"Just Because"

I literally saw the idea pop into his head the day he sent me these.  We were sitting in the car having lunch and his eyes lit up and he started smiling.  I asked what he was smiling about...he said, "You'll see."  One of the girls from Accounting brought them up about an hour or so after lunch.

Facebook Celebrity

Nemo made the work Facebook page...he is a celebrity!

Glue Gun, Dremel, and a Tub of Glitter...Stuff Just Got Serious

Making gifts for the Grandmas is serious business.  We never know what to buy them so after some discussion (and some convincing) we decided to make their gifts this year.  It's been a looooong time since I've busted out the craft cart and I found all kinds of goodies in there that had been long forgotten.  After looking over the inventory we finally decided on snow globe ornaments with bottle brush trees!  I was really happy with the way they turned out and they were pretty simple to make.  Messy, but simple.  Good thing I had that Dremel just laying around unused or we would have never been able to get the tree inside the bulb.  We made three, one for us, as well as the Grandmas.  Each one got a little more difficult for some reason and the trees ended up looking a little crooked.  This sent Jayke's OCD into over drive until I explained that it made them look "wind-blown".  He loved this idea and was satisfied with the finished product.  We popped them into a cute gift boxes and were all finished!

Misc Christmas pics

Santa filling the stockings!!  Barely any room for them!

Jayke was way excited about these custom Nike Elite socks.  He is obsessed with his clothes.  The socks are every bit as important as the rest of the outfit.

I don't know about these two nuts.  Jayke is taking a picture of Oma's eye with his new iPhone.  It just happened that his phone case matched his outfit perfectly.  He was thrilled about it and asked if we could go get phone cases to match all of his clothes.  He is out of control!

This is what two stockings at my Dad's holds.  I don't even have room to put this all away!  Jayke is well stocked on his snacks now.  I didn't even put the non food items in this pic. 

Happy Christmas Eve Gift

from Jeff.  Kissing Crystals ornament and Meet me under the mistletoe sign, Love it!  I don't even want to pack it up with the Christmas decor, so I think I won't.

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Opa got Jaykeb a rifle for Christmas.  I agreed with a couple of stipulations, he isn't to shoot any animals with it and he has to keep it at Opa's house so that he doesn't end up shooting me with it!  With The Boy going to hit puberty the same time I am going to hit menopause the fewer weapons in the house the better!

I might make an allowance on the shooting of animals though if THIS dog doesn't stop sitting at the table for dinner...

More Elf Antics

Frozen underwear for The Boy

Charlie, Jayke, and Mason

Bob took the boys to the Ball State game tonight.  They hung out with Charlie and made it on the jumbotron.  Apparently he bought a $10 pretzel and slushie too.  How do college students afford that?  Fortunately, no injuries were had at this game.  Probably because of the lack of tailgating.

So Helpful

I think she is waiting on the tape...

Basketball Season has Started

Jayke is playing on the same AAU team he played on last year.  We got new uniforms with the Delta colors this year.  Unfortunately, Jayke was injured in the beginning of the season and hasn't been getting much playing time since.  Hopefully that changes soon.  If only his grandmother would take him to the Y after school to work on his shots...

Throw back Thursday...

Naughty or Nice?  Always nice, in fact, sometimes I wish there was a little more naughty in him.  Not a lot...just a little bit.

More Antics...

First, he took a selfie...an elfie selfie!  Then he did this...

A Witty Elf for a Witty Boy

I can only imagine how red his face will be when he sees what that naughty elf did this time...

He's Back!