Marble Races

Ethan recieved a deluxe marble race for Christmas. He and Hayden have had a BLAST with this thing. It is really great, you can build one giant race or two separate ones and see whos can withstand the test of Godspilla Abigail. The last one standing wins!!! It is great because they work as a team building it and have a ball racing. Boy, that Santa sure is a smart one.

They are pretty crafty, I was totally impressed with the final product.

Such a little Mommy!

This is one of Abigail's many babies she got for Christmas. Her Papa Mike and Mimi(that's how she says Grandma, we'll see how long it sticks or how long my mom will put up with it..hehe) Teresa ,thought this baby was perfect for her. You squeeze her hand and she says Mama or baby go bye bye then she giggles and takes about 4 steps. Abigail loses it everytime the doll giggles. It is so cute. She has even swapped binkys with her. I am not sure why since the dolls is nothing but hard plastic. Anywho, they have tea parties together everyday along with a daily stoller ride.

Riding first class

It's not the short Bus!!!

I always said my kids would NEVER ride the bus. Well, guess what? On Tuesdays and Thursdays they ride the bus home. I always ridiculed the parents who lived three or so blocks from the school and you would see them sitting in their cars at the bus stop waiting for the bus to pick up their kids. I was like come on, drive your lazy butt the extra 1/2 mile and drop your kid off at the door. I do however believe I have a good reason. They get out of school at 2:30pm and that is right in the middle of Abigail's naptime. So, instead of having to wake her up or try to put her in the car still asleep, knowing that as soon as the boys get in they will wake her up anyway, I decided it would be okay if they rode the bus two days a week, so she would only have to nap later 3 days out of the week. Believe me it killed me to say okay to this. They were very excited though! Oh, did I mention the only reason they are on there is because one the boys in our neighborhood, who is 3rd grade but looks like he should be in 5th, rides the bus and loves Hayden and Ethan, so I know he would look out for them.

John always says the bus will be great for them and that he used to ride the bus his whole school career. So who knows who long they will be on there, cuz ya'll know John ain't quite right!

Big man Ethan, he's barely taller than the bumper

Hayden bypasses Dad and heads to kitchen for his snack. A boy has to have his priorities you know!

How we do Homework.

Apparently, Abigail thinks she is ready for Kindergarten. I found her sprawled out on the table the other night assisting her brother in his homework of counting by 5's. Thankfully there were no drool marks on his paper being that she had a mouth full of smarties.

Always the teacher.

I am not sure what she is instructing him on. It might be on how to make good tea.

Teatime seems to be our playtime choice these days.

I thought Christmas was over!!!!

Well Santa deleivered AGAIN at our house. John saw this 4 wheeler about a month or so ago at a pawn shop. We stewed over it and talked ourselves out of buying it for them. Not mention we had just dropped 450.00 for Ethan to have his front tooth back. Wouldn't you know we went by the same pawn shop yesterday and what was sitting out front, yep you guessed it. The pawn dealer had even came down on the price about another 100.00 or so. I am still not real sure how it all happened, but in the blink of an eye I was paying for the thing and John was loading it in the back of the suburban. Did I mention it was PINK!!! Maybe that is why it was still sitting there. You know me, my boys aren't riding on pink anything. Less than 24 hrs later, it is now fire red! Vroom Vroom.

It does have an adjustable throttle, so we can keep it as slow as we need to. It also has a parent kill switch that allows us to kill it if they get into trouble.

Hayden might outgrow this one by next year, he has been eating like a horse lately, can you say growth spurt!

Uh Oh, it died

When all else fails, put a little muscle in it.

Or, just holler for Mom!

A Facial for Grandaddy

Being the wonderful Grandaddy he is, he let Abigail smear coconut lime body butter all over his face, on his glasses, and I think even some up his nose. She had a ball and really enjoyed getting a big goop of lotion on her finger. Needless to say, Grandaddy smelled lovely and his face was silky smooth.

Not much consistency, but it was her first facial

Oh yeah, just a little more right here.
Hayden even got in on the fun

John Deere Green

Everybody loves John Deere, at least my kids do! What they really love is riding the tractor with their Granddaddy, he let's them drive you know and that is a big deal! Ethan's new seat was a bit questionable, but we found room for him on Granddaddy's lap.

Don't try this at home :}

Nothing but smiles!