Tis the Season to repeat and repeat

Ho Ho Ho, well it's not quite Christmas yet, but I thought I'd update once before the busy week. We actually had our first Christmas celebration last night with my dad and family. We also went to Breakfast with Santa a few weeks ago with my MOTC, and needless to say they do NOT like Santa. Let me rephrase that, they don't like to be within a foot of him. They liked to point and wave and say ho, ho, ho, and say santa, but once we got up there, no dice. Claws in the neck and tears galore. I'll be sure to post that lovely photo as well. They are talking up a storm these days and be careful what you say, because they will repeat anything and everything. :) They've left the Christmas tree alone, but love to play with the Nativity (breaking the angel within the first 5 minutes of having it out). We also tromped through the woods to get Grammy and Big Papa's Christmas tree. I think they enjoyed the train and tractor rides and funnel cake more than anything. Good times, and I think Christmas will just be the icing on the cake. "More, more, more" as Addie says. It is also a good tool for good behavior while eating out. Soooo, maybe mom and dad will have to wrap little presents every time we want to go out to eat. :) They love to do puzzles and read books and Riley's been practicing her 2 foot shot in the tub. :) I hope this finds everyone well and I wish you all safe travels for the holidays. Merry Christmas!!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving and the Mizzou game

Hello, We're Back!!!!

So I know it's been a while, but it hasn't been all my fault. Our home computer was majorly infected and luckily my good friend Katie is a computer whiz and was able to fix it or I would have thrown it in the trash I was so fed up. Whew! We have a lot of catching up to do. We've had Halloween, a shopping trip to the Lake, Thanksgiving and a MU/KU football party. The girls are so fun right now. Running, talking, playing together and involving their "mama" and "daddy" in everything. Riley's getting her fang teeth as we call them and got her first haircut or bangcut Thanksgiving morning. She was none too pleased, I'll post the picture below. Hysterical tears. But back to Halloween, we tried out all of the pumpkin patches around town and in Indiana and I have to say my favorite was Daniels farm and greenhouse which happens to be 5 minutes from our house. The girls had a blast looking for pumpkins, wandering through the hay maze, checking out the farm animals, riding ponies and a train, sliding down slides, riding on tire swings, and did I mention picking out pumpkins. :) So that was fun and we also went to Thiess, but I think that would be more fun for older kids, because it's completely hay and lots of dark and underground play activites. The girls love to play together now. They play house and kitchen, they love little animals and especially reading books. They get their books and then back up into our laps and then it's "more, more, more". Addie babbles more and says lots of words and Riley just says words when she needs to. We had a fun time at the lake shopping with 2 18 month olds, fun, fun. But the girls enjoyed swimming in the pool and checking out the "wawa" and looking at "papa's" boat. Then Brad and I got a weekend away in KC for a friend's wedding which was lots of fun and then back for Thanksgiving at our house. Oh and did I mention the football party today. Poor Mizzou!

Picture Time

Just a quick note we had family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago. Note to all of you mommies out there, don't take 17 month olds out for pictures. If they're anything like mine, they won't be the most cooperative. But there are a couple of goodies so check them out. Kathy is wonderful, just wait till the kids are a few years older. :) It's www.kathymccloy.com enter her site click on proofs and the password is case sensitive, girls. Hope you enjoy!

Pictures, pictures, pictures....

So everyone's been asking what the girls are up to lately, so I thought I would take a few pics of what they've been up to literally. :) Since going to the Little Gym they now think they should climb over everything including the couch, playhouse, horse, fireplace, etc. You name it if they can climb on top of it they're there. :) They also enjoy lounging on their princess couch and since grammy put their wagon together (pics to come later) they feel the need to work on their workbenches with their hammers as well. And lastly we've just been working with them that the potty chairs are fun and to sit and go potty on and not put things in or step in. Addie's recently been fascinated with the handle, gross! But then she gets to wash her hands which is another all time favorite, playing in the water! Hope all is well and enjoy the pics. Nevermind Riley's white beard below, daddy got powdered doughnuts this morning for breakfast, what a treat!!