Salt Dough Ornaments and Kendyl's "fancy" word

So what do you do when the kids have an entire week off from school?  Well we made salt dough ornaments.  The kids actually did alot of the work themselves, but I definitely had my fair share of work too.  Here's my favorite story about this event.  When we were FINALLY done and I was cleaning up, I tipped over the cup of  yucky paint brush water onto the floor.  Kendyl was standing close by, came running over and exclaimed, "OH SH#*", she knew it was a bad thing to say and immediately tried to cover by saying, " I mean shoot....shut up...".  She was clearly shocked with herself and unsure of what she should do.  Oh man, by then, Nic, the twins, Grandma (who was here giving B a piano lesson) and I were all standing there trying not to laugh!  Grandma could hardly contain herself.  We said to Kendyl, "where did you learn that word!", and Camryn answered, "Dad says it all the time!".  Well if Grandma wasn't laughing hard before, she was now.  We got the mess cleaned up and had a great story to share at Thanksgiving dinner :)

Nappity Naps

So Nixon has reached that point where he climbs out of his crib and there is no way he can be put down for naps.  He usually makes it until about 3:00, when I'm picking up the twins from school, then he falls asleep in the car.  Luckily, he transports easily. So what is the problem with this??  He stays up FOREVER at night and usually ends up in the girls' room driving them crazy (or making them laugh).  I must admit though, I kind of enjoy holding my sleeping baby boy in my arms.  My heart melts a little bit every time.

Santa

Family Picture

And...the 9th ward Santa

They knew it wasn't the real Santa, but they wanted to make sure that the helper that came to our ward breakfast knew what they wanted for Christmas.  The helper always gets that information back to Santa!  Kendyl panicked and told Santa the wrong thing and went back through the line to clear things up :)

The Recital

Camryn & Brooklyn learned a duet to "Away in a Manger".  Grandma wrote Brooklyn's part for the piano and Camryn figured out the melody on her own.  They were perfect!  They practiced so hard and had the chance to play it at Camryn's violin recital, music class at school, Sacrament meeting, and Sacrament meeting at my parent's ward.  We are so proud of these beautiful little girls and their musical talents.  Can't wait for Kendyl to begin flute!

Kendyl Babe is 5!

This pretty girl is already 5!  How did that happen?  I still remember when she was born like it was yesterday.  I was so in love with that little face and have been ever since.  We're absolutely in love with our Kendyl Babe.  She had her first friend party this year and wanted to invite her church friends, school friends, neighborhood friends, random friends, preschool friends, dance friends, cousins..... I just figured that since it was around the holidays on a week night, lots of people wouldn't show up.  I was wrong.  All but two came.  There were LOTS of little girls at Kendyl's stuffed animal party.  Their animals got collars, then went to the Doc McSteffens and got a bandaid and a blanket.  Kendyl got to open lots of presents then we had cake and icecream. She was so great at opening her presents and thanking each person and giving them a hug.  Made my heart happy.  Hopefully she remembers this party well because this probably won't be happening too often. She got to buy her own present with Nana and Papa's money and got a Stretchkin she names Cutie.  She was doing back walk-overs with it attached to her hands and feet.  It was actually pretty cool.  Love you Kendyl Babe!!!

Oh and we mustn't forget that it's also Great Grandma's birthday the same day as Kendyl's (Dec. 5th).  Just 80 years older :)  We visited her to take her a gift and tell her happy birthday and she was having her hair done at the Barton Creek Salon : )