Santa

John and I have both been off since Friday and we don't have to go back until Wednesday! We had to rake leaves, wrap presents, and finish up shopping but once those fun chores were done...we all needed to get out of this house!!

Yesterday we decided to have a fun day. We made Christmas pancakes, ornaments, and went to the Enchanted Forest. I haven't been since I was a kid so I was kind of excited. It isn't as "enchanted" as I thought when I was little but Mason loved it.

These didn't turn out as pretty as they are here but they did taste good. :)

We already made Brody an ornament so it was Masons turn. He loves doing things like this because they do them at school everyday. We used his thumbprint for all the reindeers.




At the Enchanted Forest. He was a tad frightened by the creepy bears that moved around.






Mason LOVED the trains.


Brody didn't mind riding around in the stroller either.




The big finale was Santa of course, and Mason had been talking about seeing him all morning long. He was pretty pumped. Walked right up to him and told him he wanted an Angry Birds Puzzle.

And here's our picture. I love it. Brody would smile so bug but as soon as the photographer ran back to take the picture, he would put this face back on.




Last night we put on our Christmas pjs and did nothing.




And an update on Leroy. He has been busy.

The dinosaurs held him hostage.




In Brody's carseat.



And coloring in Mason's Christmas coloring book.




We have a busy but fun day today!

Merry Christmas from the Browers

I haven't posted our family pictures yet because they were in our Christmas card. I think they turned out pretty good considering it was so windy and difficult getting both kids to look at the camera, not to mention John and me. Here are our favorites.















And here are the cards. We used MPix this year and I love them! I also ordered our prints from there and they are perfect! The quality is great and I would recommend them for anyone trying to print out professional pictures. It is just a picture of the card though, they didn't send a digital file.


The Front



The Back




MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Weekend Christmas Festivities

This past Saturday night we had Johns work Christmas party. I didn't get a single picture but it was fun and we didn't win a thing...like always. :( They give away the best prizes and we have yet to win.


Sunday we had John's grandmother's family Christmas. We took a couple of pictures before we left. I love the one of John and Mason.









Mason followed Jackson around all day. Here he is lining up his cars for him. This picture might look like he's smiling at Jackson...but I think he's making sure he doesn't touch his cars!







We left there and headed to my friend's house for our Christmas party with my dental hygiene friends. It's always so fun with all of us having kiddos now. The best part is Stephanie has two little ones, so there is always all kinds of stuff for the kids. We kinda just rotated the babies around once one got tired. :) Here Brody was trying out the exersaucer. He liked it for a couple of minutes.




Steph, Megan, Tara (with a sweet baby girl in her belly) and me.



Sweet babies.



Mason opted out of the pictures with the babies.





Two more Leroy updates.









Yesterday was my birthday. But better than that, it was Masons first school program! He had quite a big turnout with John and myself, his Mickey Mouse and Pops, and his Grandma and Grandma Reba. They basically just sang a few songs but it was so cute.

John being a good dad and videotaping in the balcony. (turns out, he could see better than us!)



Here are the sweet little angels. Mason is the one messing with his halo...not the one picking his nose. :)






Mason did good during the program. He sang off and on but he had been practicing at home. Randomly the past couple of weeks he would just bust out in different Christmas songs. He didn't seem nervous at all...hopefully that will continue!

The best part was seeing his reaction when he spotted John. He never saw anyone else but was definitely looking around the whole time. As soon as he saw John he pointed and yelled out "There's my Daddy!". He was so excited. We watched the video of it last night and he actually yelled it out again during a song.

After the program the kids went back to the classroom, had volunteer parents read them books, exchanged books, and had a fun Christmas lunch. John I both had to go back to work but I'm sure he had a blast.

Today is our last day of work until Christmas!!!

Bunch of randoms

It has been crazy around here! And being crazy will do this to your hair when you sleep so hard!







Last week, my bunko group had our Christmas party. We usually go to dinner and exchange gifts but this year we decided on a paint party and we exchanged our paintings.


Getting ready!! Notice Mrs. Barbara already concentrating so hard on hers. :)



Mrs. Connie and Mrs. Peggy



Tami, Lisa, and me! I have been wanting to do one of these so bad!



And here's mine completed...I drew my mom's name so it's hanging in her house. :)



And here is Angie who drew me this blue Ole Miss snowman. I love him.



The whole group with our own paintings...



And now with the ones we received!!!



It is so much fun! Even if you have no artistic ability, it will turn out great. It does take a few hours though.



This time of year we get wayyyy too much junk food in our office from all the specialists we refer out to and patients. Here is a gigantic box of chocolates. There is so much food in our break room to feed an entire group of sweet lovers.




And here is this cute little boy in his Santa jammies.



Love that we have gotten so many Christmas cards and my pinterest idea worked great!!





Leroy really is a blessing in the mornings that I almost wish he would be around all year! Mason gets up in the best moods looking for him! Mornings are just much easier with a happy 3 year than a grumpy one.

He was playing Angry Birds on the iPad.



Here he was riding Tow-Mater.




And this morning he was playing with marshmallows in his very own hot chocolate mug. Apparently Mason has never had marshmellows before. Should've thought about that because I saw him stuff at least six in his mouth before I could stop him. Who knows how many he actually ate.






When I picked Mason up from school, Ms. Williams had put new Christmas decorations up. She took these pictures of the kids sleeping with Santa hats on and wrote "while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads". I thought it was so sweet.





Tonight Mason and I met Aiden, one of his friends from Pat's house, and his mom at Chickfila for kids night. I didn't know they had these things once a month! Free kids meals for the ones that eat in and tonight they had free face painting and a fun Christmas tree ice cream cone decorating station. Not to mention the playground! :)


Mason and Aiden both got elf faces. Mason said he was Leroy.



He even had glasses.



The cow was there. Mason gave him a high five.






We had a fun-filled weekend last weekend that I still need to post about. Maybe tomorrow! But I keep forgetting to post my new favorite picture of the boys. Mason asked me to take a picture of them. :)

Target

Trips to Target these days are just not what they used to be. About a week ago I had to run there after work. John watched the kids and I took my time. I love shopping in Target, especially by myself. I checked out the clothes and went in the dressing room to try something on. I looked in the mirror and just laughed.




I had stickers all over me. Mason loves stickers and loves putting them on anyone. I'm sure no one even noticed...maybe.



Then tonight I needed to run to the store to pick up brownie mix. I'm supposed to bring brownies to our Christmas bunco party tomorrow. I decided on Target instead of the grocery store because I would have both boys and could bribe Mason. If he was good, he got to pick out any stickers he wanted. I haven't gone to too many places with both boys, but every time is a challenge with where you put your groceries. I decided I should take a picture.



I mean you have no more room after both kids are in there! Mason can only hold so many things! It's crazy!






Here are the boys in their Christmas pjs.








I've also been trying to make some homemade ornaments. It has taken a few mishaps but I think they are finally coming along. Poor Brody...



But it turned out okay. He is definitely ticklish.




And I also made one for Mason's teacher to go in her bag of goodies for Christmas. One side has a school with CTK and the other her name. (I had seen this on Facebook and copied the idea...I'm not that creative)




I also bought a gingerbread house kit. Turns out it is a kit of 4 small houses instead of one big one but oh well. Mason really wasn't too interested in building them. He just wanted to eat all the candy. They had to sit and let the icing harden before decorating so Mason was already asleep when they were ready.



But Leroy got to work and knocked out one of the houses tonight! He just wanted to show Mason what a finished one looked like! :)