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Monday, December 14, 2009

Birthday Pictures





The Birthday Celebration!











Brady and Reese turn 3!

The party was at the Children's Museum, which is always a good time. It is a little tough to touch base with your guests there, because the kids scatter, but it was still fun. The weather was nasty, but we were so grateful our friends were able to come! I am going to try to attach a lot of pictures.

I can't believe they are 3.

Reese wasn't real fond of her honorary "birthday girl" necklace provided by the museum, as you can tell by her facial expression! She coughed the entire time, but still seemed to have fun.

Suckers



I can take them almost anywhere (for a short period of time) if I have dum dum suckers! Mother of the year award, here I come!

Christmas Tree Decorating






Well, they didn't want to put on clothes for the camera during the "tree decorating." They just woke up from nap, so we were looking a little rough! It basically turned out to be me decorating the tree.

They've only knocked it down intentionally once.

Shopping for Christmas trees





Fortunately, Gary and I have the same philosophy when shopping for Christmas trees . . . "this one will do . . . " It is usually the first one we lift up. Sure, it is laziness, but aren't all trees nice in some way? We would be fine with Charlie Brown's tree. Maybe that is why the one we chose keeps falling down with and without the kids' help. It is a little lopsided!

This is probably the last year for a live tree. Brady and Reese are coughing and wheezing day and night, and we don't think it is a coincident. I don't think any Christmas tree is worth continuous breathing treatments and steroids! Anyway, it was nice picking it out, and we were glad it didn't fly off the car. It did start to on the way home, and I had to pull down on the rope the whole way to make sure we didn't cause an accident with a fly away tree!

Christmas Play at church




Brady and Reese and I had minor "roles" in the Christmas play at church last week. I was actually quite relieved to be finished with my duties, because you just don't know how 2 year olds are going to respond in front of an audience!

The passed with flying colors! Of course, we had a little help with Daddy distracting behind the scenes . . .

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

We had a great day today!






Here are some pictures from our family "play date" today! Brady and Reese loved playing outside with Wendy and Merrin, and Brady went on and on about how much he loved the goodie bag aunt Lisa brought. He yoved it! He even tried to share with Spike :)

Isn't Merrin beautiful?

By the way . . . Reese has been in "big girl pants" for several days now with only 1 accident! Brady chooses to bounce back and forth from underwear to diapers. I am almost grateful, because it is easier to focus on one at a time!

The Kid's Rooms











They are finally (almost) finished! Most of you know that I have been redecorating rooms, so that Brady and Reese can have their own room. They actually did ok with the separation, so I was grateful. Brady's room is the old playroom, and the only thing he said was, "I can't yike to sleep in da playmoom." Once I reminded him that he was surrounded by all of his things, he settled in nicely! (they have always shared everything, so I'm sure that was appealing) They chose their bedding, and we went with it. They both have chalkboard walls, and their personalities really shine. If I can ever find some curtains for Reese's room, I can put up her lamp lights and be done with it!

Lisa, Wendy, and Merrin came over today to help stencil Reese's butterflies, birds, and flowers. Actually, Lisa did it all. She is such a talented person. Reese is thrilled at the results, and Lisa did exactly what I had in mind (the whole great minds thing). She also decorated my fireplace mantel! I will attach some pictures. I am all decorated out! Next time, I won't start these projects in the middle of teaching 3 courses, potty training, the church Christmas play, Nursery re-vamping, birthday party, jewelry party, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Some day I will learn a little about timing!

Away in a Manger






Well, we had a week to memorize Away in a Manger. They did pretty good. They actually sang it in the car, at home, in bed (Brady), but they didn't really sing it on stage. I guess I was glad that they even stayed on stage at the church with the congregation staring at them. It was all the little kids from the nursery, and one preschooler. Good thing he liked to sing. Reese did do some of the motions, but Brady mainly munched on some animal crackers. We will try again this week at the church Christmas play!

Family Trip to the Zoo











Thanksgiving was wonderful, as usual this year! The kids had a great time at Granny and Papa C's house. They love the birds and flowers outside, and Brady particularly enjoys the sliding screen door. I wish I would have taken some pictures, but Wendy got some really great ones on her camera. I will have to download from email and post. Very cute.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving was perfect for the zoo! We hadn't gone to the zoo together as a family in a long time, so it was really fun. I realized it is much easier taking them to the zoo with help! Maybe I shouldn't allow myself to get spoiled that way! We have tons of zoo pictures already on the blog, but I will post more. They always find something special at the zoo!