Overnight with Grandma and Pops

Alex and Reed had a great time spending Saturday night with Grandma and Pops. Looks like they played a little piano and built a giant tower!

Reed made a gingerbread house!

First Penance

Alex had his first penance today in preparation for first communion in the spring. They did a neat activity where each child processed into the church with an unlit candle. Once they made their first penance, they lit the candle. It was a cool way to symbolize the forgiveness of sin and the gift of love from God.

Oh, and they looked pretty handsome all dressed up!

Christmas parade

We went to our first official parade! I wasn't sure if the boys would like it or not, but our small town Christmas parade was one of my favorite childhood memories, so we had to try it. We had some pizza at Moz's office (on the parade route) and headed outside with some hot chocolate. And....they loved it! They liked the floats and bands and firetrucks, but both admitted their favorite part was having candy thrown at them and in the street. Fun memories!

Rock 'n Roll Day

Reed is studying the letter R this week at school, so today they celebrated Rock 'n Roll 50s day. He wasn't really sure what the 50s was, but he was excited to use hair gel and get to have root beer floats!

Weekend of lights

We kicked off the Christmas season this weekend!

We put up the tree on Saturday morning and then the boys joined me at a work event for Zoo Lights. They loved the magic show, and we had a great time walking around the zoo at night.

On Sunday, we headed downtown to have cookies with Aunt Christie and see all the downtown Christmas lights and sights. We saw the lights at Court Square, the amazing Christmas decorations at the Peabody, and had an awesome dinner at Flying Fish. We finished up the night with a little singing at the Center for Southern Folklore. Such a great, fun Memphis Christmas night!

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday, especially because we get a super long weekend at the lake with family. Of course, we did lots of cooking, carving and eating, but we managed to sneak in some puzzles and a few walks in the woods.

We also went to the old soda fountain drugstore in Corinth. It was fantastic - coke float for Alex and a giant banana split for Reed! We all had a great weekend and were so sad to see it end (seems like a lake house theme, right?)