Very Thankful

Oh our Lyza is such a joy. After some fun painting on paper she decided that she should paint her nails

Nice hat Nixon

Lyza gave mama this nice "hat" to wear

Nixon and I before church last week

Beautiful Lyza all ready for church

Nixon turned 9 months last week

Lyza really enjoys playing with these magnets

We had a great Thanksgiving break. Today I finished my four day weekend. On Thanksgiving day we went to the church and celebrated with some other families and had a great time

We truly have a lot to be thankful for

Lyza has been a great little helper recently. We have been giving her chores and assignments to do around the house and she is really proud of herself when she completes them. She has been really good to set the table for us before meals. Who cares if the forks are upside down?

She also loves to peel her own oranges. We don't mind because it keeps her occupied for quite a while

Kim did a little Black Friday shopping and Lyza thought the Styrofoam was the best part

On Friday we also did some Christmas decorating. We couldn't find Lyza for a second and then discovered she was inside of the empty wreath box (which just happened to be balancing half-way on the table)

We read the Christmas story together

The kids love playing with their Little People nativity set together

Lyza made a tower with her nativity blocks

I got the Christmas lights hung up

Nixon likes all of the shiny decorations

This guy knows how to go shopping comfortably

After a little shopping trip we decorated the tree together. We are just doing a small tree this year since Nixon is so mobile and getting into everything

 We are very excited for Christmas together. It is especially exciting because it is Nixon's first Christmas 

Here is a cute video of Nixon playing with Lyza's car (don;t worry about the pink car, he will get his own for Christmas ;)

That's all for now. Take care

First signs of winter

Nixon has been very interested in watching himself in the mirror

 Recently he has been making this face as a reaction to his reflection

 Don't these two look cute side-by-side in the cart? It doesn't last long because he loves to pull her hair

 We got our first snow fall this week (it was all gone the next day and it has rained quite a bit since)

Kim got the kids all bundled up and went for a walk

 Nixon got to wear a full snowsuit. It reminded us of the movie "A Christmas Story" when the boy got all bundled up in his snow suit and it was so bulky that he could barely even move

Here is Nixon unsuccessfully trying to roll over

But he looks so cute in his winter gear

 Lyza loved playing in the snow

 She loved throwing snow at her mama

What a cute hat 

 It seems like just yesterday she was drawing in the sand with a stick

Now she is drawing in the snow :)

 She really loved running at her mom and throwing snow at her 

 She had another swimming lesson this week. They moved her up into an older age group and she learned how to swim on her own with just a pool noodle 

 This is her favorite part of the lessons

At the library making a Thanksgiving craft (it's a turkey)

 Maybe these two will be a musical act together someday

Nixon has been moving to music a lot more recently. This is how he dances to music

We can never get enough of his laughs

 That's all for now. Take care and have a happy American Thanksgiving!

Our kids rarely change out of their pajamas...

Here is a little bit of what we have been up to...

Nixon loves playing with this PINK Little People car

 He will play with this thing for 30 minute stretches

This might be the kind of video only a Grandmother can sit through until the end

Sometimes our daughter dresses up like this and dances around like a maniac

Here is a time-lapse video as proof (don't adjust your speakers, there is no sound)

What a cute little boy 

 His sister is pretty cute too

 Miss Lyza decided to combine two of her favorite foods

yogurt tube + quesadilla = yummy

 I took an empty Amazon box and cut it into a tunnel and the kids have been having a great time playing with it

Nixon prefers the tunnel, while Lyza would rather turn it into a table and set it up for all of her friends. Girls!

 At the library this week our kids had to be front and center while all of the other kids sat on the sidelines with their mommies 

 My daughter is so cool, she wears her sunglasses at night, in the house!

 Mr. Nixon got a new walking toy this week and he loves it. He loves to walk all over the place (in straight lines)

 Here is Lyza's latest piece of artwork 

How about a video of Nixon eating a pickle?

That's all for now, take care