Scallop eating machine

Calebs new favorite food is scallops. He had them over at stacey and petes the other night and loved them. ryan and I bought a few scallops at costco and made scallops for him because kaitlyn got to stay at a friends house. He ate 5 huge scallops wrapped in bacon.

FUN HAT

Brooke will leave stuff on her head all day- she wore this hat for 2 hours on tuesday. she is such a fun little girl!

Gingerbread houses

Caleb and Kaitlyn made there own houses this year- They turned out great. Caleb was able to put on all of his own candy and frosting this year. They are so creative!

Kaitlyns Santa letters and artwork

She is spending more and more time creating and writing. She is becoming a wondering little artists as well. ENJOY!

Big Brother

I love this photo of Caleb with Brooke- He is doing well with her and plays with her on the floor all the time. i know they say some kids have a hard time adding another sibling- Mine have not had hard time at all- They love her.

Christmas parade

We took the kids to the parade on sunday- Caleb feel asleep while waiting for the parade- hilarious. It was cold and lasted for about 2 hours- The kids got a lot of candy and had fun seeing santa at the end of the parade.

Dusting of snow

We had a little dusting of snow on sat night and the kids were out early the next morning- they wanted us to build a snowman. They had fun for the little while why it was here.

Christmas tree 2010

We set up our christmas tree on sunday. WOW I cant wait to get ride of the tree stand. The tree almost fell over on me twice while I was putting up the lights and then almost on kaitlyn while putting some candy canes on it. Finally I suggested to ryan to drill right through the stand and put screws in the tree. AHH a tree that doesn't fall over- so nice. I thought ryan was going to toss the tree stand out the window after trying to fix it successful several times. Now it is a challenge to keep baby Brooke out of the tree. She loves the lights and colors and it right at her level. Anyone betting the tree will fall over before the end of the season...?

Packers fan

Ryan was so excited when caleb got a packers shirt- We ordered one for kaitlyn and caleb. I need to find something for Brooke now- They were these shirts every sunday. Kaitlyn isnt as excited as the boys but she is a good sport.

First lost tooth

Kaitlyn lost her first tooth on Thanksgiving. Apparently it is letter "p". The tooth was really loose and then The kids and ryan were outside playing basketball and well you know what happened next. The ball hit her face and there was blood- she freaked out and she was not wanting that tooth to come out but she pushed it with her tongue and out it came. The tooth fairy came and brought her two gold dollar coins and 2 fifty cent pieces. She was so excited!

Santa visit at Bass Pro shop

We took the kids for a trial run to visit Santa at Bass pro shop the other night- I cant believe it we will have one year with all three kids smiling!

Happy Thanksgiving From Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn made this three page book for us last night. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving.

pow wow

I Took kaitlyn to the Chickhomony pow wow last weekend. What a great experience!

Southern living

Stacey got me the 1001 Southern Living recipe cookbook for my birthday- which I have to say is a wonderful memory! ryan has made three things from it- Jambalya, skillet corn bread and sweet tea. I have made ham and bean soup- We plan to write a review by each recipe and try to make most of the recipes. It was a really fun and creative birthday idea! Thank you Stacey, Pete and Claire! You will hold a very special place in our hearts my southern friends. I am getting a little teary eyed typing this-

nutcracker

This is Hilarius.

Brooke and Merlin

Again we are amazed with the patients of merlin. Last night Brooke got his tail put it in her mouth and he didn't even move.

Indian hat

Caleb made this hat yesterday at school and he has been wearing it non stop- He is a funny kid- if I told him he had to wear it he would refuse.

Happy birthday to me

I had a great birthday! Thank you to my husband, kids and neighbors for celebrating with me.

Turkey hunt

Kaitlyn comes home from school the other day and out of the blue tells us that she would like to shoot a turkey for thanksgiving. I have no idea where she got that idea???? She has decided that she would like to go hunting for a turkey shoot a turkey and have Ryan pluck the feathers- she doesn't want to do that. WHAT in the WORLD. Then Ryan and I were going to go for a bike ride this weekend and she said keep my eye of for a turkey. She is really serious about this. I just bought a turkey at Kroger for $4. Apperently at the local eagles they have a shoot on friday night- looks like we might be checking that out.

sister love

Look at the two girls. They truly love each other. Brooke cant wait for kaitlyn to get home and get off the school bus. She smiles from ear to ear.

Our life

Look at our kids- I cant imagine how peaceful and quite it would be with out the three of them in our lives. We are so lucky- Or at least that is what I keep trying to tell myself!

Respect award

My sweet kaitlyn earned the Respect award at school. She is turning out to be such a great kido!

Grandma lynda comes to visit

Wow what a busy few days we had- Lots of shopping, girl scouts, soccer, playing outside, kaitlyn school trip, birthday dinner. we were busy every second. We had such a good time. We are so lucky she likes to fly now!

2nd season of soccer is over

Kaitlyn has a second season of soccer completed! She really has improved and really enjoys it!

Bath time at 5 1/2 months

She sits up on her own now and it is so much easier to give her a bath! She loves to play in the water- Good thing because Kaitlyn and Caleb love the water- I would really like to have a pool someday so she better get use to the water as well!