Jaxon's Christmas Program

This is Jaxon's Sunday School class performing in the Christmas Program at our church.
They are always a BIG hit! 

This is the banner I was asked to make for the program.
It's been over 16 years since I was in the program... it was fun to be apart of it again!

I've been working on getting our video uploaded but found out my camcorder isn't compatible with my laptop...
guess I know what I'll be asking SANTA for next year!

Christmas Morning

SANTA made it to our house again this year! And boy did we have 2 super, excited little boys! As always SANTA picks a special movie for the kiddos and themes his gifts around that flick! This year's movie was Cars 2! The boys got Cars 2 toothbrushes, toothpaste, body wash, band-aids and pencils. They also got the movie and the card table pictured below! As well as a whole buncha other good stuff... take a look!

SANTA brought a folding table & chairs set... it's top is a dry erase board, very cool! 

He also brought a McDonald's kitchen playset! They're "lov'in it"!

They got a musical instrument set w/ Max's favorite, "shakey eggs"!

And this really cool garage that's sort of like a doll house for boys. Daddy spent lots of time putting that together!

This was the 1st & only present Max showed any interest in ripp'in into!

Pinterest inspired me to make this John Deere flannel board for Jaxon...

and this felt board for Max!

SANTA was good to the boys even though they both shared a seat on the "naughty list"! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Jaxon's all ready for his Christmas Program! He loves that train sweater and was so excited about wearing it!

Here they both are ready to go. I was shocked to get both of them to stand sort of still and smile!

Max is excited for SANTA to come!

Daddy & his boys!

Mommy & her boys!

Jaxon insisted that Daddy & I get a picture together... he's quite the photographer!

B-I-N-G-0

Found this on Pinterest....

1st square under "I"... yeah, that's MAX!

Fitting considering the topic of my last post!

Where's Your Shoe, Cinderella?!

If you follow my adventures you already know how very much I loath Holiday shopping in stores. Most gifts were bought on-line this year and will continue to be in the coming years at least until both my boys can stay home w/ a sitter. However there is still a need for groceries during the Holidays and last week we were in dire need. 


Snow was in the forecast and Hubby gets his panties in a bunch at the mere thought of the frozen stuff. I knew he'd pull my keys if I attempted to go any other day so after Jaxon got out of PreSchool Monday morning, we set out for an adventure to the land of Wally World... a week from Christmas.


Our lil' adventure started out really well. Since we would get to town at dinner time I decided before we left that we'd stop at McDonald's for lunch. They have Chipmunk toys in their Happy Meals right now and I knew that would make Jaxon's day and work as a bribe all at the same time! To avoid an argument I ordered Max his very 1st Happy Meal (to share w/ Mommy) so he'd get a toy of his own as well. After finishing our dinner we were on our way.


It was cold that day but the parking lot was packed for a Monday afternoon so I didn't even bother trying to get close to the door. We bundled up in our winter gear and pushed our way through the wind to the entrance to Hell! There were people everywhere! I don't if certain individuals get the entire week off for Christmas but I am sure some of those Bozo's should have been doing something other than last minute shopping!


I needed some supplies from the craft isle for Jaxon's Christmas party so we made our way over (to the opposite side of the store that I needed to be on), to hunt for something they didn't carry anyway! And why did they have to go and move the crafts next to the toys?! Jaxon began his usual, "I just want to pick out 1 toy!", routine about the same time that Max decided he'd had enough of riding in the school bus sized cart we always have to get!


I settled with Jaxon on "looking not buying" and we headed over to the toys. Just as we were finishing an argument on whether or not my new niece/nephew would like a "rubbery creature" as a Christmas gift, Max went and kicked off one of his shoes. Luckily I was paying attention. After putting his shoe back on for what must have been the 125th time that day we headed towards the grocery isle. 


We had just finished picking out which types of chips to use in our cookies when I noticed that Cinderella was once again missing his shoe! I told Jaxon to walk around the side isle we were in and look on the backside to see if it was lying on the floor... it wasn't. We began backtracking through the store in panic mode and ended up stopping a sales clerk to have her ask over the walkie if anyone had seen a toddler's shoe... no one had. 


The clerk suggested that I finish my shopping and ask again at customer service before leaving the store. I decided that was a good idea but figured I might as well stop and look at shoes while we were standing there just in case. We picked out a new pair reluctantly and made our way back to the groceries. I can't even tell you how many things I forgot that day. We ended up going back through several isles several times because all I could think about was how badly I wanted to just be at home!


We wrapped up our shopping and waited in line for 15 minutes at customer service just to discover that no one had found the tiny shoe. I left my name and number and a brief description of the shoe with the clerk and headed to the checkout, sick to my stomach. That shoe was a hand-me-down from Jaxon. It was the shoe both the boys learned to walk in. A tiny pair of Nike Shocks my Mom had bought for Jaxon's 1st birthday... a pair I would have never sold on a garage sale but would have tucked away in a keep sake trunk to show them both one day!


I am still waiting for a phone call... unfortunately it's been over a week now and my hopes have completely faded that the shoe will be returned to us. AND I have now decided (after another trip to Wally World yesterday), that Max's shoes will be removed at the door upon entering... he gave me another scare in the electronic isle! Thank goodness the shoe ended up under the cart this time!!!

Candy Cane Guessing Game

This is my second attempt to win some cold, hard Christmas cash! My first guess at In Good Measure http://yourlocalsecurity.com/in-good-measure/ was 918... Jaxon's birthday is on the 9th & Max's is the 18th.

My second guess is 1015... me & Hubby's anniversary! Wish me luck! 

Counting Down the Days

We are getting so excited for Christmas around here! A few weeks ago Jaxon already began asking, "How many more days till Christmas, Mom?" Since Jaxon's learning to write numbers at PreSchool I thought it'd be fun to do a countdown. We cut out 26 squares of red construction paper and Jaxon wrote the numbers 0-25 on each square. We began our countdown on the 30th of November and as of today we only have 17 more days till Christmas!

And if you haven't already heard, I'm sponsoring my very first giveaway! Be the first to leave me a comment on My Interview w/ Mark Cuban http://jaxonsstory.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-w-mark-cuban.html on what ways you as a blogger Mommy or Daddy have used your platform to generate income and win two Landmark movie tickets!

Here's Jaxon starting our coutdown!