Slices of December

 This was a "special" day for us.  Ok, not really.  I was having a lunch over at a friends house and was supposed to make homemade rolls, but somehow while I was showering and getting ready Collin found an empty egg carton, filled the slots with various toys and was proceeding to climb up onto the stove smashing my rising rolls, open the microwave in order to cook his toys.  YIKES!  Luckily the sound of random buttons alerted me to something not being quite right adn I found him here. To which yes, I did stop to document, because he is not normally this mischevious and I couldn't get past what in the world he was doing!!  haha.  funny day.

 There is no greater joy for a kid than a large, empty cardboard box!  And this one was a huge hit!

 Collin was super sick for a couple days and just wanted to be held.  Can't say I didn't love that part, but its never fun when they don't feel like themselves.

 

Even Dad got to be cuddled during scriptures while Collin wasn't feeling well.

 

 I think this was taken by Collin, but it reminded me that I painted my chairs different colors...(ok, not the brown on that is not normally upstairs) but isn't it bright and fun?

 Couple projects for Dec.  Above was my sister's birthday present....haha!  All she wanted was water containers for her food storage.

 Then of course we have our homemade fire place, made out of paper and an old bed frame.

 And I included this picture...because it showed our Christmas Tree this year!  This was a huge accomplishment for me.  No, I didn't decorate it.  Matter of fact I did NONE of it.  The kids decorated the whole thing and I resisted the urge to fix any of it EVERY SINGLE DAY.  But ultimately I let it stand as is all the way till Christmas.  Take that OCD.  I win.