Ringing in the holidays

Daddy finally made it back from Australia. He brought back this awesome boxing kangaroo that Jude has had so much fun wrestling. 

poor Daddy was so jet lagged and Jude was so happy to have him back and hung all over him every second he could. 

He thinks he is so funny. I guess I do to though. :)

We took Jude to cash in his piggy bank and he got a balloon and some M&M's with his money. Silly boy. He was very pleased with his balloon and that thing lasted for waaay too long. 

I've been cleaning all the baby items we have and Jude took it upon himself to test them all out as well. 

After a delicious Thanksgiving dinner we all headed out to see the new Disney movie Frozen. 

It's become a tradition to go watch Santa fly in on the Helicopter every year. 

Then we head off to find our lucky Christmas tree

Then of coarse we decorate it. 

After our trip to Florida we came home to what felt like several feet of snow. Jude was ready to jump right in. I am not sure what he likes better sandy beaches or snowy hills. 

Slides are 1000x's better covered in snow. They are speed rockets. 

I love when I walk out of the shower to find my teenager playing games on the Ipad

Our Elf finally showed up. I am going to miss him hanging around keeping a three year old in check. 

All Jude wants for Christmas this year is ONE candy cane. He is very insistent on just one and the other day we found what he had in mind and so we took it home and left it out for Jay (our elf) to take to Santa to bring to Jude if he's a good boy. 

Posing with Jay. Just a little intimidated. 

We also went up to SLC and did the Christmas lights and toured around the city. 

Crafting it up. Jude made a darling wreath and a little Santa and reindeer that hold his picture. 

A ten minute walk in the stroller is an hour with Jude running free. But we had nothing going on today and the weather was beautiful so I let this crazy snow hound do his thing. 

He is super obsessed with the treadmill. Could play on it for hours. Only problem is he wants me to play on it with him. He needs a little brother sooo bad.