Isn't it time to hibernate?

Today, I am pretty sure, the "pod-people" replaced my children with "pod-children". The day actually went really well until about noon, and from there on it was all down-hill! Lauren would NOT say in bed at nap time, she finally fell asleep on the floor in her doorway about 10 minutes before we had to leave to pick David up from school. David horsed around so long after school that the crossing guards were gone when he walked out to the car and the gym teacher had to walk him across the street. When we got home David was grumpy and picked fights with me, Lauren and the dog! Swimming went well until it was time to get dressed, then David took a 30 minute shower in the boys locker room (where I could not go in to get him!) By the time we got home I was ready to feed the kids and get them straight in bed! Lauren kept getting out of bed (again!) and when Chris got home at around 11pm she was asleep on the floor, up against her door (which was closed) and her light was on. Chris had to wake Lauren up enough to try to get her to move so he could open the door, but ended up having to push it open a bit and pull her away from the door (crying the whole time) so that he could open it. Once the door was open, Lauren started yelling "mommy do it!!!!" and then turned and ran face-first into her bedroom wall! Next time she should keep her eyes open when she throws a tantrum! Chris was able to get her back to sleep, but not before she woke David up! Goodness. It's good that our evenings are not always this eventful (or noisy!)

It's been a while since I posted last, so I thought I would get you all caught up before I download the pics that are on my camera now and have more to share! I'll do that on Thursday, hopefully.

The last week of school before Christmas break, David had his Winter Concert at school and his last basketball game at the YMCA. The concert was cute and the kids sang nicely. I did think it was a little amusing that the music teacher gave himself a nice, long saxophone solo in the middle of each of the kids' songs. Live the Dream :oD The last basketball game was cute and the kids are always excited to get their medals for participation. There is not a basketball league again this session, but David is taking a basketball skills class starting on Friday. I know he'll have a great time (and we won't have to be at the Y for games every Saturday morning!)

Lauren decided to be "helper" during the last game and clean the court with a baby wipe. Now if I could just get her to do the kitchen floor . . .

We had quite an ice storm a few days before Christmas and the kids were excited to go out and play in our "arctic" weather. Lauren really wanted to play outside with David!

David helped daddy shovel the drive and clear off the car while Lauren supervised.

After coming in and warming up both kids wanted to head out and take advantage of the last bit of sunlight to play some more.

I love the way everything looks after an ice storm! The trees and fences are all so pretty!


This year I was not my normal "anal" self about taking pictures at Christmas and I'm still deciding if that's good or bad. It was nice to just play with the kids and be excited with them as they opened presents and played with toys, but I really like to look at the pictures later! I did get one of Chris trying to convince Miley to play with her giant dog bone.

Lauren's "big" present this year was a "big-girl bed" that she calls her Tinkerbed! She is very excited to be done with her crib! Probably because she can stall better at bedtime when she is able to walk around her room turning lights on and off!

My mom got us a Wii for Christmas and David was beside himself! Chris and I got him Guitar Hero to go with it and he is now our little budding rock star! I have pictures of him with a Mohawk somewhere, I'll have to find them and post them :oD I didn't get too many pictures of David because he's getting harder to bribe to hold still and smile! Lauren is still pretty easy, I just have to show her the picture after I take it and then she wants me to take a bunch more!

This was the year of all things girly for Lauren :oD Santa brought her cute My Little Pony ponies and play sets (I love that the toys from when I was little are coming back!) and she also received a Disney princess dress up outfit and tons of princess shoes! (And, no, she didn't have to pee in that second shot, she just didn't want to be a princess anymore. Princesses are not used to having to dress and undress themselves. Now where is a good maid-in-waiting when you need one?!)

Miley is still not the biggest fan of her giant dog bone, but she loves the mini-tire that Chris found for her! She played with it for hours (and so far it has proved indestructible!) After she got bored of chewing on the tire, she decided to chew on Chris for a while :oD

We have lots of fun stuff coming up and I'll be posting again soon! The Winter I session at the Y started Monday the 5th. Lauren is taking soccer and swimming and David is doing basketball and swimming. Chris has started more little (and big) projects around the house. I have more than enough projects to keep me busy for quite a while! It is now way past my bedtime (I always seem to start my posts at a reasonable hour, for some reason I get distracted and always seem to be finishing them after midnight! It really would be nice if I didn't have to get up until around 9:30 tomorrow!) I hope that you are all doing well, Mike and Tammy we're glad that you made it back to Florida safely and good luck with the house hunt! Lauren, let me know when UT calls to tell you that Toledo is just not complete without you! I AM getting my Christmas thank-yous in the mail by this weekend, I had hoped to get them out already, but once again, I got distracted!

I really am off to bed now, but I'll post again soon.

Goodnight!