{all is merry and bright} ::

the month of december has been jammed packed with lots of fun stuff!

we kicked the month of December off by going to Brody's last gymnastics class of the season. we will miss gymnastics! he had such a great time!



our ward (church) had our annual Ugly Sweater Christmas party. a good time was had and brody did a good job with Santa. he wouldn't sit on his lap but at least he would stand next to him and of course getting candy helped too.



we've had some COSI (our science museum) fun and we also did our family tradition of St. Nick an old european tradition that takes place on december 5th. back in the day, children would write their letters to santa and leave their letter in a shoe outside there door, and Saint Nicholas would come around and collect the letters and leave children a treat. it's something my family has always done, you can read about it here.



i made "graham cracker" ginger bread houses, super easy! and we had our friends the Olsen's come over to decorate these yummy little houses. brody loved it! he got his very own house to decorate. pretty sure he enjoyed eating the candy more than actually decorating. i don't blame him, we had some pretty tasty treats!





we had a goodbye lunch with our fabulous friends the Humberts before they left Ohio for christmas break. brody and jaydn are so cute!



we went to an Ohio State Hockey game. for students and spouses with Buck I.D.'s you get in for free. our neighbors let us borrow one of there I.D.'s for brody and we had a really fun night! brody loved it, as always! he sat and watched the entire game! and of course we saw Brutus! we LOVE brutus! and pretty sure our family photo-op is priceless. just look at brody's face, isn't he thrilled we are taking a picture.





my wonderful friend Elizabeth invited brody and i over for a play date where we decorated christmas cookies and had lunch. she is amazing and had the most wonderful spread of goodies for decorating and for lunch! love her! she is also brilliant and she made frosting that the kids could paint on there cookies and had paint brushes for everyone to use. seriously a great idea!



i got tyson and brody tickets to a Ohio State Basketball game for Christmas. they had a great time! and had amazing seats! once again brody sat and watched the entire thing all while enjoying pop, popcorn and the game! he cracks me up. he won't sit still at the library for story time but he will sit for 2.5 hours at a sporting event. he's too funny!



we got our tree up and we've had lots of fun going to the store and looking at all the wonderful christmas stuff. i bribed brody at Target to put on the santa hat. i told him if he smiled, i'd let him touch the christmas lights on display. ha! it was win win for both of us. :)



it's been a great month so far... it's definitly been merry and bright!