer shirt!

Singing…he's on the far left, second row from the top.

Nailing the choreography. ;)

At his Christmas party…this is what I got when Emily asked him to smile.

So excited to ride the Candy Cane Train!

Love my boys! Bryant was wearing one of his daddy's hats…can you tell. ;)

Silly

Sweet girl trying to have fun even though she didn't feel good.

So many lights!

The tube slide!

There he goes!

He seriously LOVED it!!

My heart.

Carousel time!

Mr. Snowman

Miss Snowman

Selfie with my little boy on the Holiday Hayride.

It's Snowing!

Pumped because he got his own hat…thanks Old Navy for having them on sale for $1.

I seriously can not handler her cuteness!!

Until next time…

Heather

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Thanksgiving, Santa, 18 Month Checkup, and Much Much More!!

Sorry for my absence on the blog the past 3 weeks. We have just been busy, busy, busy, and it has just not crossed my mind. We have had lots of fun the past 3 weeks and I will try to share most everything in a condensed version. ;) Let's see, let's start with Thanksgiving. This year we spent Thanksgiving with Josh's family in Bainbridge. We were only down there for a couple of days because Josh was going to the Iron Bowl on that Saturday, but it was fun. We mainly just hung out and ate lots of yummy food!! It was good to see everyone. Then the Sunday after Thanksgiving we started decorating for Christmas. I really love Christmas time and decorating and all that, but Josh REALLY loves it. So it is always so much fun. Josh and Bryant once again went and got a tree together and then we all watched Josh decorate it. ;) That Wednesday we got together with some friends to decorate cookies and make other goodies for the kids to take to the fire station the next day. It went as well as could be expected. I'll give you one guess who actually ended up doing most of the decorating…but it is still lots of fun. Then the next day we visited the fire station and took the goodies to the fire fighters. This was the second year in a row we have done this all together…I love making traditions!! Then on Friday I had a Christmas Party at my house for a mom's group I'm a part of. This was the second year we have done this. It was so nice to all hang out without our kids…plus some eating, drinking, and present stealing! :) Saturday morning we took the kids to Timberline Golf Course to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. We did this event last year and loved it. They serve a great breakfast and you get to visit with Santa whenever you want. I was so impressed with how both of the kids acted with Santa, especially Taylor. It was lots of fun. Then that afternoon we had a few friends over to watch Alabama win the SEC Championship!! This past Monday I finally took Taylor for her 18 month checkup. It went great! She is healthy and BIG. She was over 34 inches tall (95th percentile), over 26 pounds (90th percentile), and her head circumference was in the 90th percentile. I guess these kiddos must be taking after their daddy, because they are both big for their age. And unfortunately, according to ultrasounds I've been having to monitor this pregnancy, Baby Lee #3 is going to be big just like them!! Well, I think that about covers the main events from the past several weeks, below are TONS of pictures from our fun!