Stairs!

Micah has mastered going up the stairs!  He is so proud of himself for being able to get all the way up by himself!  There's only one problem...he doesn't know how to go down yet!

Christmas Decorating!

The day after Thanksgiving we spent the day putting up our Christmas decorations.  It was so much fun!!! I love Christmas!  We don't put up much beyond the tree, since our house is small it drives me CRAZY to have too much out, so maybe someday when we have a bigger house we will do more.  Elijah was the designated picture taker while Mark and I put up the tree.  He did a pretty good job!  We did have to take a break and run to the store in the middle of our decorating though...all our lights for the tree were not working! Everything looks so beautiful and festive, almost magical, I LOVE it!!!

Another Black Eye

Someone in our family aquired another black eye...Josiah!  He was taking a bath, slipped, and hit his head on the side of the tub!  Ouch!

Bug Killing!

So, Emmaline came to me today and said "Mom, I killed a bug in my room!  Do you want to come and see it?"  Me, "hmm, I guess so".  Upstairs to her room, and discover she didn't kill just any bug but a wasp! (or some kind of bee, not exactly sure what).  She just took a block and smashed it!  The other half of it was across the bed!  Not me, I don't go near them if I can help it!  Brave girl!

First Snow!

We finally had our first snowfall a few weeks ago!  I was beginning to think we would have a completly dry winter...  We only got about a 1/4 " but it was so beautiful.  The kids were so excited, Elijah wanted to build a snowman! Mark and I had to explain to him that there wasn't enough snow to make a snowman but maybe "next time".  (IF there is a next time, you never know with Colorado!)

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to my mom's house for the day.  We almost didn't go because my Uncle was there also and he was VERY sick.  After talking about it though we decided to go anyway, and had a wonderful time!  And none of us got sick!  I forgot to take pictures but everything was lovely!  My mom had everything you could possibly want for a Thanksgiving feast!  She even made pecan pie, my favorite!  We played games and just had a great day!

Emmaline's 5th Birthday

     Our little Princess turned 5 last week!  We celebrated by having a small birthday party for her with our immediate family.  (I have decided to try and keep the birthday parties as small as possible.)   Both sets of grandparents were there, as well as almost all the cousins, Aunts and Uncles, so it's still a pretty big crowd!

Bookshelves

Recently online I saw the idea of rain gutter bookshelves -
http://raisingolives.com/2009/07/raingutter-book-shelves-tutorial/

Elijah and Josiah's bookshelves

Emmaline's bookshelf

I thought that they were so neat and decided to put them up in my kids rooms.  Mark and I took a Saturday and went to the store to purchase all the materials.  The intention was to hang them up when we got home but... Mark went to hang them and couldn't find the studs, as whoever built our house did not space them evenly!  So, we had to go back to the store and get a stud finder!  After getting the stud finder though it was a very simple matter to hang them up and took Mark all of 15 minutes.  I really like how they look and the kids seem to read the books that are on them a lot. (Technically only Elijah can read but that's not the point!)  I think they look pretty nice!