Roar

Johnny practicing his tiger roar.

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 has come to a close.  We spent 5 fun-filled days in Wood River and were able to spend time with Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, and many cousins.  We were scheduled to finish off our Christmas festivities with Paul's family last night but unfortunately the kids and Paul were sick so instead we spent time at home relaxing.  I have a lot of pictures from our trip so will try and narrow it down.Cousins making Christmas trees:

 Playing Grandma's piano:

 Decorating the tree:

 Reading Twas the Night Before Christmas:

And last but not least, presents!!

Kearney Children's Museum

While visiting my parents last week, we went to the Kearney Children's Museum.  I was pleasantly surprised by how many great exhibits they had for the kids.  Here a few pictures to capture the highlights.Johnny dressing up in boots:

 Riding in the fire truck:

 Johnny giving Grandma Jane a check-up:

 Molly trying out the mower, she should be ready to help Granddaddy by next summer:

Snow

Molly has been excited to see the snow at Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Jane's house.  There is not much snow left in Wood River but Molly made the best of it.  Grandma Jane picked out winter outfits for the kids including boots and they had fun jumping on the snow.

New bed

We delivered Christmas cookies to Granny the other day and she gave Molly a gift, a cool new bed.  She really likes it and enjoyed a nap in it as soon as I set it up.

Visiting Santa

We have had a couple failed attempts at seeing Santa but last night when I told Molly we were going to visit Santa today, she said she would sit on his lap.  I was not sure that she would really go through with it but she did and even talked to him.  Johnny, on the other hand, was still scared and cried.  We tried to bribe him with a sucker but that didn't even work!  Maybe next year. . .

Decorating Cookies

Today we had a couple of friends over to decorate Christmas cookies.  Molly helped me bake the cookies last night including rolling out the dough and cutting out the shapes.  She was so excited for her friends to arrive today, she sat by the front door waiting.  Johnny decorated one cookie but was mostly interested in the "eating"part, typical!

 Lucy, Molly, Cayden, and Johnny

Mommy's Birthday

I had a great birthday today.  I will admit I feel more sad about turning 31 then turning 30 but the reality is I have a lot to be thankful for and my life is pretty good.  Paul and I spent the day together.  We did pedicures, massages, shopping, dinner, and brought home ice cream cake to share with the kids.  All in all, a fun and relaxing day.

Playing at the mall

I have some catching up to do now that I have a new laptop to replace my old one that suddenly broke a week ago.  Here are a few pictures of the kids playing on the toys at the mall.  We met some friends and attempted to see Santa.  We had little success with Santa but were content doing a little shopping and a lot of playing.