Our Gingerbread House

We built our first gingerbread house this weekend. It was quite messy, but it was fun. We had to build it twice since it collapsed the first time. I guess I need a little training in home architecture and cake decorating.

Santa came to the kids concert

At the end of the kids Christmas concert, Santa came to say hi to the kids and give them a treat. Each of the kids had a chance to sit on his lap.





I was surpised at how well Lauren actually sat on Santa's lap. She wasn't happy, but she didn't freak out either like I thought she would.

When she had to share Santa's lap with her brothers she was not quite as happy.
Actually, this is what I expected when I put her on Santa's lap because this is what she does when anyone other then mommy, daddy, or her favorite daycare teachers hold her.

Colin enjoying his candy from Santa.

Christmas Concert

The boys participated in a Christmas concert through their daycare. Colin was so excited to sing for us and kept saying he was going to sing loud. I was really looking forward to watching him perform, but I didn't really know he was going to perform so well with so much energy.

Here is a video clip of just a small part of his performance:

And here are a few pictures from the performance:

Colin and Charlie singing out.

Jordan in the back row

Colin and Charlie wearing their sheep ears.

This morning as we were getting in the car, Colin said that he wanted to sing again tonight. He asked if I was going to come tonight so they could do the concert again. He was a little bit sad that the concert was over and he only got to do it once. He must have really enjoyed himself.

Reflecting on last year...

Just one month after the boys started going to this daycare they had their annual Christmas concert. You can see that 1 year ago in the concert, Colin was not nearly as excited to be participating. For most of the concert he sat staring at all the people, but then broke out into a full cry in the middle. It was hard for us to watch him be so upset, but now I look back and just kind of chuckle because his performance last year compared to this year are like night and day.

Swimming Lessons

The boys have continued to take swimming lessons and they are on their 4th round. Colin is in the second class and Jordan is in the third class. I have been amazed at how much they have both progressed in being comfortable in the water, especially Jordan. Here are some videos of the boys doing their thing.

I just wanted a simple picture...

Sometimes just getting a picture in our house can be a challenge. Well, I wrote about Jordan's lost tooth last week, but now that I finally got our new camera I can document the milestone with a picture...or maybe I should say five pictures of my silly boy.

And finally, I got him to sit up and give me a nice smile.

In the mind of a 3 year old...

When our kids are babies we are always wondering what is going through their mind. Then they begin to talk and we can get a feeling for how they think. I just love hearing some of the things they come up with and talk about. Sometimes I wonder where it comes from, but they never cease to amaze me with the thoughts they share.

So this morning Colin came into our room, jumped up on our bed and began to talk...
"I'm going to sit criss-cross applesauce.
See, I'm sitting criss-cross applesauce.
At school when we sit on the rug my teacher says to sit with our legs criss-cross applesauce.
At church we don't sit criss-cross applesauce.
We sit on chairs.We can't sit criss-cross applesauce on chairs."

One more Halloween picture...

Tim and I went to a Halloween party on Nov 1. We went as Mario and Toad from Super Mario Brothers. I made the costumes and had fun doing it. The party was fun too. The food included deviled egg eyeballs, string cheese fingers, tortilla pumpkins, lil smokies toes, mummy pizza, etc.