Christmas in the Toy Shop

And yet another Christmas program. Our church kids put on a play called Christmas in the Toy Shop. Ethan got picked to be a toy solider and even had three lines to learn and say. Dad and Mom had the challenge of coming up with a costume for him and Dad did a wonderful job coming up with it. Micah was just a toy so needed to dress up and he picked his Halloween costume and was Woody. Levi was even going to be involved with singing two songs as a teddy bear but backed out in the end. We figured he is only two so why push him. The boys did great and it was a wonderful program. And now I think we are done with programs for the year.

School Christmas program

Another year...another program and this year we had two in a school program. Ethan was a donkey and Micah was a camel. It was a very cute program telling about Christ's birth with a nursery rhyme twist. We love MVCA and what our boys are able to learn!

New things at the Carlson house....

We have a few new things at the Carlson house, new paint on the walls of the bedroom and a new car. We still need to hang things on the walls but the hard work of painting is done. Dave spent all day yesterday in Sioux Falls car shopping and brought this new red one home. We stayed up late to welcome him home and all went for a drive. It feels so fancy. We all approve and are thankful for a new more reliable car.

Thankful Tree

We had fun once again during the month of November with our Thankful tree. Each day we got a new leaf and wrote what we were thankful for and then hung it on our tree. Even Levi "wrote" what he was thankful for. The boys loved doing it and reminded us if we forgot. It is neat to see a thankful heart!

Turkeys

I found a cute cookie project for the boys to do. We had fun making these turkey cookies and then they took them to school to share with their classmates. Fun but very sweet cookies.  

Mommy's Birthday

Mommy had a birthday! She tries to give it away each year to the boys but they always say that isn't possible.  An overnight shopping trip to Sioux Falls was what she got for her birthday and then came home to flowers and a balloon. A very blessed Mommy. Love those boys!

Pumpkins and costumes...

We had a fun time on Friday with Daddy being home. He worked long hours in Iowa last week so took Friday off! The older boys had school but right after school we dug into our pumpkins for some fun carving. Each boy picked what he wanted his pumpkin to look like and Daddy did the carving. We then suited up with warm clothes and then costumes and headed out in the cold evening to ring a few doorbells and collect some candy. We made a pretty good haul and the boys had a ton of fun.

 Ethan, Micah and Levi's pumpkins

Black Ninja, Woody (it was cold so he is wearing a mask to stay warm) and Lightening Mcqueen