Pictures.

Here is the hodge-podge of pictures from my camera. They start from the day after the lipstick incident. That was when we had the highlighter incident. Apparently, Alaina decided to eat one.

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, the kids that I babysit for, my kids, and I made ornaments for the Christmas tree. I found a recipe and we made these:
Then Alaina dumped out the cinnamon and drew in it.....
We decorated the ornaments.
And here is how they turned out! :)

Alaina also made this picture for her Daddy.
Daddy found Alaina like this after being in her room for an hour or so. She found an old baby hat, put it on, and swaddled her baby.

Alaina was holding Leo's hand and leading him around including him in her and Daddy's game of hide-and-go-seek.
Daddy and Leo.

Grammy playing with Bandit and Leo when they came up last weekend.
Leo played with Bandit.
Dave goofed around with Alaina and his deer hunting hat.
Alaina was spinning and dancing.
Alaina and Leo in the leg warmers that I made for them. (They both really liked them!!)
Grammy dressed Bandit up this weekend.


Alaina helping Bandit model.

Grandpa and Alaina laughing together.
Grandpa, Leo, Bandit, and Alaina's Tinkerbell blanket :)

Alaina did crafts with Grammy.

Today Grandpa tried really hard to take a nap. Alaina tried just as hard to play with him. Daddy was out deer hunting, Leo was sleeping, and Grammy and Grandpa were watching the kids so that I could go to Starbucks and have coffee and read for a while. It was awesome. At least it was for Alaina and I....I wasn't there to protect Grandpa....




(and yes, that is another pair of leg warmers that I have over her tights)
I know I could probably sleep through that, but most people can't. After Grammy finished taking pictures, she distracted Alaina with more crafts so that Grandpa could get a little R&R without Alaina trying to keep him awake.

And finally, Grammy relaxing with Bandit while both kids were taking their afternoon nap.


There are 3 more new posts from tonight below this one. My last week and a half needed 4 posts to cover. And that doesn't include the awesome Christmas pictures I took. Y'all will just have to wait for your Christmas card to come in the mail! I was able to get some really cool pics. I will post them on here after people get their cards. I promise.

A Day With Cousins

On Saturday while Mark and Bonnie were here, Carolynn stopped by with William, Benjamin, and Evelynn. The kids had so much fun playing together! Here are pictures that Grammy took while all of the kids were running off their energy.

Here is William playing a knight.


Benjamin, Evelynn, and Leo playing together. The Knight Suit was passed around the whole time they were here. It was definitely the popular toy.
Evelynn playing dress up.
Leo pointing to the dog who was outside.
Carolynn and I talking, trying to pretend Bonnie wasn't taking pictures of us :)
Grandpa reading to Alaina. Too cute!!

Alaina and Evelynn in their dress up clothes.
William played Mario Kart on the Wii. He had never played before and by the time he left, I'm sure he would have left me in the dust if I were to have played him.

Alaina "playing" Wii with William. In all reality her controler was not turned on, but she doesn't have to know that...
Me and my baby!

Benjamin.

Evelynn playing Mommy.
Ben going back and forth between Knight and Army guy.

It was so much fun to have everyone here on Saturday! To make Saturday even better, Grammy and Grandpa babysat so Dave and I could go out to dinner and out to do some Christmas shopping. It was our first date since our anniversary. It was so nice to get out by ourselves! Thank you Grandpa and Grammy!

Deck The Halls...

Instead of fighting the crowds on Black Friday we decorated the house instead. We put up the Christmas Tree and decorated the house. Alaina helped a lot and had so much fun! Here are the pictures of her decorating the Christmas tree. She wanted to hang all of the decorations on one branch. At one point we had at least 7 or 8 decorations hanging on one branch and then decorations hanging on decorations. You can see it well on this first picture...






It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

It's been a while...

Ok, I know it has been a while since I have posted. My Mom reminded me tonight on the phone. My excuses are deer hunting season, company over, and the holiday. Anyhow, here are some pictures from last weekend when Grandpa and Grammy were here and the week in between:

Leo climbed up on Grammy's traveling toy box all by himself.

Grammy made crafts with Alaina.
Leo after spaghetti but before his bath.
Leo playing with Daddy's hat.



I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!