It's Never to Early to Celebrate Christmas

Alex surprised me today and created a Christmas tree out of blocks. I was sitting there and he just created this wonderful surprise for me. It was very creative. What a smart boy I have. He showed it to me and said "Look, Mama a Christmas tree. I need lights, a star and ornaments." So what better way to spend a morning, decorating a Christmas tree with your 3 year old. Here are the before and after pictures. Alex, I love your excitement and love of the most wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas anytime of year!

Sarah's Rough Day

Yesterday was a rough day for our little Sarah. While Sarah was walking in the living room yesterday, she tripped on the carpet and hit her head on the corner of the coffee table. It swelled up quickly, but we were able to put some ice on it. It took her a while to calm down, but after that she was up and running again. She is now sporting a nasty little bump on her forehead.


Then later that night she was standing at the top of the stairs and got to close to the edge and fell down the stairs. She was ok, more scared than anything, but I don't think as scared as her mom was. Boy, was I glad for the end of that day. I hope not to repeat any of yesterday's events for a long time.
Here are some pictures from today. A whole new day and brand new smiles for us to enjoy.

Sarah is Mobile

Sarah has been furniture walking now for months and has been a little shy at venturing out on her own. This weekend she started taking more and more steps and we finally caught her on video. Her record to date is 54 steps on her own. Here is a video to check out her accomplishment. You are our shooting star, Sarah. We love you!

Alex Says the First Article of Faith

For Family Home Evening, we have been teaching Alex the First Article of Faith and he finally has it down. We are so proud of him and his ability to remember things. We love you Alex and pray that you will gain a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. We are so proud of you.

Alex and Sarah Having Fun Together

Sarah and Alex are starting to have fun together. Albeit it is mostly me having to remind Alex not to push or take things from his sister. Here is a moment where they were having fun together. I love to see them entertain each other and have fun as brother and sister.

So Proud of Herself

Sarah is a climber and is so proud of anything that she does. She has a different temperament than Alex and seems very sure of herself. She loves to do anything that her big brother is doing and sometimes this causes conflict and tempers to arise. Here are some cute pictures of our little princess.

Alex reads a book.

I caught Alex reading one of his favorite books, Go Dog, Go! the other day and tried to get it on video, but he stopped once he saw me getting out the camera. I did tell Eric about it when he got home and I convinced Alex to read me the story. Eric was able to be sneaky and start filming him while he was reading. It was fun to see him retell the story to me. I love how he is growing up and learning all the time. This was a great mommy moment for me. We love you Alex and hope that you continue to have a great love for reading and books. The video is a little long, but well worth it.

Kiss my Butt

Well that is not really what Alex said to me, but in so many words that is what he wanted me to do at lunch today. Here's the story.
Alex was standing up in his chair at lunch today(something he knows that he is not supposed to be doing) and sort of did a cannon ball onto the chair and landed on his butt. Whenever he gets hurt he always wants me to "tiss it" for him to make it all better. I guess mama kisses are the cure all at this age. I say something to him about hurting his bottom and he gets out of the chair and comes over to me. Turns around and says, "Tiss it Mama". Well, I love you Alex, but I am not going to kiss your bottom.

Alex turned 3

On January 3rd Alex turned tree. He is really into tunnels and trains and so for his cake this year I thought that I would try and attempt to do some sort of tunnel cake. I searched for ideas and had to come up with my own. It turned out really cute for my first attempt. We had a few close friends over to help celebrate ( Peltiers, Nelsons, and Baxters). Per Alex's request, no candles this year. He did have fun opening presents and eating cake and ice cream. He enjoyed the time that he got spend with his friends and playing with the play-doh, train round house, puzzles, train game, and Lightening McQueen toy cars. He did get a little scared of his Lightening McQueen car that races automatically when you shake it because it went off while he was unwrapping it. It has taken a few days and now he will very quickly shake it and then put it down and run away. He triumphantly says, "Yea! I did it!"

Those were the few pictures that we got. I will have to see if the Nelson family was able to get any better ones.
Happy Birthday Our Little Man!!!! You sure make life full of happiness and joy. Thanks for making us parents. We love you more than words can tell.

Christmas 2009

I know that it is a little late in recapping the Holiday season, but I need to include it for closure to the end of another fantastic year with my little family. This year Alex was getting into the Christmas season and was very enthusiastic about having a "Dismass" tree in our living room. I love celebrating the season that commemorates the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ and being able to teach it to my children made it all the more special. It was especially tender when we had family home evenings about the nativity and for him to be completely swept away with the music and spirit of the season. He would request "Dismass tree music" aka the section on Mr. Kruger's Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing 4-5 times a week. He loved it an was excited to point out baby Jesus where ever he could.
We spent Christmas Eve, Christmas and a few days after Christmas with my parents up in Killeen. Because we were there we even got to experience a "White Christmas" Eve. It snowed most of the day and was really windy there. It didn't sick to much until about 4 pm. I bundled up the kids and borrowed some winter gear from my parents and we went outside to see what winter fun we could create.



Christmas Eve we left cookies out for Santa, read the Christmas story and acted it out with the hand-painted nativity that my mom made when we were young. Finally the kids were tucked in bed and sound asleep. The next morning the kids got up later and then we watched Joy to the World and talked about the true meaning of Christmas and what gift we were all given at Christmas. Our Savior, Jesus Christ. After that we opened stockings and then presents. We were all spoiled by our family and friends.






It was then a relaxing day and a nice dinner later that night.

When we came home we got a "second" round at opening Christmas presents. The kids had a great time and it was fun to see them enjoy playing with all of the new toys that they got.




Thank you to everyone who helped make this Christmas magical and special. We are wishing you all the spirit of joy, peace and happiness that can be felt on the earth at Christmas time to continue through the entire New Year.