Glooooooooooooooooria in Excelsis Deo

This is the cutest thing I have ever heard and seen. Lincoln was going around the house singing this. I was thrilled with his willingness to do it for the camera. He is a little angel we have heard on high.

Christmas Violin Recital 2011



Twas The Night Before Christmas-WAG

-Lydia and Grace-

Earlier in the fall Lydia auditioned for 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' with Wylie Acting Group for Children. She got the part of 'Holly' and was super excited to be a part of another play. It takes a lot of work with memorizing lines and going to all the rehearsals. By the time the performance day comes around Lydia is ready for it to be done. However once she starts performing she wishes they had more than three shows. She LOVES it!

 I don't mean to brag but she does an awesome job and we are so proud of her hard work and the courage that it takes to get up in front of people.

The kids along with Dad got to come and see opening night! -as usual Cooper is either not looking at the camera or is making a scowl. :)

Lydia's second grade teacher-Miss Burns (Lydia loves her so much.) and the two directors, Miss Nancy and Miss Melanie.

More Light!

When we are driving in the car at night all we here from Lincoln is, "MORE LIGHT!" Every house he spots with Christmas lights, he needs to make sure we see it too. Because it's dark this video is more for the sound. Sometimes we can barely carry a conversation over the yelling of "more light, more light".

Lincoln's Twos Are Not So Terrible

Lincoln is officially a two year old. He had his birthday and loved opening presents, blowing out candles on his Elmo cake and playing with new toys-that no one could take away, at least for a few days. Lincoln is such a loving little guy who always has a smile. He is so mellow and even tempered until you get him in sacrament meeting, then he is squirmy and screams if you just look at him wrong. He is doing better though, hopefully soon this will be a thing of the past.
Lincoln's favorite things are trains, cars, fruit snacks, his "doggy and bear"-has to have them to sleep with and he loves being outside especially with his brothers and sister. His favorite word is "hola." We had wood floors installed and the installers taught him how to say it and now he says it all the time to everyone. He just started saying, "Booper" for Cooper. It was the cutest thing; Lincoln had just woken up from a nap to come downstairs and find Cooper taking a nap on the couch. I told him to "shhhh, Cooper is sleeping," he went to go play but must have been bored playing by himself cause he walked over to Cooper and bent down into his face and said, "Booper" while tapping him on the arm. It was the first time I've heard him try to say Cooper's name. Cooper woke up and said, "Hi buddy." Melts my heart.

These are some highlights from his Birthday.

He loved opening presents this year, but he had to walk over to the trash can with every piece of paper and throw it away before he could rip another piece.

This is Lydia helping him open up presents-He is actually saying, "Oooo, trash"

This video is long, but hilarious. You can see how particular he was with the trash. You have to know Lincoln, he is a boy of not too many words. He has taken a long time to start talking. But in this video, you can hear him say clear as day say, "Choo choo train mine." He is very territorial about his new train and no one touching it. :)

 "I've got my eye on you Cooper, you better not be touching my train."

 A new train set with LOTS of trains and cars- one of his favorite things to do with cars and trains is line them up, he plays with this thing for hours.

He did not like the lit candles being anywhere near him, he refused to blow them out in his highchair.

Two Boys At Home

With Kyler at school now, I only have the two boys at home. Cooper and Lincoln. At the first of the school year Cooper really had a hard time adjusting to not having Kyler to play with all day. I was going crazy feeling like I had to entertain him every second. But these last couple of months Cooper has really bonded with Lincoln. The two of them follow each other around, play dress up, make me food in the play kitchen, build trains and houses out of  blocks. It's the neatest thing to watch Cooper take on the big brother role. I love hearing them laugh together.



Thanksgiving Fun

Beginning in November our schedules have been crazy. Lydia has been very busy with her play rehearsals of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.' Both Kyler and Lydia had their Thanksgiving feast at school. While Cooper was at preschool, Lincoln and I went to eat with them. It's always a fun time.

Cooper had his Thanksgiving music program at school. HE SANG EVERY SONG! It was so cute and Lydia and Kyler were so proud of him. We got to go get some ice cream afterwards with our carpool buddies.

 These are Cooper's carpool buddies-Spencer and Payton. Lincoln must of thought he needed to be in the picture since he is in the car when it's our turn to drive. :)

We made these cookies for Cooper to take to his Thanksgiving feast at preschool. I actually make them with orange tic-tacs. They are so easy to make and the kids love making them.

The kids helped make Thanksgiving decorations for Uncle Todd's November package. Here is Cooper putting the finishing touches on his Indian.

 Lydia made the pilgrim man, Cooper the red Indian and Kyler made the green Indian.



Lydia's Fall Violin Recital 2011

Happy Halloween 2011

Cooper's Halloween parade at preschool.

 Trunk-or-treat at the church.

 Carving pumpkins, we had lots of fun collecting the seeds. We didn't end up getting  to eat them because I burned them. :(

 Halloween dinner in a pumpkin

Lincoln got a bug bite after trick-or-treating, right above his eyebrow. This is what he looked like the next morning. It took lots of benadryl and two days before the swelling went down.