Blake's Book

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Day

Cinnamon rolls

 

 

Eric loves playing in the snow with the kids and I'm so glad.  He told me to come out and play too--and I said no thank you.  Why does that not sound fun to me at all?  Maybe if I had the right gear.  And it weren't freezing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Morning

Ty always seems to be crying in group pictures.

 

 

Blake loves Ty and is so sweet and affectionate to him.  Ty doesn't really like it and often screams when he is near.

 

Growing up we played the white elephant game with small boxes of cereal while opening Christmas presents.  We did this with the kids and I'm glad because Froot Loops kept Ty happy.

 

Blake and Janie were so happy and excited for everything.  (One of Eric's presents was a covering to hide all the cords hanging from the tv.  Much needed.)

 

 

 

 

Playing Just Dance for Kids on the wii.  Pretty cute.

 

Watching Just Dance.  More pictures to come from Christmas day--from my new camera from Eric!

Bath Time

Ty loves baths--and that is an understatement.  He is always trying to climb in with his clothes on.  As much as he loves it, Janie hates it.  She is fine (sometimes) when she gets in, but never wants to take a bath.  A few weeks ago, I put Ty in his crib with some books so I could bathe Janie.  He was crying because he wasn't in the bath.  And Janie was crying because she was.

Janie has said some funny things lately:

She was playing with Barbie dolls in St. Louis over Thanksgiving.  I asked her if she wanted one for Christmas.  She said "Yes!  Let's pray to Heavenly Father to ask Santa if Icould have a Barbie."  Then she folded her arms and started praying.

There is a little boy in Janie's preschool group that has been known to hit.  When we had preschool at our house, Janie came upstairs crying.  I asked her what was wrong and while crying she started talking fast, "Colin hit me and he always is hitting and Satan will say 'yay!' because he is hitting me." 

One day Janie randomly said "When it is my birthday can we have a cake with blueberries on a bush?  And will you get me a present that I like."

Making Cookies

 

 

Decorating the Tree

Blake and Janie quickly learned to put the ornaments up as high as they could.

 

Because Ty went around taking off the "balls" and throwing them around the room.

 

"Merry Christmas!"

 

 

Looks so lovely.

Gingerbread Men

 

 

For Janie's preschool last week we talked about gingerbread men.  I wasn't brave enough to make and decorate cookies with 5 little ones but Janie and I sure had fun!  It was nice to spend some good one on one time doing an activity that she loved.  She was so happy and excited the whole time.  She loves being in the kitchen and helping me cook and bake.  Blake and his school friend helped us decorate them after school.