and more birthday...

isn't January over yet?!





Cole trying out the whole princess thing.




Mclayne got some GREAT gifts this year. A NASA ant farm, electronic venus fly trap, flannel/crocheted doll blanket and burp cloth, stuffed pig with book, Nemo leapster game, crafts, and clothes. But this was maybe her favorite {way to go dad!}...

Birthday, Birthday, and More Birthday

Cole turned 2 last Thursday. It was VERY uneventful...poor kid. Though I must admit it's more his fault than mine. He just wasn't into it. If we mentioned his bday was coming, he'd say no and swat his hand. Didn't want to be sung to. Barely wanted to open presents (unless we told him what it was before AND it was a car or truck.)He did want to go swimming, but with single digit temperatures I wussed out. We'll make it up to him sometime. Maybe next year. Maybe when he's five.
Side note: Not sure if it's being sick or just two, but cole is no longer our sweet obedient boy. Doesn't like to get dressed, get his picture taken, eat, or anything else we ask him to do. Which leads us to the ONE picture I have to post of him....



Now on to Mclayne. She turns FOUR today! She is very excited to go see Princess and the Frog with 3 friends tonight and see Walk with the Dinosaurs next week. Here are the latest pics of our little four year old...





Going to dance, playing her Leapster, and today with her pre-school birthday treat (brownie lollipops).
Besides cute Princess Mclayne and my messy house, I found some other notable things in the last picture...

Christmas

This year our Christmas included...
Christmas morning a week early in Colorado
Flying to Utah (and a couple more visits from Santa)
Cole decorating the house with goldfish while we packed
Zhu Zhus and Zoobies
Everything car, truck, and train for Cole
Lunch with great friends...and great gifts (thanks again!)
Christmas IMAX movie
Lights at Temple Square
Han Solo/Chewbacca playing in the snow
Ryan and I finally seeing The Blindside
Mclayne wanting to be a donkey in the "Jesus Show"

I'm sure most of our Christmas festivities were captured much better by other cameras, as I once again slacked at picture taking. But, I {and Ryan} was able to snap a few.......


These are the pictures we gave the grand parents and great grand parents for Christmas. They {and I} loved them.















The kids waited a long time to sit on Santa's lap...50 kids to be exact. Cole of coarse asked for a choo-choo and car, and Mclayne asked for EVERYTHING...including what the girl before her wanted. It's been long enough now that I can say it was worth it.:)