santa

This morning we took the kiddos to the mall to see Santa. They were SUPER excited!! Well, Claire was just tired...but the boys were excited! We tried to see Santa yesterday at 10 AM when the mall opened and the line was CrAzY! So, we took them to the movies instead. Today we got there at 9 AM and we're 2nd in line! We had an hour to kill, but the boys did great. They had this...

to look at. LOTS OF TOYS!

They probably stood there for 45 minutes and didn't touch one! (surprisingly!)

Andrew told Santa he wanted a pirate ship and Blake told him he wanted a black train. Thankfully everyone was happy and nobody cried!

getting ready for Christmas

Last weekend a friend in Andrew's class had a Christmas party. We all showed up in our jammies and had pancakes and made crafts. The kids had a blast. Blake even cried when it was time to leave.

This was the only decent picture I got...the kids making crafts.

Then today Andrew's school put on a Christmas play. It was really cute! I was so proud of him! He sang his heart out up there!!

Andrew and Blake with their friend Lauren. Blakers is hamming it up!

Does Daddy look a little proud?

I've tried uploading a video of Andrew's part in the play...but durn blogger isn't cooperating. I'll try later...

blakers

Blake loves his little sister...

and he wants her to love her pink bunny as much as he loves his blue bunny.

ANYTIME I put Claire down...Blake is right there with Claire's pink bunny ready to give it to her.

Of course she just wants to eat it. No matter where she is her pink bunny is right there! We all know how much he loves his bunny!!!
You gotta love this sweet boy!

can't come up with a title!

Matt"s worked nights the past couple of nights so Claire slept in her crib for the first time during the day. I'm pretty sure she liked it!!

Gotta love those chubby cheeks!!These boys sure do love their sister. They constantly are giving her kisses on her head. Andrew loves to hold her and Blake just wants to be right by her. There hasn't been any jealousy...yet. I'm sure it's because the boys have each other to play and fight with. And I'm sure when the "newness" wears off there will be some jealousy...but right now, I'm enjoying it!I can't wait to see how the three will be in a year or two!!

snow!!!

I'm sure most of you know....WE GOT SNOW!!

Doesn't Andrew look like he's having a blast? It wasn't doing much at this point and Andrew wasn't really amused! :)

And then it started coming down.... but this was the most we got... it was just a dusting.

And a little while later the sun melted it all. :( It was fun while it lasted tho.

Poor Miss Claire slept through it all!!