a "Merrily Christhmas"

Maddie's way of saying "Merry Christmas"...it's so darn cute, you would think she was missing her 2 front teeth.

The Sunday before Christmas I always like to dress my kids up with a new Christmas outfit, well Taylor's shirt ended up being too small...(not sure how that happened?) and then he refused to wear his tie..go figure!

In any case...Maddie was happy with her new dress and enjoyed modeling it!

Dale loves reading the Christmas Stories from one of our favorite books...this year they read it all snuggled up in our bed.

Slave labor...or just another way to bribe Taylor into cleaning up the house so Santa could come...and of course Santa wouldn't come unless he smiled for me (*wink*wink!)


On Christmas Eve the kids get to open one present...which is always new pajamas.

I couldn't find any pajamas this year that matched...that I liked...oh well...they could care less, right?!


This one is for Grammy...she made these cute aprons for all her grand daughters...I know she looks like she needs to go to the bathroom...but this is how she poses...silly girl...I guess I need to give her a lesson on how to pose without sticking her hinny out!

...and this is how we spent Christmas day...playing Guitar Hero! And the boys are still playing it!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Caramel Apples.Gingerbread Houses. LIGHTS!

My friend Scrappy made these awesome Caramel Apples for Taylor's teacher for Christmas...don't they look divine?! (Dale doesn't know yet, but I ordered some for him for Christmas too...I know the way to my man's heart!)

This week at Alphabet Club Maddie made a Gingerbread House...with the help of her Mom.

I loved how she was so very careful with every piece of candy she put on.


The complete Gingerbread house.

We took our 2nd annual trip down to a little town called Chickasha, to look at the Lights. This year wasn't as cold as last year, so we enjoyed walking around and letting the kids play on the play ground. This picture doesn't give the lights justice...there is a big lighted bridge over the pond, with ducks. Maddie wanted to feed them, but then got scared when they came right up to us for bread.

Daddy's Girl.

Wow...can you believe it...Taylor didn't run when I asked to smile for the camera! Did you notice Taylor is sporting a new smile...he finally got his front tooth in! Now if the other one would fall out..it's been loose for a few weeks now.

Isn't she the best poser?

Momma's Boy!

This tree is amazing. On our way home from Chickasha, we stopped in this neighborhood in OKC to see this tree again. Dale wants to head out again tonight to go look at more lights...the kid, I mean man, can't get enough! Hope you are all enjoying your holiday...and looking forward to 3 weeks of no school...(big sigh!)

Blog Burnout.

For some reason I just haven't been in the mood to blog. I was talking to my friend the other day about it, and she said one of her friends was suffering from BLOG BURNOUT....that's when I realized I was too! So hopefully I pull myself out this soon...probably not until after the holidays when things start to slow down a bit!

Of course, I can't not share a few pictures from this week. Taylor had his 1st grade party at school, which consisted of a bunch of junk food...which he was thrilled about...and a fun game of bingo!

I still can't get a decent shot of this kid without him running for cover...unless I catch him off guard...which explains the blank look on his face here...

He had a fun time and got a few little surprises and bag full of more junk food and candy that he had pretty much finished off by the time he got off the bus...oh well! I'm pretty sure Santa is not bringing candy to our house this year!

...and to not forget miss Maddie...here she is singing with her favorite CD...don't you just love the way she is sitting...she cracks me up!

"The BEST ARTIST in the World"

I know it has been a whole week since I blogged...crazy I know! Just a bit under the weather this last week. Dale stayed home this week to help with the kiddos while I recuperated. As you can see Maddie loved having her Daddy all to herself while Taylor was at school.

Taylor "allowed" me to take this picture of him and explained to us that he was infact "the Best Artist in the World!"

...and Maddie is following close behind. I didn't even realize she knew how to draw a "happy face." She explained to me exactly how she did it...down to the toes!

Pretty good for a 3 year old I must say!