Walking down by the river

DD came to visit and we decided to go for a walk down by the river by our house.  Three lots behind our house just sold and the owners have finally cleared out the land and made a road.  We walked back there to take a look and the kids had a great time!

Watching Curious George

Sam's all time favorite is Curious George and he likes to sit in his "Sam" chair to watch it.  He actually was feeling generous and decided to share his chair with Paige one morning.  These kids are getting big fast!!

Beautiful days....

Our winter has been incredibly mild this year.....I've enjoyed it but it does make me concerned for the summer we may have in our future.  It's been nice being able to go to the park in short sleeves!  We went over to Sam's  best buddy's (Brody) park one afternoon. The boys had a good time with chalk....as you can see!  Paige has become quite the dare devil.  She has no fear of climbing to the top of the jungle gym and going down the tallest slide.  She also has developed a little....well, big, attitude for such a little gal.  She thinks that she's the same size and age as the big boys that she is hanging with and will let them know it!

Christmas Day

Christmas was a fun morning.....I had to wake up Sam because Paige woke up and we couldn't keep her upstairs but for so long.  We wanted to all come down together to see what Santa brought.  Paige loved her "Little People" dollhouse and "Anywhere Chair".  Sam came down looking around cautiously (he would NOT come close to Santa when we went to visit him so I only have a picture of Paige screaming in his lap...priceless!) and after he realized that the crazy man with the white beard was no where to be found he hopped on his motorcycle and played with his "GeoTrax".  Good times!!  We then went to church and came home for lunch and more opening of presents.  Unfortunately it rained all day so we couldn't go outside to enjoy the new ride on toys.  We made the best of it though.  Sam was nice enough to share his motorcycle.....we'll see how much he feels like sharing when we take it outside!  Paige loved that darn thing.

Christmas Eve

We went to church on Christmas Eve which is a wonderful family event.  They have a live nativity with camels, donkeys, and sheep inside the church.  The music was great and the kids really enjoyed it!  When we got home I tried to get some pictures of the kids dressed up but it was easier said than done.  Sam is pretty camera shy now...and if he does let me get his picture he makes a funny face.  By the way, did I say that Paige is walking?  She went from taking two steps on her own last week and she is now moving fast!  It's so cute watching her go. Sniff sniff....my girl is growing up!!

Waiting for Christmas

We have been waiting patiently for Christmas to come by playing outside, playing inside, and baking cakes.  A LOT of cakes.  I bake cream cheese poundcakes for Doug's customers as well as our tenants.  Sam loved to help me.....especially because of what comes at the end.....licking the "spinners" as Sam calls them. Even Paige got a good taste!  We baked for about 5 days straight and it was really cute because Sam asked everyday after his nap if we could "spin cakes".  So cute!

Paige walking....assisted :)