Funnies!

We have a tradition the last few years of making gingerbread cookies with my Dad.

Since we didn't make them around Christmas we did it today. Fun! Colbie eating her oatmeal

Here is a hat I made with some yarn Colbie and Alexis gave me for Christmas. Alexis and Shaun have been having Daddy Daughter interviews on the first Sunday of the month. It is so interesting to hear what she has to say and ask her questions about what she thinks we as parents need to do better. Since her last interview she has periodically been telling us things we need to work on. Most I agree with. Today she told us after church that we were having a "family view" . She had her rock collection box sitting there so I asked, "Is that where we look at your rocks"? She answered, "Well it's like the daddy daughter view only it's a family view where we look at all my most specialist rocks!"

Colbie has started eating rice and oatmeal cereal this past week.

She also learned how to make a spitting sound.

The combo of first learning how to eat food and spitting is pretty fun (and messy) !

Christmas Wrap Up

Just a post to wrap up our Christmas celebration. It was fun to have our own traditions as a family. Alexis was just old enough to really understand everything. We were able to just relax and enjoy having time we don't usually have with Shaun being off for a week and a half. He cooked gourmet meals and cleaned and played with the girls. We played games, went shopping, saw Princess and the Frog at the little Theatre in town, and laughed with one another. We got snowed in, we sang, we read and talked about Christ, and just enjoyed not traveling. I had a bit of the back to work blues because it was so nice to have Shaun home. For New Year's we let Alexis stay up and play games. We all went out and banged pots, something we always did with my family growing up. After we got in a sword fight with the wooden spoons. Good times! Today we started our new goal of exercising more. We went the the Ymca and I did a Latin Dance aerobics class called Zumba while Shaun shot hoops. We did some weight training afterward. The Y has free babysitting...So nice! Happy New Year to you all! What I got for Christmas: Clothes that fit
Shaun's present

Colbie in her snowsuit she loved going outside and watching us shovel

Colbie was pretty excited about Christmas more than I thought she would be. She loved opening gifts she got so excited she fell asleep 3 times it took her all day to open her stuff!

Alexis Making Christmas goodies with Dad

When Alexis went to see Santa she just stared at his face and studied the inside of his house. I already told about how she thought she had been naughty this year in another post. She told us after that "I looked and looked and couldn't see Santa's mouth!" So that's what she was looking for!

Washcloths from Grandma Hurst

Just a fun photo

Seeing Santa

Alexis and her Unicorn "sparkle fable"

Puffy vests from Aunt Colette

Playing "Dominion" one of Shaun's new games. "Come on Dad I know we're going to beat mom!" And he did 4 times! Arrh!

Making up for missing Thanksgiving. Our neighbors got sick who were going to come so we called some other neighbors to come over. It was really nice. The food was delicious!

The snow storm got worse and worse. We almost were completely snowed in with drifts from the high winds. It still hasn't melted! I touched the roof yesterday with Alexis while playing in the snow with her.

Gotta love a white Christmas!