Ooo Ooo's owie

As you can see, Ooo Ooo got an owie like Connor.
Poor Ooo Ooo and Connor each have 5 stitches.
Ooo Ooo helped Connor learn how the nurse was going to take the stitches out.
We {Connor, mostly} instructed Ooo Ooo to hold really still and not move,
while Connor pulled the stitches out with tweezers.

Did it work, you ask? I think so.
Connor held pretty still and didn't fuss too much as the nurse took his out.
Much easier than putting those suckers in!!

We celebrated the success by going out for promised fruit drinks.

{Connor making some sign on his forehead}

{our brave boy}

Merry Christmas 2009

{Merry Christmas from the Brown's}

This year for Christmas we tried to do something different every day
to help the kids learn the true meaning of Christmas
and to just have fun and celebrate the season.

So each day the elves would leave a note in our advent house,
instructing us on what we were to do that day.
It proved to be tons of fun and create lots of memories.

Next year I'll be better about taking pictures of all the little adventures!

Here is a run down of what we did throughout December,
in no particular order:

make a Christmas chain
go buy toys for kids who don't have any
drink hot cocoa
play in the snow
read Christmas books
drive through the animal lights
buy food for those who need it
sleep under the Christmas tree (yes we did it, and yes it was tons of fun)
decorate Christmas cookies
act out the nativity
take daddy to lunch
set up the nativity
deliver neighbor goodies
make Christmas bread
take daddy to lunch again
ride the train and see the lights at Temple Square
have a sleepover with cousins at grandma's house
go to the church party to see Santa
take daddy to lunch again (the elves started to run out of new ideas)
go to Christmas party at preschool
write Christmas letters to Spence & Brandon, the missionaries
read Christmas nativity and watch Luke 2
make paper snowflakes
pop popcorn and watch Charlie Brown Christmas
leave our Christmas bread for Santa, sprinkle reindeer dust outside,
and go to bed early!

{sporting the new Christmas eve jammies}

No more monkeys jumping on the bed

Connor learned last night why the monkey's mamma and his mamma
don't allow jumping on the bed

{what happens when your lip meets your guardrail on your bed}

{conscious sedation, 5 stitches, and an orange popcicle later}

Christmas treasures

The things that Connor brings {or wears} home

from preschool are absolutely precious!

{Cowboy Connor}

This was our present from Connor that he did at school!
How cute is that!

{handmade ornaments}

Our tree this year is adorned with these precious ornaments from school.
I'll have to say that I've never been a big fan
of putting the school projects on the decorated tree.
But I'm now a believer. Connor is so proud of himself to put these on the tree!
Besides, I think it makes the tree look so cozy and fun!

{notice the very straight lines of candies}

I volunteered the day they did this project,
it was so fun and cute to see Connor in his element!
All the kids were so different and so cute at the same time!

{Rudolph the Red-nosed Connor}

Connor after school one day last week

{not to be outdone by her brother}

Mabel made sure, by screaming "mine",
that I take a picture of her masterpiece from nursery