Allie Swings

Lately Allie wants nothing to do with her "baby swing". She's graduated to the "big kid swing" we have hanging from the tree in the front yard. Here she is wanting to swing, but refusing to give up her sucker :)

The Tooth Fairy

Stewart lost his first tooth tonight! He was so excited, it had been bothering him for weeks. So I put it in a tupperware container and told him that he needed to put it under his pillow before he went to bed so the Tooth Fairy could leave him some money. After he fell asleep I snuck in to do the deed, and what do I find? Stewart curled up in a protective ball around the container. Luckily he's a heavy sleeper, so I very carefully and slowly slipped the container out of his grasp and made the switch. PHEW! Little twirp :)

PS: Yes, Stewart's lips are extremely chapped. He won't stop licking them!!!

Merry Christmas: THE MOVIE

I video taped our entire christmas morning. It's pretty boring, but if you want to watch it...enjoy! It's in 4 parts, the entire thing is 26 minutes long :)


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Merry Christmas!

By sheer luck, Stephen was home in time for Christmas :) Although he's probably regretting it now because the kids have been a handful. Stewart had the stomach flu the first half of the week. Allie fell down outside and skinned up half of her face. On top of that she has a terrible cold so she's been MUCHO cranky. We all had a great Christmas, though. Stewart woke up at 6 and announced it was time to open presents. He had time to open all of his presents and put them together before Allie woke up at 8 and opened her presents. I think we're all ready for naptime now :)

Christmas Cards

I wanted to make my own Christmas cards this year. I couldn't get either kid to sit still together long enough to get a group shot. Stewart refused to smile. Allie just wanted to ride Stewart's old tricycle that's she's too little for. It was a mess. Here's the best I got:

Beads

AJ and I went to Claire's today and got her some "jewelry". She loves playing with mine. Which is more than frustrating when I have to search the house everyday to find where she'd hidden things. When she went after my wedding ring, I decided it was time she had her own accessories.

I bought her a set of 5 pastel beads. At first she was very excited about wearing them, even showed them off at the grocery store to the checker. Then we got home she took them all off and played with them for AN HOUR! It was mind-numbing. I'd give a million dollars to know what was going through her head :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Stewart was off ALL LAST WEEK! Not to worry, we survived. We spent alot of time playing in the backyard, courtesy of the BEAUTIFUL weather we've been having. HA HA to those of you wading through 12 feet of snow :)

We also went to Chuck E Cheese on Black Friday, thinking no one would be there. This plan worked until about 11:00 when all the crazies were apparently done shopping and decided to visit CEC. Allie was LESS THAN impressed with CEC. She clung to me the whole time and when I dared to put her on this seemingly harmless ride, she freaked. This picture is seconds before said Freak-Out happened.

Yes...Miss Thing is in dire need of a haircut