Christmas Morning

Here are a couple of pictures of the kids on Christmas morning. We didn't take very many pictures because Jack got sick halfway through opening the presents. Santa brought Jack a bike and a Geotrax train. He brought Kate a princess bike and an Ariel. We were planning on going to my parent's house later Christmas day, but we ended up staying home since Jack was sick. It was a nice, semi-relaxing day.

Knock Knock Jokes

Kate and Dave love telling knock-knock jokes. One of their favorite is one that Dave made up. It goes something like this:

Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Shhhh!
Shhhhh-who?
Don't make me leave!

So, this morning Jack told us a knock-knock joke. This is what he said:

Jack: Da. Da. (while he said that he acted like he's knocking)
Dave: Who's there?
Jack: Shhhh!
Dave: Shhhh-who?
Jack: held up his foot and grinned

I was pretty amazed that he thought of that on his own. It's amazing how much the second child picks up from their big siblings. I mostly posted this so I would have it written down and won't forget. Maybe someday I'll print out my blog and use it like a scrapbook.

Silly Jack

Here are a couple of pictures that I took of Jack this morning. Apparently Mrs. Snowman needed a diaper change. He's been changing doll diapers lately. He loves to play with dolls just like Kate.
I went through the kids drawers and closet this morning to put away clothes that were too small. Jack found these lovely too small pajama bottoms and insisted that he put them on. Then the UPS man brought Jack's new snow boots so we added those the ensemble. Lovely!

Early Christmas Gift Fun

Our sweet neighbors from New Mexico, Chris & Geneva, sent the kids Christmas presents which we got today. They told me to let the kids open it and start using it right away -- which I'm so glad for since we have a whole week until Christmas with not much going on. They sent the kids a VSmile Learning System with a dance pad. Really fun! I just wanted to share this video of Kate trying out the dance pad for the first time. It makes me laugh. I'm pretty sure that she didn't learn those moves in dance class.

Making Sugar Cookies

Last night the kids and I made sugar cookies. The kids helped me roll out the dough and cut the cookies out. They each had their own rolling pin and cookie cutters. Then they decorated them with sprinkles after I frosted them.

Jack was pretty into cutting out his cookies. He ate most of his cookie dough. Later when we were trying to have family night he was on a little bit of a sugar high. He was running around like crazy and wouldn't hold still or be quiet. Oh well, at least he had fun, right?

Jack was showing Dave in this picture that he had just pushed the cookie cutter into the dough by himself.

Visiting Santa

We went to our ward Christmas party on Saturday night. Kate couldn't wait for Santa to get there. She and Jack were one of the first kids to sit on his lap. Jack didn't cry -- he likes to do whatever Kate is doing. He wasn't too excited about it though.

Waiting in line to sit on his lap.

Kate is telling Santa that she wants a bike and an Ariel. I'm pretty sure Jack didn't say a thing.

Elf Dance

We just did the "ElfYourself." The kids want to watch it over and over. They loved watching Ethan's family dance, so we made our own. Here's a link to it:

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1280357458

Check it out and watch us dance!

Boy Gift Ideas?

I'm not really sure what to get Jack for Christmas this year. I was thinking about some kind of a race track or something for him to play with his cars on. Does anyone with little boys have any great gift ideas? What did your little boys love when they were 2?

Snow Snow Snow

This weekend we got a pretty good snowstorm. I finally bought the kids some snowpants, so they went out in the snow. (We haven't found any boots yet, so that's why they are wearing ziploc bags on their shoes -- pretty creative.) It was Jack's first time really playing in the snow. He was too little last year ane he couldn't move in his snowsuit when we did go outside to play. He didn't like getting his mittens in the snow, but he wanted to tromp around in the snow just like Kate was doing.

Jack liked the idea of balls made out of snow since he loves all kinds of balls.

Kate's Dance Recital

Kate had a dance recital on Saturday. Here she is before she danced. She decided that she wanted her picture taken doing her lovely dance pose (that she made up). She has another recital this weekend, so maybe we'll get some pictures of her dancing.