Random December pictures

I have been a bad blogger this month! I've been too busy enjoying my babies and trying to keep up with them to have time for much blogging. So, this is a hodge podge of pictures from our December fun!

Ben with his new "farm" that he has been begging Grandma for since Thanksgiving.  He was THRILLED and plays with it all the time.

Ben as a donkey in the kid's Christmas pageant at church.  Nico was a sheep but the only pictures of him have other people's children so I can't post those.

Not sure why this pic keeps turning itself sideways even after I edited it, but this is Ben with his (Guatemalan) stocking.  He got some rockin' dino magnets in it and was so interested in those I was sure he would open any presents after that!

Ben and the big boys (Drew on the left, Tony on the right) opening gifts.  Ben was too cool for sitting with Mommy this year-he had to join the big boy crew :-)

Ben and Nico at the Indiana State Museum

The little boys and Tony playing at the new train table.  Notice the giant amount of books, toys, etc in the background?  My living room looks like a toy store exploded most of the time.

Drew, Ben, and Nico riding the LS Ayres train at the Indiana State Museum.  It's a replica of a train that used to be at the downtown LS Ayres store back in the day.  They each got a paper snowflake and a story about each person being unique.  Ben loved it!

Haircut

Okay, so I caved.  It wasn't because others thought I should.  It wasn't because everyone thought he was a girl.  It was because it had become virtually impossible to keep it tangle free and clean.  The ends were tying themselves in knots that were difficult to get out on a squirmy baby who doesn't sit still.  And don't even get me started on the amount of food and such that ended up in his hair.  So, I decided to take the plunge and get it cut.  What do you think?

Before

During

Can you see how upset he was about getting his hair cut?

After

Who knew all of those curls were hiding under there?  (Well, I sort of did since it was like this when he was a newborn, but I thought it was just baby curls!)  Unfortunately as it dries it gets less curly and more poofy, so we are working on that now.  It was far less traumatic for me than I expected.  I cried like a baby when Ben got his first haircut because he suddenly looked like a little boy instead of a baby.  Nico actually looks younger to me, so less trauma for this momma!

FFF-Christmas Colors

I'm not sure that the pics I'm posting really fit the theme, but they are my favorites from this week, so I'm using them anyway! We have had a busy week-one day at Chuck E. Cheese, one day at the Eiteljorg Jingle Rails exhibit, and one day at the Children's Museum. Busy, but fun!

This is at the Children's Museum.  This is the face Ben makes when I tell him not to smile.  Cracks me up!

Ben loves this giant snow globe and that he could push a button to start the snow.

This is Nico's "cheesy grin" that he does when he is trying to be extra cute or get someone's attention. And it works like a charm every time :-)

And this is Nico's look of awe over something he saw or heard.  So sweet!

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