No, No, No!

• "No" is Isaak's big word lately! He says it often.
• When we laid him down for a nap he yelled out, "No" several times.
• Then I heard him throw out all the stuff from his crib. Little punk! LOL

A Visit to Santa

• The boys were not afraid of Santa at all!
• Mica went right up to him, and started telling him his long list of toys he wants.
• Isaak didn't seem like he even noticed that there was a guy in a red suit holding him.

Apel Family Photo

• So...we got our family photo last night. Our appointment was at 6:30. Daddy and I didn't get a chance to eat because time was tight. Then we had to wait. They told us to come back in 20 min. to look at the screen of photos. We had to wait. They told to come back in 10 min. to get our photo's. Guess what? We had to wait! We didn't get home until close to 9.
• Daddy and I got fast food on the way home.
• We are glad about the photo, it turned out good.
• The boys did get a chance to see Santa, and they let me use my digital camera! :) I'll be uploading those photo's later.

Isaak Lip-Syncing to His favorite Christmas Song

• This is what I hear at least 15 times a night. The Hallmark singing snowman. LOL Of course Mica knows how to turn it off and on, so it's usually always on.
• At first I had no clue what Isaak is doing with his teeth. Then I figured it out, he's trying to lip-sync. He's seen me do that.
• Isaak sometimes doesn't let the song finish before he restarts it to play it again.
• It's funny...they should make a book on how kids annoy their parents. They probably already have one. It is cute seeing him dance around the first few times, then a nerve hits and we're done listening to it.

German Festival

• We went to a German Christmas Festival this weekend.
• The food was good!
• We met up with a few people that Travis has befriended (they bought a few of his sculptures). They have a little girl Nola that is 2 months older then Isaak. I didn't know what to think of her name at first, but learned that they named her off of a Magnolia tree. Then I loved her name. I was a big fan of Magnolia trees when I lived in Savannah, GA.
• The kids kept going over to where the window was. It started to snow while we were there.
• I got a picture of Nola, but it didn't turn out very good.

Pictures Tonight

• We are getting family pictures taken tonight. It should be interesting considering that it snowed last night. I'm debating...do we change at Aunt Terra's house before we leave, or at the mall? I usually have stocking caps on the boys, and Mica has on his winter boots.
• Our photo bag looks like we're going on vacation for a week. LOL I have shoes, change of clothes for all of us, squirt bottle, Daddies gel (for his hair), hair brushes, make-up for me and hair straightener.
• This is going to be a hassle!
• We all have sweaters that match! Mica and Isaak have the green, grey and white stripped sweaters from Children's Place, I have a green sweater and Daddy has a grey sweater that both match perfect with the colors in the boy's sweaters.

Adorable Kinders

Isaak

Look he even has Isaak's big eyes. LOL

Mica

With his brown shaggy hair.

• Go Graham Go and A Giveaway Addicted Mommy are having a doll giveaway (winners pick) from the company Adorable Kinders. Isaak loves, "Babies", and it's hard to find boy dolls in the stores.
• I'm a total doll junkie. I loved them when I was little. The only sucky thing in my mind about having boys is that I can't really pass my dolls down to them. They play with their 2 small dolls, but not like a girl would. They end up getting thrown on the floor!
• I did buy Mica 2 small dolls before Isaak was born to roll play with him, so he'd be a good big brother. Isaak does carry them around. They have pink and blue outfits on them.
• Aunt Angela found a really cute boy doll for Isaak at Kohl's for Christmas. It has buttons, snaps and ties on the clothing, so he can learn to do those things.
• The cool thing about Adorable Kinders is that you can find a doll that looks just about like any kid. I had fun picking ones out that look like the little kids in my family and friend's kids.

Elijah

My nephew Elijah

Evan

My nephew Evan who happens to red hair.

Violet

My friend Robyn's daughter.

Niko

My friend Kim's son. He doesn't look like this too much. He was the hardest to find since he's 1/2 Asian.

What You Do?

• Isaak's said a few new things lately. He's been saying, "Ok" and "Bannana".
• Then today when entering Aunt Terra's house, Mica's coat got caught on the door. Daddy said, "Oh fudge". Isaak said, "What you do Daddy"?

The Boys Store

• The Boys Store has great clothing!
• Grandma Spiehs got all the youngest boys in our family train shirts from the store. The material feels great.
• I'm always after a store that has fun clothing for boys. I really get sick of seeing boring clothing for Mica's age (4 years). It seems like when they grow out of toddler clothing, clothing goes down hill as far as cuteness goes. This store has great style!
• Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous is giving away a pair of pj's from the store. Go there to enter!

Baby Genius Prize Pack

• Jolly Mom is giving away a prize pack from Baby Genius.
• All the winnings include what is pictured above.