Weekend boys

I had to take a trip out to Salt Lake on Thursday and Carl was at training in California. Luckily Grandma stepped I to save the day and was able to take off and watch the boys. Max got to ride forward in her car and they got all kinds of treats. The rest is all random. New coat (FINALLY), car shopping cars, iPad at dinner, slides with Daddy, asleep on Mommy.

Elf on the Shelf: Day 15

Shawn snuck in Carson's bookbag and tried to stowaway to preschool.

Elf on the Shelf: Day 14

Shawn was trying his hand at Christmas photography with Carson's camera.

Big boy chair

Max has been trying to climb up in the chair next to Carson every time he sits down to eat. I absolutely adore watching Max follow Carson around copying him. One day last week Carson was acting like a monkey and crawled from our room to his. Ever since that day Max insists on only crawling down the hall in the morning. It's so cute!

He was freaking out today at lunch over not being able to get up on the chair when I realized I had a little seat for him. I strapped this thing on and he was a happy camper.  I've been feeling like creating black and white mages lately....

 And I forgot to post these yesterday. Max figuring out the iPad. 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 13

We decided Shawn could come back today and he came bearing a gift. This seemed to reset Carson a little and he's been wonderful so far today. I debated on whether or not Shawn was stealing a penny or giving a penny. Carson ran in my room his morning yelling that Shawn gave him money and that he loves him and they are best friends. Better that way. LOL   Carson's a sucker for change. 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 12

Carson was still I being unreasonably argumentative (to put it nicely) so Shawn went on strike for day 12. His little elf bum didn't move and Carson was pretty disappointed. It seemed to sink in a little at least. 

The last week's photos

Max has been staying asleep when you take him out of the car lately. Usually I'm holding him though and can't appreciate how cute he is. I made Carl freeze for this one.

Max's new trick is to clear the tractors off the toy box and climb up here. He pulls all the toys out and revels in the mess. Check out hat floor. Rawr. 

We all went for a drive up to Estes Park yesterday just for fun. It was super windy and annoying when we got out to walk around in town though. We stopped at the little playground and could only play for a while because we were cold. 

Look at that little tear on his cheek. haha

We explored in a bunch of new places and came across this huge herd of elk. (Are elk in a herd??) We pulled over and tried to get some pics out of the car windows and hoped none of them got mad. They seemed to not even know we were there though. 

The highlight for Carson is that he gets to sit in back when Grandma comes. 

Max and Daddy playing grab the hat at lunch. 

This is Saint Malo church outside of Estes Park. It is historic and called the church on the rock for good reason. Apparently it caught on fire last year which explains why there were boarded up windows. Such a same because it was breathtakingly gorgeous. 

I broke down and finally got an iPad this weekend. ::happy dance::  The boys claimed quickly. 

Action shot. Carson takes the brunt of the attack baby. 

Clothes. You're doing it wrong. 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 11

As a continuation of Carson's bad attitude, he got a stern letter from Shawn. Will it sink in? Time will tell. I'm going with a big probably not. 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 10

Carson had such a good week when he was off school during thanksgiving week. This last week he has been a sassy terror though. Sunday morning he found Shawn acting like a baby in Max's swing. Again, we told him his elf reflects the way he acts so Shawn was being a baby. He didn't think it was funny. 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 9

I think Shawn got together with Daddy for this one. This was a big dirt track made from our basket and pillows and blankets. Lets just say it was a hit for the whole weekend.