Halloween and Christmas

Once again time has slipped by without me really realizing it. The last time I posted it wasn't Halloween yet. Well, Halloween has come and gone already. We went as Peterpan, Tinkerbell and a lost boy for Halloween. We ended up being too tired to go trick or treating but we did go to the ward Trunk or Treat.

Every year for Christmas, Spencer's family gets together and makes tamales. I finally decided to take pictures of it this year and I didn't do a very good job of it, but I did get some.

I didn't think to take a picture of the tamale actually coming out of the machine. It basically is a machine that you put meat in and maza in and then when you crank it the tamale comes out. We then took the tamale and rolled it in the husk and then you cook them in a pan. They were quite yummy!!

On Christmas day, we opened up presents and then we went down to Pearland to spend the day with Spencer's family. Tarren actually enjoyed opening the presents. We only wrapped up Tarren's presents this year. Spencer and I got our presents early this year. He got an xbox and lots and lots of games. My present was a beautiful necklace and new Nike sunglasses. I haven't had any glasses for this year to wear at work and so they are perfect!

My co-worker's 6yr old son gave this chair to Tarren because he didn't use it anymore. Tarren LOVES it! He wanted to sit in the chair to open up his presents.

Needless to say, we had a garage sale the day after Christmas to make room for the new toys.
The funny thing is I always told myself I wasn't going to spend money on toys because kids at this age are happy playing with boxes and sticks. I gave up on that idea though when I first had Tarren. It is so much fun to buy stuff for him and eventually he does get bored with the box and then he has his toy to play with. Plus I like to play with him when he plays with his toys:)

We are looking forward to the New Year and are excited for what it will bring. We are excited to see the stages that Tarren will go through. He is starting to copycat what we say now which is funny and scary! He is wanting to become more independent with what he does and loves to follow us around. One of his favorite things to do is shower or should I say play in the water. He also LOVES to go outside even if it is cold! We bought him a potty chair and are hoping that he will pick up on it soon. :) He will be 2 in about 4 months and he is showing the signs of it aka throwing fits. We will see what the New Year brings....