Deck the house with big ol' smiles

Nothing brings out the holiday spirit in me like the smiles on my boys' faces on their way downstairs the morning of Christmas. I know this has only happened a few times, but it's amazing and exciting for all of us.

They couldn't unwrap everything fast enough!

New hats on, reading their personalized CARS 2 books, sitting on Daddie's lap, what could be better?!?

Nekoh must have been a nice enough boy this year to get a few bags of bones! The neighbors even brought him a big bone for xmas...seeing as their 5 month old pup always finds her way into our yard and steals his toys! Too cute!

Happy Christmas to all!

The last days of Mr BB, 2011

The last few days of having Mr BB around were, as expected, eventful. He was busy emptying our cabinets of dishes as a silly farce...

And then on his last night, he gathered his buddies, dressed up in Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating! The boys just thought it was hilarious...and that the candy was for them. Of course!

By the way, last night we packed up Mr BB, sleeping bag and all, and put him outside so he could magically go back to the North Pole to tell Santa how good the boys were this year. It couldn't have been a more bittersweet moment than when the boys were almost in tears that he was leaving because they were going to miss him sooooo much! It was quite heartbreaking!

Traveling Elf

Mr BB spent the night with the boys at Jammy/Grandy's house and turned the place upside down...literally!

Then, he stayed at Nana's house last night and tried to get dressed up in Poppa's ties! Or maybe he tried to tie Poppa up and got tangled up himself. Silly, Mr BB!!

Gooo Dawgs, Sic' em!

Tuesday morning all three 2-legged boys were donned in red and black and headed to A-town to stay with Jammy and Grandy and go to a UGA basketball game. Todd said they all had so much fun and from the smiles on their faces, it's apparent.

Hit me

Last night Mr BB and his friends were in the throws of a friendly game of go-fish when Nolan came downstairs. At least it looked friendly...they were all smiling!

Magical Lights

Sunday we took a Griswold family trip up to Lake Lanier Islands to Oooo and Ahhhh at the lights display. There were several displays that were impressive and the whole thing, collectively, was cool to see. However, it was a bit on the expensive side and kinda cheesy touristy. They did have a big shop that had decently priced christmas items in and the kids could sign up to sit on Santa's lap. But then they had a big carnival next to it. Not sure where that fit in, but the boys didn't seem to mind and had fun looking all around.

The cool part was that they had these really big open fires outside and someone was walking around selling marshmallows on sticks that you could roast!

Tasty Treats

While we were in Athens over the weekend, Mr BB left the boys some gingerbread houses to decorate!

Good thing Mr BB wanted Jammy to make the houses with the boys. From the looks of it, the houses were a hit! Apparently, it was a huge mess, but TONS of fun!!