Friday, December 12, 2014

A big boy, a helper, and a growing girl

It's so fun to see my kids at their different ages.  Grant is becoming a big boy instead of a little boy (even though he's still little).  He started piano lessons and is doing great!  It's amazing how he gets it.  I think he's way brighter than I was at his age (thankfully!).
 He likes to be in charge and take care of things that need to be done.  He took charge and helped Brett with his breathing treatment a couple weeks ago when Brett was sick.
 He's starting to figure out words and write notes now.  This one, from yesterday, made me laugh.  
"Santa give me a telescope"
I hope that's not all he wants, because that's not what we had in mind for him when we made our list.
However, I'm sure he won't be disappointed in what we have in store for him.  :)
Brett is my helper.  This boy wants to be busy doing important things.  He was beyond excited to match up all the socks from the laundry this morning.  If he's left to just play by himself he gets cranky.  Give him a chore and he's a super happy boy.  He helps me switch the laundry, make beds, cook, and wash windows.
 He got to walk in the rain with an umbrella over to Grandma Jackson's house last week and make gingerbread boys.  He came home with some dough and showed me exactly what we needed to do to make them.  
 Little Camille will be a year old next month!  Wow!  She is so busy that when she's awake, and not in her high chair, she is getting into all kinds of mischief.  I think she may be my most feisty and busy baby yet.  Maybe because there are more places to explore and more bathroom doors to keep closed than in our previous house.
 When I tuck her in, she grabs the edge of her blanket and pulls in up snug around her.  It melts my heart every time!
 Nice teeth Camille!
She has a bunch more that are just waiting to burst through at any moment.
 I'm loving this outfit that she wore for the first time today.  
 She will eat anything!  She especially loves avocados and raspberries lately.
 
So grateful for these kids of mine and their fun personalities!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Pinecones and Happy Birthday Auntie Ann!

I took the two littles on a jog this morning.  I was hoping to find some pinecones along the way to use for a Christmas craft for Grant's Kindergarten class next week.  Well, I lucked out and found around 50 great pinecones!  Now the kids will have a great selection to pick from!
Camille fell asleep in the stroller just before we got home.  I put her in her crib and then set out to bag the pinecones and vacuum out the stroller.  Brett helped me.  He was a great help!  And then he went inside and promptly locked me out of the house!  That stinker!  By the time I realized it, he was on the potty and said he couldn't get off and was yelling.  I pleaded with him and told him he was a big boy and he could get down.  But he wouldn't.  I tried breaking in with a screwdriver.  I even tried to kick the door down.  Didn't work.  :)
Then I went to my neighbor's house and called Keith.  He said he could come home, but he had something to do first.  It would be 30 more minutes at least.  So I went back to the door to yell talk with Brett again.  This time he sounded closer.  He said he was in his room.  Well, if he's off the toilet (that he said he couldn't get down from) then it was time to act.  So I lied and told him that there was a big tractor outside and I could hear his little feet running so fast to unlock the door.  Ha!  Should have thought of the tractor sooner.  :)
Time to hide a key somewhere!

Today is my sister's Birthday!  Happy Birthday Annie!
I love this picture of her with her talented hubby.  These two both have awesome talents and are so fortunate to have each other to share them with.  They do lots of cool things together like: make chocolates (really fancy ones), bottle lots of yummy jams, jelly's, salsa, and other stuff, bake cool things like wedding cakes and pies, craft awesome things like goose feather Christmas trees.  They even have an Etsy shop HERE.  They live in a cute house all the way over in North Carolina with their little girl.  Wish they lived closer!
Happy Birthday Auntie Ann!