Presents!!!!

Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Norm sent the kids presents. Clara got a Tinker Bell coloring art kit. She didn't want to open up anymore presents until she played with this one.James got a homemade Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet.Grandpa Larry "the Cucumber" and Grandma Penny got Clara a fishing pole.James got a fan,which he loves--you can tell when he puts it in his mouth.From Ella, Clara got some beautiful bows and a Tinker Bell purse with a cell phone and a few other things.

From Raelynn, James got a fun red truck! He loves it because it moves and talks.We love getting presents from family!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is such a great time at our house. Mommy is usually the first to wake up. She then gets the camera and takes pictures of everyone. James did not want to wake up for anything-he is just like daddy.Clara didn't take long to wake up.We changed our "count down to Christmas" calender.Santa brought Clara a Rocking Horse.He also brought all our presents and put them under the tree.Clara discovered that her stocking was filled with all kinds of treats.Santa ate the chocolate that we gave him, a little clementine, and (of course) milk.James got to look through all his treasures.He really liked the apple--it was big and red!

Fun Valentine's Day Gift!!

If you know that your special someone loves Chocolate (and who doesn't), you can follow this link to a company called, "Chocomize". http://www.chocomize.com/ Looks like fun!

Keeping James Busy

While we were baking the cookies, Dale was watching James, or James was watching Dale.He is a trouble maker! You can see it in his eyes!He's just like his daddy!

Christmas Cookies

My dad ("Grandpa Choo-Choo") was insistent upon Clara learning how to make Christmas cookies the "old-fashioned way". So, we bought cookie cutters , and Memee made the dough.She really enjoyed rolling out the dough.Memee supervised.Mommy helped with the sprinkles.Clara enjoyed the finished product, as did everyone else.

More to Come!

I just finished copying all 7 files of pictures that we took over the Christmas vacation, with family visiting here and our trip to Texas to see more family. I looked through all of them and there are some pretty good ones. I will be posting them pretty soon, hopefully within this next week or so.

A Tribute to Grandpa and Grandma Pratt

While I was looking for something for my kids to wear, I realized that they both had overalls. Then as I dug deeper in their mounds of clothing, they both had red turtlenecks. So, as a mother generally does, I matched my children, and then took a ton of pictures.

Dale reminded me that Grandma and Grandpa Pratt love to wear overalls too. So, this is for you!

Christmas Trees and Hiding Places

Christmas trees are not only the best for putting presents under, but they're also great places to watch movies and to hide from baby brothers!I actually couldn't find Clara, and when I finally called out her name, the tree had answered in her place. Thinking that was quite odd, I looked all around and then finally under, and there she was. She is so silly!