What have we been up to lately?

Visiting Santa
This is a very successful visit. No tears, tantrums, or bribery. They all willingly went to sit with him. I guess it was my lucky day.


Caroline's 2nd eye surgery



Her eyes are less red now...


She is ready for winter with her Ugg boots and ski vest!


Making a Gingerbread House





Watching holiday movies together



Regressing back to infancy

Tickling my sister


Testing my strength

Having a jam session with daddy

Linus and his 2 blankets...

Gavin carries around his big and little "blankies" all over the house. He has been pacifier free for over 2 weeks now and this is his compensation. I will take it!

Getting Caroline in the Holiday Spirit...

I was upstairs putting away laundry and changing sheets. When I came back downstairs, I saw this and had to get a picture. Graeme had turned on Elmo's Christmas Countdown and they were all watching it. I thought it was pretty funny! If you look closely, you can see Caroline's patch in her hand. Her patch had mysteriously been removed and she was chewing on it.

Trimming the Tree

Graeme is at such a fun age this Christmas. He got so excited about decorating the tree with me and has been asking so many questions about Santa. I hope I am covering all my tracks!

Sorghum Mill Tree Farm

This is our second annual trip to the tree farm. It was so cold this year. I didn't realize until that morning that Graeme and Caroline needed a winter coat this year. We made the best of it though and picked one quickly. Caroline is bundled up in her snugglie with me.

Thanksgiving weekend with Lynn

We got some family pics taken. Gavin had to have his blanket in order to sit on my dad's lap. It was interesting getting the little ones to look and smile.

Cousins

Enjoying some dinner...


Playing on the computer


Thanksgiving Day


Taylor and Evan reading bedtime stories. Graeme was so excited that they spent the night with us.

Little Caroline is 9 months old!

I can't believe our little girl is growing so fast! She has changed so much in the last few weeks. She has said goodbye to her bottle and baby food and hello to table foods and cups with a straw. She loves to eat anything you put in front of her. She has become bored with her exersaucer, jumperoo, and floor mat. She likes to be on the floor practicing her moves and pulling up. I suspect she will be crawling very soon. She is my only child that prefers to sit INSIDE the bottom of the grocery cart instead of at the top where you can look around. Whatever allows me to get my errands done!

Enjoying the Fall Season!

Graeme Turns Five

Graeme had Show and Tell at school. He brought his Batman figure.


I brought M&M cookies (his favorite) as a treat and his class sang to him.


He got to pick his favorite breakfast which is Monkey Bread and we sang to him at breakfast.


We gave him a Spiderman flip couch.


His Spiderman cake:

Halloween Pics

Caroline's first Halloween
She has to wear her patch for 6 hours a day for the next three weeks. The eye is improving but, when the patch is removed, it becomes "lazy" again.



Storybook Day
Graeme had to wear a storybook character to school and bring the book with him. He was Woody from Toy Story. Of course, we had that book!




Graeme was given an early birthday present which he opened on Halloween. It was an OU football helmet, jersey and shoulder pads. He was so excited! He informed me that he was Demarco Murray.




He told Gavin he was going to be Sam Bradford. He didn't seem to mind.


Caroline was an OU cheerleader:



Demarco Murray, anonymous OU cheerleader, Sam Bradford



They went trick or treating with their cousins, Jared and Karissa. Note the football in Graeme's hand; it never left his hand the whole time he was trick or treating.