Highlights from the past few weeks

The weeks since Thanksgiving have been fun and exciting for the most part. I'm trying to relax and take in every moment of this Christmas season, because it is our first one as parents! It's been a little harder than usual for it to feel like Christmas, since it's been 75 degrees lately, but nothing will crush my spirits! We have done a little driving around looking at Christmas lights, lots of listening to Christmas music, Christmas shopping. Yup...it's the hap, happiest season of all!!!

I'm still absolutely loving teaching at Mother's Day Out. Mainly because of the social outlet for me, socialization for James, change of pace in the week, the oppurtunity to follow one of my passions, to teach, and most of all, I LOVE my little group of kids!! They say the funniest things and are still at the adorable, pinchably cute age. We have had so many fun projects going on with Christmas coming up, so I have kept busy lately cutting, pasting, painting, hot glueing, etc. My hands have burns on them, my clothes have glitter on them, and my living room floor is a mess, but it's SO much fun!

Here are some pictures of us.  
   James has been doing this hilarious face lately that I can't get enough of. I was so happy to catch it on camera. BTW, while I was taking these pictures, I was unknowingly kneeling in an antbed (a HUGE phopia of mine).
I freaked out (hopefully the neighbors weren't near their windows at that moment), slapping my legs about a hundred times and taking my shoes and socks off as quickly as humanly possible, and when I was back inside looking at pictures, I laughed at this one. Apparently I snapped one on my way down!