Santa 2009

The children went to see Santa today. They were so excited, and practically ran each other over to get into the sleigh with him. I was so happy they weren't scared. They posed for pics, told him what they wanted, and even talked about the milk and cookies to be left out for Santa. :)


We didn't get a pic done last year....we were in the middle of one of the worst winter conditions to hit this area in a while, so there was no random venturing out on the icy/snowy roads. But just for fun here is the pic from 2007. Isaac was 7 months old and Jaz was *almost* 2.

So proud of himself!

This is how excited Isaac was to show me that he could get into the closet and pick out his own clothes and dress himself. He was so proud and happy that I would never of been able to make him change clothes, that would of broke his heart. Thank GOODNESS we never needed to leave the house! ;)

Random Silliness!!!

Some random silliness is fabulous for the soul! And these two kids are great at at it!!

Wintertime Excercise

Isaac showing off his skills.......


Jaz showing off her exercise abilities....

Trimming the Tree

This year we have our mini-tree. I was determined to NOT put it up, and to get a "real" tree....but LIFE had other plans for us, as it so often does. So I got the tree out, put garland on it, and picked through all my ornaments to choose ones that we could put on this tree. Then I let the kids get to work. The light in their eyes, the excitement about it, the "ooohhhh" and "aaahhh".....warms my heart just thinking about it. :) Children accept and are happy with what ever we are happy with. So though the original thought of putting up our mini-fake-tree broke my heart and made me want to cry, the children's joy and excitement about it had me telling my husband last night I don't want a different tree this year. My kids love it, then I love it. :) ..... oh, and added sidenote... I "fixed" the ornaments all clustered together when they weren't looking... LOL