Herding Cats

 Great Grandma wanted a picture of the 3 of us in our matching sweatshirts. When I told Isak this, he didn't believe me.

Isak insisted I teach him how to do it.

 First, Nana helped appropriately place us.

Then, I instructed them on the appropriate group picture taking etiquette. First, fold your hands nicely in front of you. 

Okay, maybe Isak is too little to fold his hands.

New tactic...Nana, we may need your help again. Okay, Isak. Skip the folding your hands part. Instead, sit still. Then, stick your tongue out.

Okay, Kai got the folded hands thing down...and Isak is still here. We're on a roll.

Okay boys, now put on your best face.

Hmm. That's the best you guys can do?

 Okay, fine. Just be cute.

Sorry Great Grandma...I tried.

Rub a dub dub

Bath time is so much more fun when there's THREE boys in the tub. Especially when there's new bath toys to play with.

Big boy snow shoes

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 

Kadyn's hope from Santa: his very own fake Christmas tree, with lights, and ornaments. Bet you haven't heard that one before! 

Kai's hope from Santa: a baby doll. 

But amidst the wrapping, hustle, bustle, gifts, and nog...remember the reason for the season. The birth of the Ultimate Sacrifice. Happy Birthday Jesus.

So much to catch you up on...

We've had a very eventful December. Since our birthday party we've been keeping mommy busy with all of our social gatherings. We went to our good friend Cohen's house with some of our other buddies for a Christmas cookie decorating evening. 

 Mine was meticulously covered.

 Kai's was, well, he got distracted by all the goodies and decided they were more fun to eat than put on the cookie...

I even had a preschool presentation of The Little Red Hen. In case you can't tell, that's me in the middle.

My preschool class. 

And we even got to babysit little baby Laila. We each took turns holding her.

 And I even got a chance to feed her. I've become quite enamored with babies.

 I also celebrated my REAL 4th birthday. Kai helped light the candles on the cake.

 And I decided to talk to Kai about the importance of noticing what color the snow is.

 He was a bit confused. After all, yellow is his favorite color.

We had to say goodbye to Laila; she's moving to Texas. I hate goodbyes. 

 But not all is sad because Cousin Isak is here from Denver for the week! We have been looking forward to this day for weeks.

 And Mommy said that it's almost Christmas!

Argh...Ahoy Matey, Welcome to Our Party

This past weekend we had a Pirate Birthday Party to celebrate my 4th birthday and Kai's 2nd birthday.

 We made our very own treasure chests, colored some skull and cross bones and pirate ships, and had a treasure hunt.

 And of course, we ate lots of yummy piratey food.

 We had a lot of day-of cancellations (20 kids and adults) due to the civil war football game and sicknesses. But we had a great time with Gracie, Elliott, Lily, Aberly, Laila and Maddie.

 We even had a surprise visit from a Transformer.

 It scared some of my friends.

But I assured them, it was just me.

Thanks for coming everyone! And thank you for all the wonderful gifts. It was a very special day.