December and Delinquent Toddlers

Ok ok so my kids aren't really "Delinquent" but sometimes I feel like they are! I have to keep reminding myself that, "They're just kids" and, "They can't understand some of the concepts yet" and, "If you yell it will just teach them to yell".

Being a mom is definitely not easy! Most of the time I feel like I'm running blind and don't have a clue what to do. I get advice all over the place but most of the time it just makes me feel like I'm failing. So I continue to try my hardest and follow my gut. Although sometimes all my gut wants is cake...hmmm...

So we have been having fun this December! We have been to a couple of Ward (meaning church, not "WARD" family) Christmas parties. The one at our Ward was "The Polar Express" theme. It was really cute. And we got to see Santa at my parent's party. A brother that I have known my whole life played Santa. He was sooo perfect. I loved seeing him as Santa. We didn't make Autumn sit with Santa. We knew she'd absolutely freak out. So we let her smile and wave at him from afar :)

Might I mention that his beard is totally real? LOVE IT!

She really was so excited to see Santa, she just isn't very good at smiling on command for pictures. :)

We really did have a lot of fun!

I love seeing the snow this year! I felt like last year we didn't have any!

I could post so many more pictures. Here are just a FEW more :)

Merry Christmas!