My handsome little men

Well, this was the best I could of the boys in their Sunday attire. I wanted a picture of my new little sunbeam and little nursery man.  Quinn says that he is no longer Quinn but that everyone should call him Sunbeam since that's what he is.

I'm happy to report that Quinn's teacher did make it back from her trip to Disneyland.  After church he runs up to me and says, "My teacher didn't die!"  He was so excited and relieved.  He really did miss her even though she has only been her teacher for two weeks now.  He likes her a lot...obviously!

I told Quinn I wanted a picture and this is the pose he gives me.

Then he proceeds to run around like he's an airplane.

 

We get out of church at 2:00.  When we get home I try to get them lunch as quickly as possible which is usually leftovers.  Then I put them down for nap.  He was wild and pushing hard since he was so tired.

We made pizza for dinner the other night.

 

Quinn refused to put cheese on his pizza because he knows it hurts his poo.  It's sad that he's three and that is what he thinks about.  I'm glad he's learning to take care of himself at such a young age.

 

Paxton put as much cheese as he could on his pizza. I had to take most of it off. He was mainly munching on his toppings rather than putting his pizza together.

The Park

 This last week we went outside almost every day.  It was so nice.  Honestly, we needed to get out.  The boys were so stir crazy and we wanted a change in pace.  Quinn and Paxton love being outside.

We went to a different park every day.  Basically, Quinn would ride his bike around while I pushed Paxton in the stroller.  I had to bring my jogging stroller because it does better in the winter.  I wanted the double just in case Quinn couldn't ride his bike, I could at least get some exercise in by walking around.  Quinn was able to ride his bike every where we went.  There were some ice patches but we just went slow around them.

 At this particular park and one other one, the boys enjoy rolling down the hill.  We haven't been sledding because honestly there hasn't been a lot of snow.  Paxton would follow right along to what Quinn was doing.  He was scared to roll down the hill so he just scooted.  It was such a cute scoot too!

This is Quinn being wild riding his bike.  He is so good at riding.  He's fearless and just loves it.  Paxton doesn't mind sitting in the stroller.  He loves looking around.  He snuggles with his blanket and is just so content.

Pregnancy Woes

This is what I currently look like pregnant.  This was taken on 1/22/2014 so the next day would mark being pregnant for 27 weeks.  I thought I was carrying a lot smaller.  It took me forever to show (not complaining).  I all of a sudden just popped and feel huge!  I think I am just average now...but probably smaller than when I was carrying the boys.  I go to the doctor on Wednesday for a check-up.

I really can't complain.  I haven't had any problems with this pregnancy.  I'm starting to swell a bit in my feet and hands.  It's very minute.  I can tell my body is doing it's thing.  I have been so sore and have had a lot of ligament pain.  I guess that's a good way to describe it.  I'm glad for it.  I had a little with Paxton and none with Quinn.  This time my doctor said that he would give me the choice to do c-section or v-bac.  If my body is showing the signs to do v-bac I'll do it but if not I won't.  There still is a risk since I've had two C-sections.  My uterus could rupture.  He also said if I choose v-bac I have to go all on my own.  I can't be induced since that increases my chance of my uterus rupturing.  If I end up going a week over they will break my water and hope that my body takes over the rest.

I'm kind of nervous since this will be my first time doing v-bac.  My first experience was horrible and ended in an emergency C-section.  I'm afraid my body just won't/can't do it.  It would sure be nice to have a shorter recovery and not wait for 6 weeks to be able to hold my boys.  There are a lot of benefits to v-bac.

Pottying

I was talking to my friend through text messaging about some stories of Quinn about going to the bathroom that I have not written down.  I thought they were funny and cute.  I don't want to forget them.

Quinn is really funny about going to the bathroom.  He will come out and tell me what color his pee was.  That is because I mentioned to him that if it's yellow that means that he needs to drink more water.  If it's white that is a good sign that his poo will be good.  He has taken it to heart.  He also eat anything that I tell him will be bad for his poo.  He doesn't want it to hurt and will do anything to make sure it's soft.

The other thing that he'll do is if he goes poop he will come and tell me what he think it looks like.  The most common ones are ice cream and a dinosaur.  He is so proud of himself for doing his business.

The other day when we went over to my mom's house he came down the stairs with his pants down to tell me to wipe his bum.  He yells it so loud and clear.  My 9 year old niece Sublym shakes her head and says, "That must be so embarrassing!"  It doesn't even phase Quinn. 

We were at Jacen's birthday party when he went to the bathroom.  He comes out and yells that his bum needs to be wiped.  Everyone just starts laughing.  It doesn't embarrass me either.  It's just part of life and part of raising a 3-year-old.

I'm waiting for an incident like that to happen at church.  Since I'm pregnant and have a belly now; he thinks anyone that has a belly is pregnant.  He will ask.  That has been a little bit more embarrassing.  He's just trying to make sense of everything.

Another thing before I forget; Mike was getting ready for work.  He has explained to Quinn before that his job is take care of Mommy and Paxton when he is not around.  He was making conversation with Quinn.  This came up again of how to take care of Mommy (by listening, being nice to Paxton, playing nice, etc.)  This particular time though Mike asked if he was up to the task and Quinn replies, "Dad, I'm just a sunbeam!" in a sarcastic tone.  It was really funny and cute.

Because Quinn goes potty and Paxton watches him, Paxton has been sitting on the potty and playing with it.  He hasn't gone in it.  I think he knows when he is going.  When he pees he flings his pee pee around watching it come out.  He'll come show me too.  It never fails that he goes potty once his diaper is off and we are getting ready for a bath.  He won't pee in the bath.  He always gets out.  He pees on the floor.  I have his potty sitting there.  I tell him and show him each time where to go.  He won't.  One day I'm hoping he'll just get it and pee in the potty.  I have not put any real effort into getting him potty trained.  This is just what Paxton has done on his own.  I'm just on the side lines hoping.

Hm Hm (warning...could be a little tmi)

Yep, it's true.  I'm expecting another baby...a baby GIRL!  I'm due April 24, 2014.

 

I found out I was pregnant on September 29, 2013.  I would have known a whole lot sooner if I didn't get this creative idea to try to skip my period.  The first time I tried to do that it didn't work.  I thought I'd give it another whirl.  I was surprised at how well it worked.  I didn't think much of it until the next month when my period should have arrived and it didn't.  I thought that since I skipped the previous month my body was just out of whack.  So, I waited 10 whole days before I tested.

 

I didn't know what to think.  It was a lot to bring in.  I was afraid Mike was going to be mad.  I couldn't help myself.  I went right into our room and just showed him.  He was getting ready for work.  He just said, "Well, what does that mean?" Me: "Um, I'm pregnant." 

 

He took the news rather well.  I asked if he was mad and if he thought I sabotaged it or not.  He just simply replied whether you did or not doesn't matter because it is so.  We can't change it.  Then he said this; we get the wonderful opportunity to welcome another spirit into our home.  Why not embrace it?

 

For the record though, I didn't sabotage it.

 

I waited to go to the doctor until 10 weeks from September 19th.  That was when I was supposed to have my period that never came.  Wouldn't that be the worst if I assumed I was farther along and really wasn't?  I didn't want to get too excited.  I thought I'd play it safe and just count from that date.  Also, I wasn't all that big or showing yet.  I didn't think I was feeling any movement.  I didn't think there was any way that I could be farther than that anyways.

 

When I went to the doctor they asked how far along they thought I was.  I told them 10 weeks; that's why I'm here.  They go to do the vaginal ultrasound and realized that the baby was huge...I was actually farther along than I had claimed.  They had to go over the top and finish the ultrasound.

 

I learned almost immediately that I was actually 17 weeks 5 days.  Wow!  That also is a lot to take in.  Mike commented that we were pregnant before we thought we were pregnant?  You didn't sabotage it!  They told us that day that we were having a girl.  We didn't ask.  She just told us.  I was not expecting to know the gender that day.  The ultrasound technician told us to not take that as 100% sure but to wait for the 20 week ultrasound.  She did have a point so I didn't want to get too excited since it was still early.  I didn't want to let people know that they thought it was a girl.  Once it came up in conversation Mike just told people.  I don't blame him.  It's new and he's excited (even though he won't admit that he is...to others.)

 

Well, at the 20 week ultrasound they confirmed it was a girl.  Yay!  I would've been happy either way.  The ultrasound went well until she was looking at the heart.  The heartbeat was irregular and she kept studying it.  I asked if something was wrong or if that was normal.  She just said she was going to let the doctor answer that question.  That made me super nervous.  She was willing to answer all of our other questions.  Also, our baby girl had the hiccups and she didn't know if that played a factor in it or not.

 

The doctor ordered another ultrasound in 2 weeks to just look at the heart.  The doctor said to not to worry because everything structurally looked well.  I went in on Christmas Eve and everything looked fine.  She had a regular heartbeat.  No worries. Phew!  We had another confirmation of the gender.  So, three times I've been told I'm having a girl.

 

 Now, with only 3 months left I feel like I have so many things I need to get done.  I almost feel overwhelmed.  I made myself a list and told myself to take one at a time and one day at a time.  I have some time left.  It will be okay if I don't get everything done.

 

Some goals I have are; 1) Get Paxton into his own bed.  Well, he's been sleeping in Quinn's room for about a week.  I don't have to lay with anymore for him to fall asleep either.  We are making progress on this one. 

2) Take Paxton's binki away.  He loves his binki.  I think I'm going to have to cut it.

 

3) Have Paxton potty trained.  Okay, so I know he's kind of young.  I've heard of it being done before.  I don't want two babies in diapers.  He'll sit on his potty out of play.  He knows when he was gone because he'll come tell me when he needs a diaper change.  If he happens to not be wearing a diaper because he love to strip he loves to watch it come out.  He'll show me but he won't go in the potty.  I haven't actually tried potty training.  These are things he's doing on his own anyway.  I'd ideally like him trained but we'll see how it goes when I try.

 

4) I've been working with Quinn on his alphabet.  I'd like him to be able to tell me all 26 letters before this baby comes.  I've been trying to make it fun by letting him have chocolate chips for correct answers.  We'll play games, etc.  I just don't think I'll have a lot of time once she's here.  The weather will be warmer.  I'll be tempted to be outside and not want to work on things like this.

 

5) Every year I have to have 20 hours of CEU's.  I want to get this done before April or else it probably won't happen.  I'm afraid I'll forget to do it.

 

6) Of course, I have the obvious stuff like moving Paxton's things into Quinn's room and getting her stuff out and ready.  That alone will take a little bit of time.  The boys have bunk beds so that needs to be put together.  I need a dresser for her stuff, etc, etc, etc.

 

Well, this pregnancy has gone really fast.  She'll be here before I know it.

 

I also have anxieties about having 3 small kids.  They are all 2 years apart.  Their birthdays will be March, April, and May.  I fear that I'm going to feel overwhelmed.  I hear it's a rough transition.  I want to be able to enjoy the kids while they're young and not feel so weighed down.  Paxton was somewhat of a difficult baby because he was colicky.  It'd be hard to go through that again especially with two other little ones to worry about.  I'm thinking positive.

 

I'm so excited for this baby to come!  I'm way excited to meet her.  I wonder what she'll look like.  I know she'll just melt my heart.  I think about her personality.  I think about heaven...and how she's been waiting to come down.  Every time she moves I think about what a miracle it is to carry her and to have a developing baby inside.

 

I love my boys so much and I know she won't be any different.  I'll love her just as much!  It will be weird to think about when she wasn't a part of our family.

 

 

Anniversary

 We went to Utah for a Jazz game as a feeble attempt to celebrate our anniversary.  I was so excited because Mike and I usually don't really do anything big for our anniversary.  We usually have dinner and call it good.  I wanted to do something different this year.  I wasn't sure what there was to do in Utah.  We thought that this would be something that we could both enjoy.  I was so excited to stay the night and to be away...even if it wasn't for long.  I'll take any break I can get!  I loved that I could have Mike all to myself.

 

 Mike wanted to do some research on mattresses.  He didn't want to do it here in Idaho Falls since everyone knows him and knows he works for Mattress Firm.  So, guess what?!?  Our first stop was Denver Mattress.  How romantic!  Once his research was finished the real fun began...well kind of...

 

We went to check-in to our hotel because honestly we didn't think we had time for anything else before we were headed off to dinner.  We were trying to take pictures but for some reason I couldn't get my camera to work.  I happened to ask Mike if he could figure it out.  We were in the bathroom area so that is where these pictures were taken.

Mike wanted to try Tuscanos because he's heard how good it was.  It a Brazilian place where they come around with meat on big skewer looking things and cut off a piece for you to try.  There were so many different kind of meats.  Mike was so excited to eat there.  Once he had it and knew what it was, he actually wasn't that impressed with it.  I think I enjoyed it more than him.  I went because he was excited.  I think we should have tried a different place.  It was fun and good to try something new and different. 

Back in December, my sisters and I went to Utah for a surprise getaway for my Mother's birthday.  Marlise told us of Barbara Walter's theory that if you open your mouth while taking a picture it looks like you're having extreme fun.  I told Mike about it so we thought that we would try it.  I don't think it worked very well for us.

 

Now off to the big game!!!  It took us forever to figure out where will call was to get our tickets.  It felt like we were walking in circles...I guess because we were.  We finally found our seats.  So, when I purchased our tickets, on the website there a picture of what your view will look like.  I showed Mike and we didn't think that it would be that bad.  We did it.  What we didn't know was that they were the most further up seats you could go...talk about nose bleed.  We were on the very top; the very last row.  Mike explains it as that he was able to put his hand behind him and eat off the plate of those behind him.  We waited for the game to start and marched downward to find better seats.  There was this guy on seat patrol so we had to sneak around him.  We moved at a very good time.  Since we moved right away, it looked like we belonged there.  If we would have waited, it would have seemed more fishy.

 

Well, a group walked in and you guessed it...we were in their seats.  We hopped seats up a row.  I was so paranoid I kept watching people come in looking for their seats.  I was sure we would have to move again but luckily we didn't.

This is the first view from our top row nose bleed seats.

Notice the wall behind us?  Told ya, that was as far up as you could go!

Mike shooting a basket...

This is our much improved view.  We were still pretty far away.  Half of the time I was watching the little men on the floor and the other half I was watching the big screen TV.

On our way home, there was a bad snow storm.  We couldn't see a thing.  It wasn't so bad at first but we decided to stop at Temple Square.  The original plan was to go to the temple but we realized that Mike's recommend was expired.  Once we left Temple Square we couldn't see a thing.  We didn't think it was wise to travel in that kind of weather.

 

Mike heard of another place called Smash Burger.  He was interested in trying it so we stopped to kill time.  It's similar to Five Guys but Five Guys is so much better.  Once again, Mike wasn't all that impressed.  The guy that worked there learned that we were from out of town so he was telling us about all of these different places we needed to try.  He mentioned a place called Moochies and how good it was.  I can't remember the guy's name right now but Mike could tell you, but he visited the place.  That peaked quite an interest with Mike so we went there too.  We shared a meal so we didn't have a lot to eat.

 

Moochies is a place of sub sandwiches.  I don't really like those kind of things.  Mike couldn't decide between the Meatball Sub or the Philly Cheese Steak.  He chose the Meatball Sub.  He couldn't eat a whole lot of it but he said it was good for a Meatball Sub.  He wants to try something else from there next time.

 

There's another place called The Pie that serves pizza.  We'll have to stop there next time we are down.

 

Obviously, we made it home safely after many stops on the road.  I'm sure it wasn't fun traveling with a pregnant woman but Mike was so good about it.  Our boys missed us and they were excited when we got home.  It was good to see them too.

Quinnisms

Quinn is one funny kid! I don't know if it comes with the age; but I am loving the things he says and does.  He is getting to be more fun and more enjoyable.  I love him learning things and getting excited about the simplest things in life.  It is so much fun having him around.


This is a recent of picture of Quinn at Leo's.  We took him there as a reward for learning a portion of his alphabet.  Mike made the deal with him thinking that he wouldn't be able to do it.  When the pressure is on; he is able to pull through and amaze us. 

About this dinosaur-This is what he got from his tickets after playing those arcade games.  He loves this dinosaur.  He sleeps with it.  He eats with it...or should I say the dinosaur is the one eating everything?!?...not Quinn.  He is constantly ROARING (still!)  He has a book that says that ROAR means Hello and Goodbye.  This book just encouraged him to be more loud and obnoxious with it.  This dinosaur has caused a lot of havoc at this house.  It gets into trouble a lot!  That's okay with me because I'm fine with dinosaur being in time out.  It makes it a little more quiet around here.

 Some things that Quinn has done lately that has made me laugh or smile

• Quinn was playing on my bed.  He was farting up a storm.  I asked him if he needed to go the bathroom.  He replied, "NO!" Then he said, "Mom, my bum is just talking to you!"  Hahaha!
• We went to a baptism.  I did my best to explain what being baptized was, etc.  Apparently, I did a really bad job.  Quinn thought that he was going to be dunked in the water and was deathly afraid.  He was so worried.  Before the baptism, he was whining and crying saying he didn't want to go.  He made sure to stay by my side.  Well, it was finally time to go into the baptistery where he was able to watch the first little girl get baptized.  He decided that he wanted to watch the second so I took Paxton to the front along with Quinn.  Once he realized it looked like a mini swimming pool and the dunking didn't seem so bad, he decided he wanted to get in.  He tried to take off his clothes and I told him not to.  Then he started to cry once he realized he couldn't get in and get baptized too.  Since we were in the front with the rest of the kids a lot of people heard our conversation and knew what was going on.  They started laughing.  Well, for FHE that week we had a lesson on baptism to help him understand a little bit more.  We actually had another baptism the next weekend.  Let's say, this experience was better.
• Quinn has started going to Sunbeams.  He states he doesn't want to be a sunbeam because he thinks he is literally going to turn into one.  I sing the song for him and explain it to him.  He is okay with going as long as we call it Primary instead.  He loves it!  He has a great teacher.  He had a substitute last week.  This was his comment on the way home; I don't like that brother, I want my sister back.  She died. (His substitute was Brother Dipo and his teacher is Sister Thompson.  He just calls them Brother and Sister.) I don't know where he got that she died.  I'm thinking that he missed his teacher last week.
• If any of you know Quinn you would know that he has struggled with constipation (since 6 months of age while only breast feeding).  Well, for the last 2 weeks or so we have figured out his diet so that he doesn't get constipated.  His poo has been so loose.  He has learned to not stop it.  He used to since he was so afraid of pooping.  It would cause him a lot of pain.  Now, I can't get the kid to stop pooping.  It has been great!  This might seem weird that I'm so happy about it.  It sure beats a kids in pain, having it be so long that he's gone that he needs an enema or a suppository.  When he does go he has blood from tearing.  I would just cry and wish I knew what to do for him.  I wish I could take the pain away.  We have struggled with this for so long.  It is nice to finally figure it out and have him be regular and healthy.  We have been praying for help.  I know He has helped us with this issue.  The saddest thing; I told Quinn one night when he was struggling that I was going to say a prayer for him.  He told me not to because prayer doesn't work.  That broke my heart that he thought that.  We have prayed for it before.  Since he was still struggling he thought that Heavenly Father wasn't answering our prayers.  I said a prayer anyways and pleaded with Heavenly Father.  He was able to go on his own.  I was so thankful.  I was able to say to my little boy; Heavenly Father is real, He does hear us, He knows our struggles, He is there to help us, He will answer our prayers.  Ever since then things have been so much better.  Quinn will say things like Heavenly Father loves me because He's helping me to poo.  What a miracle!!!  He also tells me what he can eat and what he can't.  For example, if there's cheese on a casserole he'll say I can't eat that because it's bad for my poos.  He'll have me take it off.  He's so willing to eat salad, vegetables, fruit, etc. because he knows it won't hurt him.  His diet has become a lot more healthy.  (On a side note; Paxton is the exact polar opposite of Quinn.  He has the runniest, most acidy poos I've ever seen.  It just eats at his bum and it becomes so raw it bleeds.  He needs the more constipating foods.  His diet is complete opposite of Quinn.  This makes meal time a little more challenging.)
• One of the things I love is our nightly ritual.  After we read stories, Quinn has to be the one to yell for dad telling him it's prayer time.  He does such a good job and every time it makes Mike and me both laugh.  I guess you just have to hear it.  Dad, Prayer Time!
• We were at the park and I had to go the bathroom.  The bathrooms were closed for winter so I went outside.  Quinn was watching and he asked, "Wow, you have bum pee?"  He thought it came out of my bum.  Quinn went previous to me.  When I went to the van for some wipes Paxton had gotten into his puddle of mud.  It was all over his hands.  Of course, he got into my puddle too.  Luckily, he had gloves on so I was able to just take them off.





Christmas Morning/Day

Grandma and Grandpa Rockwood came over for Christmas morning. They're all ready for the day and as for us; well obviously am not.

This was Paxton's favorite toy.  It was one of the first opened.  He was not interested in opening anything else.  That was okay since Quinn was so eager to open everything and everyone else's gifts too.

 

Every time we went somewhere and they had these, Quinn would want to take them home.  He would throw a fit, cry, and whine.  As time went on he got better about it but was still disappointed that he didn't have any of his own.  This is one of the many things he chooses to sleep with, play with, to take to church or places, etc.  He had asked for these from Santa.  It looks like his request was granted.





 This is also something that he had asked from Santa; a helicopter transformer car.  Even though this is technically what he wanted and was happy to receive; it is one of his least favorite toys.  What?!?  After all this dreaming and hoping?  Whatever!  He always gives this one to Paxton to play with.  Silly boy!  What he really likes is the bumblebee car.  He also got Optimus Prime Semi-Truck that is only Semi-cool.



Look at how long my hair is getting!!!



I hope your morning was better than this!



I was trying to get Quinn and Paxton to model their new pajamas and bath robes. Despite what the picture depicts; they actually really loved them. Quinn would run all around the house saying, "Turbo Power." He thought he was the coolest ever. Since Quinn was doing it, Paxton had to do it too. These were a good choice!  This is the only picture I have of him in it; of him crying.  Oh well! 

Quinn got an electric train.  He thought it was cool but was disappointed that we didn't have a bigger spot to put it. We couldn't use all of the track because we ran out of room.  We went to the train show in October and he fell in love with an electric train similar to this one. 

Paxton would just sit there and watch it.  At first he was sitting closer but he would keep snatching the train as it passed.  Quinn would get mad.  When I moved him back he was still content and didn't really care.

 

After we opened presents we had a breakfast with Gma and Gpa.  They brought over a griddle and Gene made pancakes and sausage for us while I made eggs.  For some reason it seemed like there was more food but I can't think of what it is.  It doesn't matter.

 

We hung around the house and put the kids down at nap time.  I wanted happy kids on Christmas Day.  It was a long night so we were all tired.

 

After nap we went to Gma and Gpa Jenkins.  It was so weird to not have anyone there.  Usually the place is hopping.  We were the only family there.  We watched Ephraim's Courage (or something like that...it's the new church show that has recently come out).   I didn't get a lot out of it since I was helping Quinn with his puzzles and trying to keep them somewhat quiet so the parents could somewhat enjoy the show.

 

Overall, it was a good Christmas Day.

 

What I've learned; Quinn already thinks Christmas is about Santa and not about Christ.  I don't know if that is our fault or the world's.  I do know that it is my responsibility to teach him and I will have to do better next year.  Next year, he'll be a little older and will be able to understand more.

 

I think it will help if I put more emphasis on Christ.  That is a goal I have for this next coming Christmas season.

Getting Ready for Christmas and Other Activities to Pass the Time

 This is the only picture I got of the boys together in front of the Christmas tree.  Notice how the tree is leaning against the wall?  Paxton kept going behind it and knocking it over.  I got sick of picking it up.  All of the ornaments are off since they love to play with them.  A lot of them are broken.  Putting them on the top of the tree didn't work either since it would often be on the ground.

 There are a couple of ornaments here.  They didn't last long.

 I had the boys paint ornaments for Grandma for Christmas.  It looks like they painted more of the paper and themselves than the ornament.

 They played with a lot of play dough.  They would sit at the table for hours just playing.  It was a great time for me to get things done...like the dishes and other housework.  It sure is messy so I had to save the dining room for last.

 I brought my body pillows out from storage.  The boys thought they were great for making beds anywhere and everywhere around the house.  I, of course, had claim on one and Mike and Quinn fought over the red one at night.  I didn't realize they would be so popular and probably should have brought them out of storage sooner.

 I had to refill my flour jar and stupid me left the bag of flour on the floor.  This is the result.  He had so much fun!

 Quinn decided that he wanted to paint something else for Grandma for Christmas.  We are so bad that it is still at our house.  Maybe we can give it to her for her birthday or Mother's Day?

 We had a FHE where we made graham cracker houses...a HUGE SUCCESS!!!  I was kind of nervous since they were so young.  I hot glued the houses first while they were napping.  Then, later, let them decorate it with candies.  It worked out great!

 Paxton, at first, was actually doing what he was supposed to do.  He would put the candies on the house.  After a while, he would eat them once they were placed.  Then, he got smart; he would skip that step and just eat them straight from the table.

 I don't know who had more fun decorating the graham cracker house; Mike or Quinn.  Mike and Quinn had one house and Paxton and I had the other.



This is Christmas Eve; setting the cookies out for Santa. I wanted to make cookies for him but we had so many things going on that we didn't have time.  He got some Oreos and apparently loved them since they were all gone the next morning.

 

We went swimming at the Aquatic Center during the day.  That was totally worth going since the boys loved it so much.  They didn't want to leave.