The Wilson Family: December 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

Better late than never?

This is about 2 months late - but better late than never, right?

The kids looked too cute in the Halloween Costumes to just pass over this without a post. Camden wanted to be a princess again this year and I told her that she had to pick something different since she was a princess last year. So she decided to be a fairy this year - basically a princess with wings. I guess I didn't say no fairies. Kade decided immediately that he wanted to be a dinosaur. We looked at costumes in catalogs and online and then finally found the one he wanted to order. As soon as it came in the mail, I asked him if he wanted to try it on. He said, "I no like dino-roars". When I explained that you don't get candy if you don't put your costume on, he decided quickly that he would wear his costume!

We had several opportunities to dress up in costume this year. Our first one came a few weeks before Halloween when we went to Night Eyes at the Blank Park Zoo. The Blessingtons went along and little Mila was the cutest cow I have ever seen!

Kade insisted on having his picture taken with every dinosaur we could find!

Then we carved our pumpkins. The kids weren't much help. Cam thought it was "yucky" and Kade thought it was "too cold". I ended up carving pumpkins on my own!

Then we had Trick or Treating in Adel. We had a few friends over for supper and then we all went out together.

The whole clan - Kade, Haley, Camden, Lydia and Mila

Cam and her best bud Haley

Heading out to collect candy...

Our final opportunity to put on the costumes came on Halloween night. We went to Guthrie Center to trick or treat at the nursing home with Emmett and Ella and say hi to Great Grandma. We then stopped at a few houses around Mema and Papa's house.

We had way too much candy when all was over. In fact there is still a bucket full in the pantry! Each year gets more and more fun as the kids understand more about the holiday. Bring on Christmas!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The day to day

In an effort to clean up some of the random pictures on my phone, here is a hodgepodge of pictures over the last two weeks.

This is a common scene around our house. The kids are snuggling with Daddy on the couch :)

Our house is all decked out for Christmas - complete with lights along the roof line, potted trees and a wreath on the door. I love coming home to the house all lit up :)

And what makes the house being all lit up so spectacular is that Derek had to climb on the roof to put the lights on the peaks. This is a huge step for a guy that is afraid of heights!

Camden has discovered the pre-school games online on the Nick Jr. website. She asks to play it all the time. It makes me laugh to see this little 4-year old with a big laptop on her lap. She can probably navigate the laptop as well as many adults!

These two cuties in front of a giant Christmas tree at Jordan Creek. They were in awe of this tree throughout dinner and had to see it up close when we were finished eating.

Kade has a new found love for his backpack and his snow boots which he calls "cowboy boots". He insists on wearing the backpack everywhere! And this is his cheesy new smile that he gives whenever the camera comes out.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Fall Soccer

Camden played in her first organized sport this year! I think Mom and Dad were more excited for the season than she was. But at the end of every game she said she had fun and she always looked forward to the next game or practice!

To play in the Adel Soccer club's youngest age group, the kids needed to be 4 years old by August 1st. Camden turned 4 on July 28th - making the deadline by just 3 days. I think it was safe to say she was the youngest one out there, and probably the smallest too. She was a little timid, but as the season went on she got more and more brave.

There was a lot of learning...