Tea Time

After a long time of not seeing each other, Maya came over on Saturday afternoon. As usual, this involved some kind of dress up game. Here is Katharine in one of her creations.

Katharine got a new tea set from Grandma. The girls and boys wanted to have tea together. Now, these arenot your average size tea cups and saucers...I think I refilled the teapot about 10 times, same with the sugar container and creamer. The biscuits they had with their tea were as big as the little plates. Everyone had a wonderful time.

A visit to the Frisco Rec center to go swimming was up next.

Pre-Potty Training

We buckled down after Christmas and potty trained Lennon, because there is no way we want to have three kids in diapers.

He has pretty much mastered it, except for some lingering #2 issues.

Anyways, Keira has been very interested in the whole process; and always insists on going into the bathroom with him and sitting down on the little potty or bench next to him. Of course, she will then proceed to either step in Lennon's potty or dump it out... but at least she is trying :)

Notice the head band- Keira always tries to add a little fashion flair to her outfits.

Four kids and a tub...

Earlier today, Iria took these fun pictures of the kids playing in an empty storage tub. Maybe it is just because I started wearing glasses, but the depth of field and colors look crazy good for an iphone pic (especially on the first picture)... almost painterly.

Yawn... more snow

It has already snowed three times this winter, which is more than I can remember over the past few years. The last snow day was on Tuesday, and I should post this before I forget what the stuff looks like.

And yeah, no mittens on Keira was one of those bright Daddy decisions- as Iria was at the spa (my Christmas present to her). She refused to slide into her mittens, and I just couldn't get them on without her cooperation. The poor thing's hands were almost purple when we finally got inside... but at least she got to suck on snow :)

And if you look carefully, Lennon has socks on his hands.

And if you look real carefully, you will notice that Katharine has lost another tooth.

Ceiling'scraper

We got some more duplos over Christmas, and our tower can now almost reach the ceiling. I guess it will be back to building robots and dinosaurs until we get some more blocks.

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas Day, where everything went as planned.

Snow? .... check!

Gift giving and receiving? ... check!

Overly complicated toys that need to be assembled? ... check!

Gingerbread nativity and Jesus birthday cake? ... check!

Rankin/Bass movie to close it all out? ... check!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Twas the night before Christmas...

The kids are long off to bed, and the last of the presents have been wrapped.

Santa has received his re-gifted tree ornaments,

and pigged out on cookies and hot chocolate.

Now it is time to call it a night, and rest up for the 6 Am wakeup call (which will probably involve multiple children jumping on top of me until I relent and roll out of bed).

Twas the day before Christmas...

Everybody was in the Christmas spirit today as we made our annual gingerbread house and then went off to church for the family service.

And oh yeah, it's snowing!

Lastly, if you ever wonder what Keira's hair looks like after we take her "whale spout" out, then here you go! I'll bet you'll stop wondering about that kind of stuff from now on...