Christmas Finally!

So yes in is MARCH and i am just posting about Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas. We had an early Christmas with the Hierstein's at my parents house because Bob had to work on Christmas day. Then mom and dad came to our house on Christmas day. It was a very relaxed day and the kids for to play all day with their toys. The both got a ton of stuff. Lorelei got everything on her list that she write for Santa (in her own writing) and Sagen got everything he asked for including the Lion-o toy that "Santa" searched all over Ebay for.


Sagen decorating the tree.


Lorelei (during her glasses phase) decorating the tree.


Showing of their gingerbread house and the candy they ate
while building it.

Putting out the Christmas cookies!


Checking if he ate the cookies :)


Lion-o!!!


Zhu-zhu pets!!!


Showing off the whole haul!


Showing off her haul!


Perhaps my FAVORITE picture of him EVER!!

Goomagizzles!

This summer while visiting my Grandma Paddy and Auntie Lisa the kids were introduced to goomagizzles. Goomagizzles are little treats made with leftover pie crust. My Grandma's mother use to make them. Lisa say hers included raisins, but the ones we made this summer did not. They were simply pie crust sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and baked. I had some left over pie crust today so we made goomagizzle for a little treat. We cut them into Christmas shapes because we are READY for Christmas in this house!
getting ready to roll the dough!



Manning the rolling pin!


cutting a bell

adding the cinnamon sugar

more cinnamon sugar


Yummy!!
Delicious!

Halloween 2010

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We had a GREAT Halloween! We went to the pumpkin patch, the zoo, carved pumpkins AND went Trick or treating. Lorelei was a fairy (didn't wear her wings) and Sagen was a Werewolf at the zoo (without the mask) and Spiderman for trick or treating (again without the mask).

Camping!!!

We went camping a few weeks ago with a group of friends. We went up on Mt. Lemmon so it was nice and cool. The kids had a really good time and really enjoyed themselves.
Playing with the headlamps in the tent.

Exploring nature.

They had the greatest time on this log!

Moxie was a little sick :( she spent the whole time in the pack and play.

Just a pic of our boy.

First day of school!!

The first day of school this year was a BIG day in our household. Lorelei started Kindergarten and Sagen started preschool. Since I am so late in posting this I can tell you that it is going GREAT for both of them. Lorelei Met or Exceeded ALL of the Kindergarten standards for the 1st quarter, she has gotten a score OVER what is necessary at the end of the year on one of our district tests, and she is starting to read a lot of words. Most importantly she loves it and is interested! She WANTS to read things and she WANTS to go to school. I was going to let her stay home one day because she had a cold and she didn't want too. Sagen is liking school as well. He has the option to stay home with grandma and grandpa on Fridays, but he chooses to go to school. He loves playing with the other kids and is doing well with following directions.
Here are some first day of school pictures!

Getting ready to go.


Some nervous smiles and faces!


Look at our cool backpacks!


At school.



breakfast!




With her teacher Mr. Herndon. He ROCKS!


Walking to class

Summer

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Here is a slide show of our GREAT summer road trip! We drove from AZ to ME and spent about 2 weeks there. We had a great time with the Raymonds, Pipers, Allens, Lees and our family. We went to the beach, had a birthday party and went to Santa's Village. It was a busy wonderful trip. Then, we headed to MA to see Kadin, Emily and Bucky. We had a great time with them and enjoyed playing in their cool yard. After that we headed to PA to visit Molly at her grandmother's farm. The kids had never been to a farm and had a great time exploring. True to form, Sagen stripped down with in the hour and sang the "naked dance" song for Molly's grandma! After that we stopped for two weeks to see our family in Iowa. We saw friends and family there and had ANOTHER birthday party. We were tired when we finally headed home. Once we got here we hung out with the Wallace's a lot and added a new puppy to our family. Oh, and had ANOTHER birthday party. It was a GREAT summer!!

Give me a T, give me a H, Give me REE!!!

Today my baby turns 3! He is the best boy in the world. He is so grown up in some ways and still my baby in so many others. He still LOVES his mama and LOVES to cuddle. If he is upset, mama is still the only one that can calm him. Here are some of the things he can do:

• He can talk circles around most kids his age and many five year olds!
• He can climb anything, run fast and far, and hit and kick a ball.
• He is very happy boy (most of the time) he can find joy in almost everything.
• He is also can cry like NOBODIES business! He is LOUD!
• He can stay dry 95% of the time.
• He LOVES to swim.
• He has NO FEAR.
• He can take a tumble and jump right back up.
• He know the words to a lot of songs (even some I wish he didn't)
• He is shy sometimes and VERY friendly others. He will tell complete strangers his business, but he would never go with them.
• We can pretty much trust him to play in his room by himself or with his sister.
• He is funny and makes us laugh everyday.
• He LOVES to give me hugs and kisses

I can't believe he is three. I love him more then any other baby boy in the word and most of the girl (except one).