What's Up Wednesday

 

I'm linking up with Shay, Shaefer and Mel the last Wednesday of the month again for What's Up Wednesday! How is it already the end of November?!

What we're eating this week:
ALL OF THE THANKSGIVING FOOD!!!!!
And when we aren't eating Thanksgiving food, I am going to be eating these tortillas!!!
 
It has been 3 1/2 years since these tortillas have been at my local grocery store (they didn't have them in Birmingham or in Davenport until now) and regular store bought flour tortillas just don't compare. I'm so excited for these!!!
What I'm reminiscing about:
Two weekends ago (a balmy 60 degrees):
 
 
Because this last weekend looked like this:
 

What I'm loving:
This! haha
 
And this: #storyofmylife
 
What we've been up to: 

Our church's turkey trot (I guess you don't get a good turn out when it's windy and freezing! haha)
 

Jack fell in love with hot cocoa at the turkey trot and has been asking for it every day since :) I can't say no to that face :)

Art class! David is surprisingly more into it than Jack. He loves going station to station and doing all of the crafts while Jack wants to stay at the play dough and water table stations the entire time :) I love that their hands are basically the same size!
 
 
 

Helping out at Jack's Thanksgiving party at preschool
 

We are (sadly to me) replacing park days with museum days because of the cold!
 

Playing in the first snow of the season! I hate snow, but I loved the look on Jack and David's faces when they looked out the window and saw snow. They were so excited!
 
 
 

What I'm excited about:
The holidays! I love this time of year!
What I'm dreading:
Snow. Winter. Freezing temperatures. Everyone says that the first snow is magical but if I'm being honest, it is totally depressing to me. It feels like the "beginning of the end" - the end of bike rides and sending the boys out to play and park play dates and running outside and going on walks and going to get the mail without slipping on ice and falling flat on my back (that seriously happened this weekend) and leaving the house without bundling my kids with socks and boots and coats and mittens and hats and then going back inside to change a second time because playing in wet snow is more fun than getting in the van. I hate the winter blues and would love any suggestions or remedies that help make winters happier! #arizonagirlproblems
What I'm working on:
Just prepping for Christmas and getting ready to go out of town!

What I'm watching/reading:
We finally finished Parks and Rec last week and we loved it! So so so so soooooooooo much. I am now looking for show recommendations because Spencer started watching Mountain Men and I just can't.
It was my turn to choose the book for book club this month and I chose Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. It's one of my favorites!
 
What I've been listening to:
Christmas music!
 
What I'm wearing: 
As usual, I'm wearing pajamas as I type this, but I did remember to take an outfit selfie earlier this week. I didn't, however, remember shoes and I didn't remember to pick up the junk around me so you could all think that my house was clean.
 
What I'm doing this weekend:
Turkey trotting, feasting, celebrating Jack's birthday, visiting the Nauvoo temple, and hopefully getting our Christmas decorations up.
What I'm looking forward to next month:
My brother James' wedding and spending the holidays in Utah and Arizona!!!
Bonus Question: What is your favorite Christmas Tradition?
Every year we have a Christmas Eve dance party in our new Christmas jammies and it is definitely my favorite tradition! Some years it's laid back and some years it's structured and intense (everyone has to dance solo to the song of their choice) but every year it is so fun and hilarious! Here is a clip from our Christmas of 2012: (I may have promised to delete this a while back but I "forgot" ;)

Other posts about some of our Christmas traditions -----> here and here
What's up with you?!