Birthday Party Time

Will turned 4 in February and got to celebrate it twice with family so he was in heaven!

Then we had a joint b-day party for Will and Morgan at Pump it Up. Nanny and Papa even came in for it from Oklahoma so it was a special treat!

Little miss Morgan then got to celebrate her actual birthday with a small cake at home with us.

**Tons more pictures in the album on the right!

December

Since I'm so far behind on the pictures again, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the descriptions but I will say it was a fun month with tons of great activities. The kids were at such a fun age this year and it really made the holiday season magical for us!

The first snow of the season...



Attempting to sit with Santa...Morgan wouldn't go anywhere near him!


Will's preschool Christmas program...



Christmas in Kokomo with the all of the Benziger's.....such a great time! The kids had a blast sledding with all their cousins and playing around!




Early Christmas present from the Pautrot's...they played non-stop for hours!



We continued our annual tradition of making cookies. Each year they've gotten better and better!


Not sure if you can see them but I couldn't find our Christmas cookie cutters so all of our "Christmas" sugar cookies are hearts, the number 2 and 3, etc.

I took TONS of pictures from Christmas Day as well as the rest of the month. This is from Christmas Eve after they set the milk and cookies out. For all the rest of the pictures from the month go to our web albums.

Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays!

Oklahoma and Thanksgiving 2010

I'm behind once again but what can I say....I'm a working mom with two little munchkins at home to keep me busy! We took a trip out to Oklahoma in October to see my wonderful mother and father in-law. Other than a minor incident on the way there, the kids did fantastic on the 14 hour drive.

Once there, we of course had a blast. The kids couldn't get enough of their grandparents and even got to see their Uncle Brian and two of their cousins. There are a tons of great pictures in the web albums but here are a few of my favorite from the trip!

For Thanksgiving this year we met Mitch's parents at Teresa's house. They have a beautiful house and we loved being able to stay with them and spend some quality time with family. Thanks Teresa for the wonderful food and great times! The kids enjoyed playing with Julianne and feeding the ducks and all the other fun things they could find.

Happy October!

I can't believe it's been two months since I've posted, I'm such a slacker! I'll start with October and work my way backward so look below this post for Will's first day of school and other big events!

We started off the festivities with our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with my family. Morgan was so picky and had a few breakdowns until she found the "perfect" pumpkin.

Pumpkin carving is also a annual event in our house. This year we tried to let the kids be more involved so after they emptied out all the seeds, they helped daddy draw the faces on the pumpkins!

This year we decided to try something new and hit up Parky's Farm. It was a really neat place and I'm so glad we decided to go. They had so many fun things for the kids to do including a giant obstacle course, a bounce house, a fun house, hayride through a light show, animals to see, a toddler haunted house...and more!

It's not fall without some leaves. Just last week, the kids wanted to help us rake and blow the leaves. Will is just like his daddy and has to play with all his tools and gadgets!

Finally, Halloween night. It was a bit cold so I had to put jackets on under their outfits. It didn't seem to stop the kids at all. They had no problems running from house to house. Will was the protective older brother this year and kept telling all the people that his sister couldn't have peanuts. If they gave her something he thought had peanuts in it, he'd yell back to me to help her get rid of it! It was too cute!