Welcome Christmas, come this way!

Well, it's finally December and guess who's excited!?
I found the Santa hats, and they had at it

They both won their class spelling bees this week, so a little Grinchly trophies seemed in order. They will compete against each other and the entire school 12/16....that should be fun!

They were a little bit happy :-)

Jack doing his best Grinch impersonation...

....and our gappy-toothed Harry with his very own Max!

The (original) Grinch Movie

I Want To See Snowflakes Fall To The Ground

And here's last year's version of Harry

Christmas Like A Child

The First NAIL HOLE

This picture just makes me smile, and now it's the first thing we see when we come home...fitting that this is the first hole we put in our freshly painted walls, right? This picture always reminds me of my dear Great Uncle Larry.

Jack started the "I believe in Santa" conversation yesterday during a discussion of religious freedoms. So not ready for this, but so far they both talk about being Santa, having Santa in their heart - fingers crossed.

How could you not love that silly mug?!? Harry was the first to dig thru the hats this afternoon...

...and was just a *little* excited!

Jack found the football hats they all have (notice the pile behind him? yikes, we have a lotta hats!)

Gettin' his silly on! (and no, I don't think his hands are typically that freakishly large, but it could help if he continues to love football, right?!)

And this is their evolving room with all the glow - Jack was very proud of himself for finding a place to hang their hats on their beds :wub:

The First Noel

but don't touch my hat

Monday at Cowboy Camp was all about the HAT...and I remembered having caught lots of shots of the boys with these hats over the years. My friend Jenny taught me how to use Picasa's Collage feature to show a bunch of pix in less space....what do you think?

My friend Lori's son goes to a preschool that offers several camp sessions in the summer; last week the boys joined Tim at Cowboy Camp. This is what they looked like when they were just excited to go...
And this is what they looked like the first afternoon, after learning about how many ways the cowboy could use his hat. They wore them pretty constantly all week :wub:

Our kids are fascinated with hats, something I've forgotten since most of ours are in storage awaiting a new home. Here's an old post with one of my favorite cowboy hat pictures, made into a jigsaw puzzle that you can do (yes, you can load your own photos, sent, post, etc. - have fun!)

OK, it's been a LONG time, I found this in my drafts and didn't want to lose it
07/10/09 Harry: Mommy, when you do your errands, don't take a wrong turn! 07/15/09 Jack:Sometimes I just can't make my imagination calm down and go to sleep!

Lyle Lovett's Don't Touch My Hat

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

We have some silly boys, who love their cowboy hats (ala Toy Story)

Friday nite, they came up with the idea of 'tall pants' - they lifted their pj pants up as high as they could and spent a while running around and giggling and generally being goofy boys! I couldn't get a good picture, but you get the idea ;-)

Willie Nelson

Don't Touch My Hat

Our boys love hats!

Somehow they started a Hat Parade this morning, and this first shot of Jack reminded me of a great Lyle Lovett song....

You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat!

So, one at a time....

...two at a time....

...in a helpful minute....

....or a flirty one....

....in a destructive mode...

....or a restive one, they love 'em all!

I had to throw this one in because I just thought it was sweet ;-)

Happy Wednesday!