New Do

Lilly insisted on getting her hair cut like her friends at school - so now we are sporting a new do.

Valentines Day

Ethan has definitely found his new favorite holiday - Valentine's Day! He has also learned a new word (which we now hear nonstop) ... CHOCOLATE!!!

Lilly was busy hoarding her candy and trying to eat it all when we weren't looking.

Elmo's Green Thumb

Last weekend Sam and I took Ethan to see the production of Elmo's Green Thumb at the Reliant Arena. He had an absolute blast! For the first 20 minutes he sat frozen and stared in a daze.

During intermission he got a little crazy holloring for Elmo to come back out onto the stage. We got him a program, t-shirt, and pennant. He immediately wanted to put on his new shirt.

For the rest of the program he stood, jumping up and down, pointing and yelling at the characters.

He is still talking about his trip!

Zoo Trip

We decided to end our Christmas Break with a family trip to the zoo since everyone is finally feeling better. The kids had a great time. We saw a Sea Lion up close as it was carted to his exhibit. Then we were off to the kid's section.

Ethan is finally tall enough to poke his head up in the Prairie Dog tunnels.

Lilly can get on and off the carousel ride by herself now.

I wasn't sure we'd be able to get Ethan out of the fish tunnel - it was definitely a favorite with him this trip.

Lilly is already looking forward to Spring Break and planning out our adventures. I just hope everyone stays well and we can enjoy it!

Santa, Santa, HO! HO! HO!!!!!!!!!!

We had a terrific Christmas this year and hope you all did as well. We started it out by making and decorating Christmas cookies to share with friends and neighbors. Lilly is an old pro at it, and Ethan caught on real fast.

We went to Mom's for a little bit, then headed over to Phoebe's to open all our presents on Christmas Eve.

Lilly was really excited with every gift she received. Ethan was having such a good time with his gifts that he never even got around to opening everything.

The kids came out on Christmas morning to a pile of presents from Santa - I guess they were pretty good this year. Lilly didn't know what to start with first. Ethan went straight to the tractor, then to his basket ball goal.

One of their favorite Santa gifts are turtles that shine stars on the ceiling and all around their rooms at night. They spent most of Christmas day in the dark playing with them.

Santa also brought Lilly a big girl, Hello Kitty blow dryer. It may take a while before she can get the hang of it.

Merry Christmas!

Last weekend we went with Brady to have Breakfast with Santa in Crosby. There was lots to do there - we did lots of crafts and got Christmas tattoos.

Ethan had a blast with the crafts as well.

We had pancakes and sausage for breakfast with hot chocolate to drink.

There was even a hayride to finish up our fun with.

Later that night was Lilly's first (and probably last) dance recital. She was in a tap number and did the best out of everyone in her class. She was very proud of herself.

We also made a gingerbread house. Ethan got to help which made him VERY excited!

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

This year we got Lilly a tree of her very own for her room. She is constantly rearranging the ornaments and switching them out with others from our tree. She is very proud of it.

On Wednesday, December 10th we actually got snow! and a lot of it. There was a good 3 inches covering our yard when we went to sleep that night. The kids a great time playing in it.