Like I've mentioned already, we are doing the countdown to Christmas as our advent calendar. We bought a Groupon for the cookie place in the mall, so one day we went to the mall to get some cookies. It was $10 for $20 worth of cookies there. I'll tell you--its really hard to spend $20 at that place! We got like 10 cookies and a couple doozies and barely spent the money! Kolton and daddy got matching doozies (or whatever they are called...the ones with frosting in the middle of two huge cookies). Kolton and Brady are such good buddies now. Its so cute. In fact, one day while I was in the kitchen making Kolton's lunch I heard sniffling coming from the living room. I head in there and Kolton is laying on the floor holding Brady's OU ID card, looking at it, all teary eyed. I asked him what was wrong and he said "I miss daddy." It was the sweetest thing.
Kolton is a pretty amazing eater. Like if sauce or anything gets on his chin or face he can get it with his tongue. I knew he was talented in this but until recently didn't realize how crazy good he is at it. I've taken the time to watch other kids try the same thing, and while they do a good job at it, they just can't seem to clean their faces as well as he does. :) It makes me laugh.
We also wrote a letter to Santa to remind him what Kolton wanted for Christmas. Kolton did such a great job!
He wrote Santa, Kolton (forgot an "o"), and motorcycle all by himself. I told him what letters, for Santa and motorcycle, but he did a great job writing them. The "2" up in the corner was actually his first attempt at an "S." We turned the paper so he could start over after he practiced a couple times on another sheet of paper. He also drew a picture of Santa, copying a little statue thing we have. There's Santa (with his beard, hat, and belt) holding the toy bag and a bear. I think its too cute!
Last weekend we went to Jeff and Vanessa's house to make cookies. We were supposed to go on Friday but Brady ended up having to work late to cover for someone who didn't come in to work and so we had to reschedule for Saturday night. The boys all had a lot of fun cutting out the cookies and decorating them!
On Sunday I subbed in nursery. I haven't really been in there in a long time. I was by myself, but I had the kids that are going to be sunbeams in January so it wasn't too bad. They are so funny! I love listening to little kids talk. They crack me up! If only parents knew what their kids told their church teachers... Haha.
We went over to the Foys house on Sunday evening and made cookies again. I made the cookie dough and tried so hard to not make it taste like flour (per Brady's request). Unfortunately the only flour I had was some wheat flour I had ground so the dough ended up being very "wheaty" tasting. :) All well! We had a good time and then watched the movie "17 Miracles" which we've been meaning to watch with the Foys for forever! It was really good! (And I'm sure would have been even better if we weren't interrupted 500 million times by the kids.)
The other day Kolton was at the Foys and Brittney texted me and said: "Haha Kolton was smelling my couch (not sure why) and said it smells like Tyler! Ha! I said, 'who is Tyler?' and he said 'You know, my uncle that lives at my grandma moffetts house!'" So funny and so random! :)
We also went and got hot chocolate from Starbucks as one of our fun things to do this month. While we were there Kolton seriously busted out in "I am a Child of God." It was the sweetest thing! He also started asking me when he was going to die...He asked if he'd be standing and fall off something. I told him no and said he'd die when he was sleeping. I very quickly realized that was a mistake to say! :) The look on his face was priceless. He was so concerned and said "when I'm sleeping??" I told him, no...some other way. Haha. Speaking of sleeping, Kolton has gone to bed for the last 4 nights now without a movie! Hallelujah!! I've been wanting to stop this habit for a while now but have never gotten around to it. On Monday night Kolton was acting like a baby (to be funny) and it was time to go to bed. He asked if babies watch movies when they go to bed and I told him that he didn't when he was a baby so he said he didn't want to watch a movie since he was a baby. OK! And he fell asleep fast that night and has done it since! I love it! I know its only 4 nights but now he and I know he can so there's no going back! ;) I do think its interesting, though, that to get him to stop he had to be like a baby, whereas I'm sure I would have approached it like "Big boys don't watch movies when the go to bed and since you are big boy we need to stop watching movies when we go to bed." I guess sometimes its better to let them do it their own way.
Jaycee and Adam and their son Landon are visiting from Utah for Christmas. We got to see them Monday and Tuesday nights at London and Pierson's basketball games. So fun to watch little kids play sports! I love it! Kolton and I also got to see them this morning. We all went to Bass Pro together to go see Santa.
It was packed! We were given a pass to get in line at 11:00 and couldn't get in line until then. They gave out 40 passes for each time slot. While we waited we headed over to the fish to let the kids look at them. I asked them if I could take a picture and Kolton and London immediately posed themselves. Haha. Pierson took a little coaxing, but they were so cute! A lady that was there said "You must take a lot of picture of your kids because they knew just how to pose themselves on their own!"
We got a picture with Santa of all the cousins! Kolton told Santa that he was 3 years and then asked him how old he was. Santa told him he was "as old as the hills! ho! ho! ho!"
One quick totally random story that is actually from a while ago, but I don't think I've included it in the blog yet. We were reading the scriptures one night and it said the word "servant." Kolton asked what that was and so I told him it was someone who does work for someone else--keeping it simple. He then said "You work for Grandpa Brammer...are you his servant?" Haha. It was funny! :)
We are so excited for Christmas! Its so close, I can't believe it! I love this time of year!
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