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Well, we had a nice Christmas.

Santa came two days early here!

We left Christmas Eve and headed to Arkansas to visit family.

We were gone 10 days and while it was fun seeing family....it's good to be home!

Of course, the day after we got home Blake started getting sick.
And now today Claire woke up with it...pink eye. It's so fun putting drops in her eyes. Hopefully we'll be over this junk soon so we can get back in the swing of things.

blakers

Today Blake's preschool put on a Christmas program.

How cute is my handsome little man?

I really didn't think he would sing.

I figured he'd get out there and see all the people and freeze!

So, I bribed him with gummies! He did such a great job!!

I was so proud of my little man!! Love that boy!

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this girl...

...is a mess!

I tried FOR TWO DAYS to get a decent Christmas picture of her and after I ordered my cards I got this pic. Punk! (And I didn't do many cards this year so sorry if you didn't make the cut. I was lazy!!)

But this post is about how she LOVES my scarf!

I keep it in a basket in my laundry room and she constantly goes in there and puts it on. It's so long that I'm afraid she's going to choke herself or trip on it.

Yesterday I found her a kiddie scarf at Old Navy and she loves it just as much!

Here she is sporting it with her jammies on. What a nut!

snow

Last weekend we got some snow. Not just snow...blowing snow. Have you seen snow blow in 40 mph winds? CRAZY! I'm pretty sure it's what a blizzard would look like, people! Thankfully it was on a Saturday and we had nowhere to be!

Sunday Matt took the boys out to play. Claire was not a happy camper and REALLY wanted to go out too. She hadn't been in snow before.

How could I tell this face no?

So, being a good mommy, I took her out with her brothers.

And she HATED IT!

I'm pretty sure I will be publishing this picture in her high school yearbook one day!!

my star student!

About 2 weeks ago Andrew got Star Student!! He was THRILLED! We had to make a poster and while you can't probably tell it from the pics....he did cut most of the stuff out.

One of the main reasons Andrew wanted to be Star Student was because he was line leader for the week! (that's a big deal for a Kindergartener, ya know!)

But the other reason he was so excited was because his teacher came to his house!!

That's Mrs. R. Andrew thinks the world of her.

Anyway, when you get Star Student you can choose a couple of extra things for the week...like have lunch w/ the teacher...sit at the teachers desk for the day...have the teacher come to your house...and a couple of other things. Andrew REALLY wanted her to come over. When she got here we had cookies and visited. She said the reason she offers this is because when she was in K her teacher did the same thing and came to her house and she has always remembered it! I thought that was kind of neat. Then, Andrew showed her his room and they played in there for a bit. Then we went downstairs and played the Nintendo and after an hour she went on her way.

Andrew had a blast and I'm pretty sure it's something he will always remember!

all I wanted....

was one decent pic of the kids in their jammies...

and it was not an easy task.

These kiddos are super silly. So I just gave up.

And if you don't get a Christmas card from us this year...now you know why!

look who came to MY HOUSE!! :)

JILL!

She came all the way up to see ME! Okay, her in-laws live here and that was her main reason for coming, but she did spend the day with us!!

And I finally got to meet sweet Audrey! ....who has been completely brainwashed by Mandy and Kristi, but that's another blog. :)

Claire and Audrey agreed that they would carry on the tradition and become roomies one day. I'm thinking Audrey's daddy will want her to become a Husker too! And Jenna and Ellie will be their suite mates! (Of course J&E probably won't be going to school up here!)

Here's Claire wondering how she can get Audrey out of her car seat.

It was good to see y'all, Jill! Thanks for coming to see us!! See ya in a year? :)

just a wee bit random...

I wanted to update and realized I hadn't taken many pics lately. Woops!

First up...Blaker's decided one evening while I was making dinner that he wanted to twirl on my bed while singing. Sounds fun...right? Nope! He twirled right over to my nightstand and whacked his face. Not really sure how he hit, but he had a nice shiner. This was probably 4 days later.

Isn't she so talented??

She is quite the little ham!

Claire got the Little People Nativity for her birthday. The boys had fun playing with it. I thought it was funny how they got ALL their little people to come and look at baby Jesus. ;)

My sister and her son came in for Thanksgiving. She was kind enough to sit for us two nights!! One night it was just Matt and I, but this night we went to the outdoor mall and watched them light up the Christmas tree.And Andrew was so excited to see The Grinch and other characters!
Well, that's it for now!! And sorry for the stinky pics I took with my phone!

best buds?

With Claire getting older it's fun to see her interact more with her brothers.

She sure does adore them.
And I can't wait to see what kind of relationship she'll have with them both.