Pre-school Christmas Party

Aubrey was the star of her pre-school Christmas show. Look at her shake those jingle bells!

The Diaper

We had an eventful day today. I put Isaac down for his nap like I usually do. I heard him jumping in his bed so I went in and told him that he needed to go to sleep. About 10 minutes later I heard him calling for me. I finally went in and he had taken off his pants and diaper. So, I thought that I would out smart him and duck tape the top of his diaper. I let him play for a little bit and tried the whole routine again. The same thing happened. After 30 minutes of quite he started calling for me again. Somehow he had pulled his diaper off leaving the duck tape around his waist. How he did this I don't know. So, I think that I am going to try oneszies tomorrow.

Santa

Isn't it funny that Santa is for kids, but most kids are scared to death of him. Well, it is no different for my kids. We saw Santa this weekend and neither one of my kids would talk to him. We finally talked Aubrey into sitting on his lap at the Christmas party, but Isaac would have nothing to do with him.

Bethlehem

The other night we went to a friend's church which was set up like Bethlehem. Isaac didn't take a nap that day so he was pretty cranky, but Aubrey had fun.

Turkey

Everything that my husband cooks always turns out wonderful...it is getting to the end that is some times tricky. Well, this was true for Thanksgiving. Jeremy wanted to cook the and I was a little skeptical, but let him. He also wanted to play football in the morning so I told him that I would stay home and put the turkey in the oven. The recipe said to cook the turkey for 30 minutes at 500. So I put the turkey in and after about 10 minutes the house started to fill up with smoke. After another 5 minutes the fire alarm started to go off. While the fire alarm was going off Shera, who was coming over for dinner, called. I couldn't find the phone so I had to answer the speaker phone. So, in the background she hears the fire alarm going off and she asks if there is anything that I need her to get at the store. I am sure that she wanted to buy a pre-cooked turkey just in case. Well, we finally got the house cleared out and the fire alarm off. And Jeremy's turkey turned out wonderful. We hope that you had a happy and uneventful Thanksgiving!

Leaves

Do you remember how fun it was to rake leaves? Well, I am learning that it is not so much fun when you are an adult. We spent hours last Saturday raking leaves only to have the lawn look about the same that evening. At least the kids had fun.

Happy Halloween

After what seemed like a week of Trick or treating and two gallon size Ziploc bags full of candy we are finally done. Isaac would not put any candy in his bag, he insisted on holding every piece of candy. After a couple of house he would look in the candy basket and if they had something better he would trade them for one of the candies in his hand. Not sure it is the most efficient system, but when you are 18 months you have to fight for your candy. After we got home from trick or treating Aubrey spent the next 10 minutes running circles in our drive way yelling "To infinity and beyond." I think that she had a little to much candy. Here are some pictures of the kids. I think that the kids had the most fun having their Maryland Grandma here.