Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Gingerbread House Tradition



I have always wondered why my Martha Stewart of a mother never started a gingerbread house tradition with me...well, now I know.....this looks like a lot of fun (and it was) but this is a lot of work....and we started with a premade house! Haze had the BEST time playing and eating all of our work! I finally gave up trying to make it look like the one on the box and we free lanced one with an "EHC!"

Almost, almost, almost.....


Almost walking, almost one and almost climbing the stairs!!!!!!!!!! We are in for a lot of changes any day now around the Clayton house! This little fella is all boy. This picture tells it all....he looks like a sweet little bunny, but he has the determination of a bull when he puts his mind to something!

Have you ever regreted teaching your kid something? Well, I have now! This is the first face I get now just about everytime I try to take a picture! If she still didn't look so dad gum cute, we would have a serious problem!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Thanks Santa!!!!!!!!!!!



Santa came and boy did he bring some presents! Elizabeth Haze made it clear that she wanted Santa to bring her "a pink one, and a green one and Grayson needs a yellow one." So, some how Santa found pink, green and yellow Christmas wrapping paper! I heard that this was not as easy as it sounded, especially the pink request! However, he managed it and as soon as she saw the presents she said "oh, look mommy, three pink ones, that's mines!" It was too cute. Our den was taken over by toys, barbies, Dora, and barnyard animals, but it was lots of fun! Gray's first Christmas was a success and Haze's fourth Christmas the best one yet. She really 'got it' this year and it was so much fun to listen to her talking about Santa and teaching her about getting and giving presents (the giving not such an easy lesson)! I haven't been able to get it on tape yet, but her rendition of Jingle Bells is one of the cutest things I have ever seen in my life! I'll try to post a video, but when the camera turns on, she usually stops!

Sug & Joe's Christmas Eve



We went to Sug & Joe's for Christmas Eve and had a wonderful time. Sug cooked our traditional breakfast for dinner meal and afterwards Kyle and I just sat back and let Haze and Gray play their hearts out with these two! I think all 6 of us were asleep by 9 o'clock! We were all zonked out, full as ticks and spoiled rotten!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Big G gets a make-over!



Big G and Delecia came up Sunday morning to have Christmas Brunch at our house with Drew, Taylor and Caroline. We all had a wonderful visit. Haze and Caroline played while baby Gray slept! While he was in town Big G had a make-over at The Clayton Salon! Master stylist Haze covered him in several different lotions over a 45 minute facial leaving them both smelling LOVELY! It was absolutely adorable!