Life as a Brandtito

*Snap Shots* Trapped by Elfie Sneakins Breakfast at Bubs The kids modeling some of their new Christmas Clothes…. Annabelle was especially excited about her Dr. Who earrings Annabelle did a little Christmas fishing at Nanas!  And then the girls did some pretend sleeping in their new bean bags…..

Snap Shots* Getting Ready for Santa with hot cocoa and hot cocoa cupcakes  Pretty Sister # 1 Pretty Sister #2 Forced Photo….Guess who was least excited?? I'll give you a hint…It's Gavin :)  This Kid. Man She's something.

The Lady Brandts Christmas  Nutcracker Tradition Continued This Year.  We'd planned to sit with some of our fellow Girl Scout troop in support of one of our girls that was cast in the ballet. Unfortunately she got sick last minute and we left scrambling for tickets. When I called (day of performance like a responsible parent) I just asked for the "best available" seats that would be good for kids. Turns out that meant front row. The girls were beyond excited, but sitting so close did make it hard to see at times due to the barrier they put up for the show. They were even happier this equated them being allowed to sit on their knees for a majority of the performance. I'm afraid I may have sat the bar a bit high for the future…..

The kids had the option to dress up as their favorite Nativity character for Awana tonight. Gavin passed, but the girls were not about to pass up an opportunity for a little costume time. Introducing, Mary & The Angel 

 The girls had their church Christmas Program this weekend. They performed at both morning services and were equally amazing each time around! They've been practicing for the mast few months, and all their hard work most definitely paid off.

We're in the Christmas Spirit Now!  Needless to say my dogs hate me.  Baking, Baking and More Baking... My Baking Bestie 

A Seminole & an Auburn Victory…. 3 of my 4 Sisters are happy campers….or at least half happy campers in Caleigh's case & 4 of the 5 Brandtito Bunch are ecstatic.  GO NOLES!! 

How I felt after Thanksgiving Dinner  A few snapshots from Thanksgiving… Ignore John's Mustache…I beg of you... And we also celebrated my first "Little" sister turning the big 23 this year…

We decided to up our game on Christmas Trees this year with not only having a REAL tree…but foraging thru the woods to find the PERFECT tree, and then chopping it down with our BARE hands…and by that I mean going to a tree farm and forcing John to cut it down with a saw while everyone else watches.  Everyone but John agreed this was a solid plan… So off we went in search of the perfect tree…on the coldest, windiest, most frigid day possible. We searched high and low, and voted down numerous less superior trees until just the right one was located.  Once we'd found it, we all stood around and cheered John on until it was cut down and loaded securely on the truck. Then we got the heck out of there in our warm truck and soaked up every bit of heat we could.  Our perfect tree is now patiently waiting to be decorated & the mini Brandt's are not so patiently waiting to get this whole Christmas show on the road.