Bath Time

Josie: "Mommy Mommy I need a bath."

Elai: "Come on Josie lets take a bath."

The two of them: Run away laughing as if they are up to something.

One minute they are best friends and the next they can't seem to get along. 

These little moments are the ones I cherish the most.

Snow Day

Elai has been asking me all day if we could go outside and build a snowman.  I'm not really one for being out in the cold so I promised him that as soon as his daddy got home, we would go outside.  But when we got outside we quickly realized that the two and a half feet of snow in our front yard was not good for making a snowman.  It just wouldn't roll properly.

So instead, we decided to make...

 an Elai-Man.  

Of course he loved every moment of it.

This just might have been the most fun he has had in the snow all year.  

I'm so glad I have this man in my life.  He is such a great daddy.

 

Oh and Josie was there too, she just wasn't very excited about the snow today.

We made snow angels,

 ate a little snow,

 jumped in snow piles, had a snow ball fight and finished off with a cup of hot cocoa. 

Life is Good. 

Playing Sick

Over the past month we have all had a case of something or another.  Just when one person seems to get better, it comes back with vengeance.  Elai missed an entire week of school.  We found ourselves enjoying lots of warm blankets, hot cocoa, and coloring.

I love these precious times together.  The times when we can all stay home bundled up in our pjs and enjoy each other.

Halloween

I know I haven't been on here lately so I promise to catch up.  I have started back to school and that takes most of my free time but I wanted to share our Halloween.
This year my dreams finally came true!  I have always wanted our family to dress up as color crayons.  Though Zech wasn't keen on the idea, he knew it would make me happy so he joined in.

 Zech's school put on a little party the Saturday before Halloween for all the kids in town.  They had games, crafts, snacks, and a cat walk.

Zech strutted his stuff on the cat walk and our family got all 10s!!!  After the party we took the kids home for a nap before going to our ward's trunk or treat.  Again there was food, games, and or course trunk or treating.

As for actual Halloween, the kids were all sick so we stayed in and had a little party instead.  He had pumpkin shaped pizza, decorated sugar cookies, painted and enjoyed each others company.

Elai helping make the cookies

Over all we had a great time.  Our children are getting to really fun ages.  Elai got the hang of the whole trick or treating thing this year.  Josie thought painting was the funnest thing in the entire world.  Having children sure makes holidays more enjoyable.

Day 13: Like Father Like Son

It appears that Elai is going to take after his father.  There is definitely latin in those hips!

{On the Farm}

We had such a great time in Georgia.  I can't even express it enough.  I seriously could have stayed there forever.  Elai would probably say the best part were all the tractors!

 Grandma Nancy lives on a farm with about 4 or 5 tractors.  Elai is a farmer at heart and thought that driving them was the best thing on earth.  He was really excited when Daddy took him on an actual ride!

There are also little roads that lead to different areas around the property.  The weather was so nice we had to take advantage of it and go for a few walks.

We even found a deer stand!  Elai thought it was really neat.  Josie missed out on our adventure that day. She insisted on taking a nap instead, but we made up for her absence the next day.

{Enjoying the Outside}

On Wednesday we got lucky and were able to enjoy some 70 degree weather.  I decided to make the most out of our warm weather and detail our car.  We are lucky enough to live on a dead end driveway with four duplexes.  It's very kid friendly and safe for the kiddos to play outside.  So as I was cleaning out the car Elai got to play with our neighbor's little boy that is his age.  They had so much fun riding bikes, playing with balls and enjoying the swing set.  Of course what is the fun of playing on the swing set if you don't fall off into the mud puddle?

Elai had such a blast getting dirty and playing outside.  Then it was time to sit on the porch and eat a snack. I finished the car just in time for the wind to pick up and becoming really cold.   We feel so lucky to be here and to have a place where we feel safe.  A place where our kids can play outside and cause ruckus.  

{A Bath for Two}

Bath time just might be one of my favorite parts of the day.  

I usually turn on nursery rhymes and we sing and splash around.

Elai likes to see how many cars and trucks he can get away with bringing.

And Josie just smiles away.