Christmas Songs

Every Sunday in December the Pee Wees at church sing in “big church”. December 4 was Trenton’s big day to sing. He looked so nervous when he walked in. The kids were so cute and they sang a pretty cute song. Trenton had been practicing for weeks. He was at the very top of the group so my pictures are a weird angle. I was so proud of them and there is nothing better than hearing kids sing!

This is the part where they would say “Moo moo moo moo” I need to get the song because it is pretty funny!

He will be in the kinder class next year and those kids really belt it out! I love that we are a part of a church that focuses so much on children. Trenton LOVES going to church and learning about Jesus.

Christmas Tree 2011

I have been a total slacker this year. I am usually so excited to get home from our trip to Del Rio for Thanksgiving that I pull out the tree that Sunday and it is fully decorated by that evening. Well not so much this year. We just got our tree up a week or so ago. Correction, I put the tree up and it stayed undecorated for a week until we decorated it. I was skeptical of putting my nice decorations on there because I knew Trace would take them off. Trenton and I had a great time decorating the tree while Trace took them all off. It was quite humorous. We may have lost a couple of nice angels (that got dropped on the fire place by little helper elf) and half of my ball ornaments are currently being used as baseballs & golf balls. I also wanted to get pictures of the boys helping and that didn’t happen. Trace wouldn’t sit still and Trenton wasn’t interested. Maybe by the end of the season I will get a picture of them by the tree!

Mom: “Hey Trenton can you sit by the tree so I can take a picture? “

Trenton: “I did all the work I just want to lay down”

Awesome!

This giant snowflake has become a deadly weapon in our house. Many tears have been shed because someone has been slapped with this thing. (It is now in the garbage)

Out tree really does look nice. I just don’t know how to get a good picture! I love that we can see the tree from our front door now. We really didn’t do much outside decorating this year. This has been the most unorganized year for our family. Two has been an adjustment!

He strikes again

If you ever wonder just how long it takes a 1 year old to empty an entire can of Pringles on your floor I am hear to tell you about 15 seconds! Trace is definitely our curious child. This can of Pringles was sitting on the end table with the lid on. He grabbed it, took the lid off WITH HIS TEETH and decided to dump them everywhere. As you can see Big Brother wasn’t far from the crime scene either. He assured me he had no part in this! These boys are a mess, but I love them!

Christmas Parade

Our sweet little town of League City does a Christmas Parade every year. Last year was the first year we took Trenton and we were super excited to get to take Trace this year. We ended up leaving the house later than we wanted and didn’t get a great seat, but the boys had fun either way. As soon as we got there and I pulled out my camera the batteries died. Of course! Thankfully my sweet friend Rhonda had hers and was gracious enough to snap a few shots! Both boys were tired and cranky from a long day so we didn’t last the whole time. Add to that the down pour episodes and our kids had enough!

Seriously the best picture out of 3. I look EXHAUSTED!

Parades are all about the light swords you get these days! Thankfully these kept the kids busy so we could enjoy a few extra minutes of the parade.

My sweet Trace! He really loved all of the lights on the float and the bands!

Next year I might be more prepared, look less tired and we will have a much better spot!

Thanksgiving 2011 – Del Rio

Every year we make the trip down to Del Rio to spend time with Gene’s family for Thanksgiving. This year we had a much shorter trip because I couldn’t get off work until Wednesday. We packed up the car Wednesday night and headed out. We made it in decent time considering how many people were on the road. Gene’s cousin Carlos rode with us and I think he may never do that again! It was quite the adventure to say the least. Trace screamed off and on for an hour because he was tired and couldn’t get comfortable. Once I got his seat reclined and him to sleep Trenton started complaining about a headache. I turned off his DVD player and soon after he said “Mommy my mouth hurts” which is code for I AM GOING TO BE SICK! I quickly unloaded a Kroger bag, sat it in front of him and well you know the rest. Poor baby. Of course we were on a 2 lane highway with no way to pull over. Once we could stop we got Trenton cleaned up, Mommy cleaned up and Trace back to sleep we were on the road again. We were so happy to arrive in Del Rio and stretch our legs! Thursday morning I woke up super sick and pretty much stayed in bed all day. I guess I got a stomach virus which meant NO turkey for me. Trenton wasn’t feeling great either and he slept most of the day too. Friday we were all feeling better and enjoyed some Cougar Football with Big Dog while Daddy went golfing. That evening we took some family pictures. They are a little dark because trying to get everyone ready before the son went down at 6 was difficult. So it was a little dark out!

Me and my boys

3 Generations of Flores Men

 

Our family! I love this picture

Aunt Rachel & the babies

 

Grandma & Big Dog with their grandbabies

The Flores Family