Finally

Lexie has lost her second tooth. It's been barely hanging on for months now. Tonight at a birthday party she got a little bump & out it came.

Worst part: "When my tooth got hit." Best part: "When I got to take it home & put it under my pillow."

Who Knew?

Today I was trying to get a few things done while Joseph & Andrew watched a show. I turned on Phineas & Ferb for them without them seeing. Then I heard, "Mom, Phineas & Ferb just turned on. Did you do that for us?" "Yes, Joseph." "Thanks! You are the best mom a kid could ever have! The best!" Who knew that's all it would ever take...

Hide & Seek

Decorating Gingerbread

Our friend, Scharlotte, invited us over for an evening of mother & daughter fun. We decorated gingerbread houses. We had a lovely time & it was so great to be able to spend a fun, relaxing time with Lexie & get to see her creativity shine through. She could not contain her excitement once we got home & had to get her brothers out of bed to show them what she made. Lexie said that she had "an absolute blast!" Thank you so much, Scharlotte.

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

Last night the kids were excited to put their shoes outside their bedroom doors in preparation for St. Nicholas coming.

Looks like St. Nicholas thinks that they've been good kids this year, since they got candy & an ornament in their shoes. We agree!

This is one of the fun holiday traditions Cheryl grew up with & looked forward to the surprises she'd find in her shoe. We're glad our kids enjoy it as well.

O Christmas Tree

Tonight we for Family Home Evening we put up & decorated our Christmas Tree.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Gobble! Gobble!

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with some good friends. We missed having family around, but we did make a treat I used to make with my family as a kid. Lexie & Joseph loved helping while Andrew ate lots of the candy.

Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much for which to be grateful!

Jayhawk Twister

The other night we were watching a little bit of a KU game & Joseph laid out this blanket & decided that the kids should play Twister on it. It was quite amusing to watch.

Hair Cuttin' Time

Today Lexie & I had a little Mommy/Daughter date & got Lexie's second haircut ever. She was so excited & has been asking to get one for weeks.

She excitedly told the stylist about Locks of Love & how she wanted her hair to be made into a wig. Lexie cut off 10.5 inches. While we were there, I decided to go ahead & cut mine as well. (I cut off a little over 12 inches.)

Lexie loved getting to pick out a new bow & she also got a sucker to give to Joseph. I think it's time to figure out how to make some more bows for this cute little girl.

Who's Your Mama?

Yesterday, as I was getting Lexie a snack, she called me by her teacher's name. (I guess I don't get to spend enough time with my daughter...) When I told her teacher about this, she laughed & said, "Well it's about time, I'm always getting called 'Mom' by my students."

More Fashion Sense

Andrew certainly has his own ideas on what he wants to wear. He was wearing a nice white shirt (with his favorite tie, of course). About 10 minutes later he came in with another shirt over his first. Then came the shoes. I really did put a matching pair on him. But, sure enough, after helping Lexie with her shoes, I turned around & Andrew had switched one. He refused to wear matching shoes, so this is what he ended up wearing to church. At least Lexie waited until after church to display her sense of fashion.

Happy Halloween!

Rick took the kids out trick-or-treating while I stayed home handing out candy.

After about 30 minutes of trick-or-treating Andrew was ready to come home.

Lexie lasted an hour.

After taking Lexie home, Joseph still wanted to go out again. He was out for about 2 hours before Dad made him stop.

He did get a few goodie bags with lots of candy, but here are the smallest & largest single items (a toothpick & a snickers).

Joseph kept saying, "I'm having so much fun! I love Halloween!" It's easily his favorite holiday right now.