Ginger Bread House

Pierce has been asking all month to do a ginger bread house. My mom bought him a Wilton kit last week so we embarked on making it today. We started it when I put Holt down for a nap this afternoon, thinking it would be an hour activity and then Pierce and mommy could have our quiet time. Well, we completed it at 8:30 tonight. Who knew you had to let parts of it dry for an hour and then two at at time before you could complete it. Pierce loved decorating it and we both enjoyed the left over candy that we just couldn't find a place for. I do think it was a wise choice to do it when Holt was down, I can only imagine the mess and fighting that would of evolved.

Video Two

so i realized this is really dark after i watch it but try to look for Holt's movements if you can...

Latta Christmas Show

This made my night tonight. I was out walking and came in to this performance by the boys. They were on stage (we will have to work on our stage lighting next time) and Pierce was practicing his song for the Christmas show they are doing at school. I have been begging him to sing it for me for 2 weeks now and then I come in and he's doing it for daddy. It made me melt. The second video is of Jason rapping and Pierce going along in his mircophone while Holt dances. I wish you could see Holt dancing better, if I can get them to do it again I will retape.

Thanksgiving, Spaghetti, Chewing, and Lesson Learned

Check out Holt's nose, only Holt could get the spaghetti up his nostril..

Brody pushing Holt

We went to Durham for Thanksgiving. The boys enjoyed playing with their cousins. We did attempt to get a picture of all of them but that didn't turn out so well.

How can a child chew food in his mouth for literally 15 minutes straight without swallowing it while at the same time eating macoroni and cheese from the center and swallowing that part? Pierce is my 'good' eater of our boys these past few months. He almost always tries what I put on his plate and will always eat at least part of his vegetables and fruit. However, he has started this new thing where if he doesn't like what he's eating he chews on it FOREVER and it totally grosses me and Jason out. We will be playing in the den 20 minutes after dinner and see there is still a wad of food in the corner of his mouth, GAG!

Lesson learned...

I took the boys to the nature museum last Wednesday and then we went to the prk to play afterwards. It was pretty cold so we drove up to the park. After we had been playing about 30 minutes I notice lots of police officers in the parking lot with vest on. So I ask another mom what they are doing. She says "they are doing a license check right in front of the parking lot and using this lot to pull people over in." Great..since I didn't bring my wallet, therefore I don't have my license. The lady is with her family and feels sorry for me so offers her husband to drive my car out and then I can drop him off around the side. I say that ok, thinking oh they'll leave soon or I can figure something out. Well, one by one everyone leaves the park except this one family and they are still checking every car driving past and coming in the park. So I relent and ask for help..the wife says she'll drive my car out since she has her license, her family will follow us down the street and get her. The whole time we are getting in the car Pierce is saying "Mommy are we going to go to jail." So I quickly give him a snack hoping he won't repeat these words when they stop to check her license. They ended up not even stopping us, I guess they figured who would drive out of here without a license. The sweet lady told me her husband is a DA and he said they probaly would of given me a ticket and made me wait for someone to pick me up so I did appreciate the 'lift.' All that to say..always keep your license on you.