Clifford the "Fire" Man

So I woke up this morning to Clifford saying "sorry mom". And he showed me where he had started a fire next to my side of the bed. The fire was already put out with supposedly Clifford using one of my comforters to put it out (though I haven't found the spots yet). The smoke smelt awful-i opened up all the windows in the house. I haven't cleaned up the mess yet because I want Pete to see it, but from the looks of it, there's multiple burn spots on the carpet. From what I can gather, Clifford got into Pete's camping stuff (which Pete left out, yet again). Inside were a small box of matches. Clifford used those matches to torch my magazine I had on the floor. I swear-I never know what I'm going to wake up to each morning with my kids.

The Other Nielsens

Late Sunday night/Early Monday morning, Pete picked up his brother Eric, wife Jessica and the cutest little boy (other than ours) William from Sea-Tac. They're visiting from Hawaii for xmas. The boys had fun the next morning playing with their cousin William.

Visiting Mrs. Claus

The boys went and visited Mrs. Claus and some delicious cookies with her last weekend. When Mrs. Claus asked the boys if they're excited for xmas, Clifford responded to her reciting his xmas toy wish list. It was lots of fun.

Some Xmas Fun

Last night for Family Home Evening, we put together a gingerbread house kit that Aunt Janet gave as a gift. It was tons of fun. Pete was the "architect", Sarah was the "designer", and the boys over saw everything while eating the candy that came in the kit. Luckily, they left enough to decorate the house with. For it being the first time the four of us has ever put a gingerbread house together, it turned out pretty good. We're also completely done decorating the house for xmas and have our tree up. Gifts have been bought, wrapped and shipped off to the appropriate family. And xmas cards will be completed tonight. All I need to do now is relax until it's time to bake and the start of the enjoyable chaos that comes with visiting all our family this holiday season. 'tis the season!!!