MK's Train

C & S made a train for MK to ride in. They took a box I came home with from Costco, colored some wheels on the box (see the tiny red dots on the bottom corners?), put a blanket inside, and asked me to let MK ride her train. She is having fun with it.

MK's Train

C pushed MK around the living room and bedrooms while S ran behind yelling "choo choo!" MK did fall a few times when C was a little aggresive in his turns, but she never seemed to mind--she never cried nor fussed--and would smile when we put her back upright and was pushed around again.

Kids are hilarious.

Oh Deer!

Just about every day this past week, I've seen deer outside our house. We live at the edge of town with our yard backing up to the mountain and a LARGE field. I was able to get some great photos of the deer. You can see this deer hanging out in our backyard.

 

And here's a whole herd of deer in the field just next to our house.

 

This picture reminds me of when we first moved here; Seeing deer was a novelty then. We moved here in August, and R came home one night in November all excited to have C come out and see the deer in our yard. C was only 2 and still in diapers--he had on his diaper, a t-shirt, and socks. S was only a couple months old and just in a onesie. I told R I needed to pants on C, but R said he was just going to have him come out and see the deer real quickly and then come right back inside. I went out with them, carrying S. I didn't know that the door was going to lock behind us. Next thing we know, we are locked out of the house on a snowy November evening. I'm in a long-sleeved shirt, holding a baby in a onesie in one hand and my other hand is holding hands with a 2 year-old without pants. This is one of my stellar mothering moments.

***UPDATE***
Yeah, I should have mentioned that we were only locked out for about a half an hour. Long enough for R to run across the street and ask our neighbor for help. Our neighbor loaned us a credit card that R used to jimmy open the side door to the garage. We replaced all our locks after that experience seeing how easy it was to break into our own house.

Balloons

Last week, we went to the grocery store as a family. The boys spotted some balloons at a sample table and started to ask for balloons. The guy giving out the samples quickly gave the boys each a balloon claiming that the balloons were in his way. C and S were so excited! S let me tie his balloon to his hand, but C insisted on holding his. Not even a minute later, he lets go of his balloon, which floats up, up, and away amid his screams and tears. R was doing his best to console C, and C was starting to get a hold of himself when another employee came by and offered to go get him a new one. C ended up getting 2 new balloons, one of which he shared with his little sister. The kids were SO entertained by these balloons, it was hilarious. R got some pictures of them playing with the balloons when when got home.

MK would hold on to her string and watch with wide eyes as the balloon went up and down.

 

 

C just loved hitting others with his balloon.

 

S was very careful to not let go of his balloon (he had lost one at a store before--he had it tied to one wrist and held on with the other hand. There was no way he was letting go of that balloon!)

 

Dinner

So, dinner time is usually an interesting event. R took these photos of the kids during dinner the other night--they were being particularly silly that night. Here is C--he's into making faces for the camera.

C

S loves to smile for the camera

S

And MK sits in the bouncy seat while we eat. Don't you just love those big blue eyes?

MK

The Good News And The Bad News

So, the good news is that our tub is no longer clogged. You know how annoying it is when you take a shower and end up standing in water up to your calf because the drain is clogged or just draining REALLY slowly. We've been dealing with it. It would drain, just would take a while. Saturday night, the tub finally wouldn't drain anymore. R did his best in trying to clear it, but it just caused the toilet to clog. We were thinking, "Well, at least we have the bathroom downstairs that we can use. Good thing, huh?" Do you see where this is going?

And the bad news--It started to rain in our downstairs bathroom.

We had to have a plumber come Saturday night at 11pm. He was there until 1 am. Then, a disaster repair company came Sunday morning and proceeded to cut away the ceiling and wall in the downstairs bathroom (you know, the bathroom we JUST did) and pulled up some carpet in the boys bedroom right next to the bathroom (Yeah, that carpet we JUST laid down 2 days before Christmas.)

The kids are having slumber parties in MK's room.

The Attack of Facebook

So, apparently all my family and friends are on Facebook and have massed a huge campaign to get me on there as well. Yesterday, I got online and check out my email and I found that I had 20 (and no, I'm not exaggerating) as in twenty, 2-0, 20 emails saying that "so-and-so" has added me as a friend on Facebook. Today, there were an additional 12 emails.

I'm glad to have friends, but now I'm feeling ganged up on. Didn't my mom always tell me to not give into peer pressure? (But I got one from my mom, too.)

Is it only a matter of time until I sucumb? Who knows. It took my sister over a year to get me on to Blogspot and do a family blog.

Wii Update

C is a fierce competitor in Wii Bowling. He is constantly out bowling his competition which includes his dad, his uncles, his cousins, his aunts, and dear ol' mom. He now wants to go do the real thing. It sounds like we have a bowling date set for our next FHE.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

We are visiting R's dad in southern Nevada. Now that might sound warm as you think Las Vegas or something, but no--it's just as cold as it was in Utah with snow and all. We slept in their moterhome, which C thinks is just like a hotel. C was up at the butt-crack of dawn trying to get us all up so we could come inside the house and see what Santa left us. We did manage to get him to lay back down and let everyone sleep until a more reasonable time.

We've had a fun morning opening presents and playing with new toys. Santa brought us a Wii. R is setting it up with his brothers and dad--who knows when the boys or I will get a turn to play it. MK made off with quite the haul--lucky little girl. The boys didn't do so bad either.

We've enjoyed spending time with family. I wish I could see my family as well, but can't really be in 2 places at once.