I'm a little behind on the blog again because we have been go-go-go! But I'm trying to play catch-up little by little, so bear with me as I try and post all of our updates!!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Just a few Christmas pics

We had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends!  The kids soaked up all the love and toys they got as well as the later bedtimes and treats!  I didn't take very many pictures on Christmas.  In fact, I really didn't even pull it out except to snap some pics of the kids on Christmas morning.  Oh well, I guess there is always next year.  We hope you had a wonderful Christmas season with the ones you love as well!
Brynn admiring the tree
Evan checking out Brynn's dollhouse from Santa
 Opening presents
Brynn helping Evan with his Buzz Lightyear...that they fight over every day!

And then just a few pictures from outside earlier in the week!
Ponytails!
Goof ball!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas to all...

and to all a good night!  We hope you have a wonderful day filled with loved ones!

Merry Christmas!!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

More Christmas fun!

Brynn with her first Gingerbread house!
I obviously helped, but she told me where she wanted everything.
Evan wearing a Santa hat and practicing his "Ho Ho's!"

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Silent Night?!

A Santa picture with no crying kids?  How can that be?  To be fair, we can't give Santa too much credit because Evan was sleeping.  He passed out on my shoulder while we were waiting for Santa to finish lunch polish off his cookies and feed his reindeer!  I can 100% guarantee you that he would have been screaming his head off {much like Brynn last year} because when I tried to put him on Santa's lap on the train, little dude wasn't having it!

And could Brynn's smile be any more perfect?  And the necklace was all her doing.  And ended up being kinda perfect too, no?  She told him that she wanted a dollhouse and shoes again.  At least she is consistent!  Another Santa picture in the books...wonder what next years will look like?  They both look sooo big compared to last year

Monday, December 19, 2011

Brynn's first dance recital!


If you can't see the video above, click here.

Brynn had her first dance recital yesterday and she couldn't have done any better!  Oh my goodness, all the little snowgirls were so cute!  Our little munchkin was so excited to go on stage with her friends and Miss Karen.  In fact, when they came off the stage she said she wanted to do it one more time!  We were so proud of her, especially since two of the last three weeks she hasn't wanted to dance at dance class.
 She didn't want to be bothered with pictures, just wanted to dance around with her friends!

They were really cute and were dancing around the ballroom while the other performers songs were on.  Little dancing queens!  And of course, now that we have her "show" taped she wants to watch it all the time too!  Brynn loves her some Brynn!!!  :) 

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Christmastime

We have been busy doing Christmasy things over here in the Crayon house!  I love the holidays and love them even more watching it through the kids eyes.  They get so excited over the simplest of things!  
We started watching Christmas movies the day after Thanksgiving!  And we have gotten plenty of uses out of our Christmas jammies!
We have gone out to look at all the Christmas lights around the neighborhood complete with blankets and hot chocolate with mini marshmallows!  And we have driven through the neighborhoods with mega lights!
We've made Christmas cookies...
watched them bake and of course enjoyed eating them!
We rode the North Pole Express where we got to ride the train to the North Pole to pick up Santa!
 The kids wore their jammies, enjoyed chocolate milk and Christmas tree cookies, sang Christmas carols and got a visit from the big man himself.
{And my camera battery died so I didn't get too many pictures.  Boo!}
 Once we got back we waited to see Santa and we got "snowed" on!
And Brynn loooved Santa this year!  She told him that she wanted a dollhouse, shoes with sparkles on them and pretty dresses!  She is such a girly girl!
{Evan didn't want to go near anywhere near Santa!}

Santa even sent Brynn her own Christmas video that she LOVES to watch!  She gets so excited when she sees Santa with her pictures!  That's what we have been up to the last few weeks!  Just soaking in all the Christmas we can before the holiday season is over!  Only one week until Christmas, are you ready?

{Brynn started getting her back right 2nd molar on Monday {her 20th tooth} and Evan started getting his back left 1st molar on Tuesday {his 7th}.  Lots of teething going on right now!}

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Legoland

The little ones and I made our way down to Carlsbad on Monday to hit up Legoland!  My cousin from Michigan was in town and her 10 year old and 5 year old love Legos, so it was the perfect choice.
From the moment we stepped into the park, Brynn was amazed!  She kept saying "Wow!", "Look at that!", "That's so fun!", etc.  And throughout the day the enthusiasm never died!  She rode her first roller coaster and loved it-- in fact she wanted to ride it again!  She was laughing and smiling the whole time, shouting "WHEEE!" and "This is fun!"  She couldn't have cared any less about the actual Legos, it was all about the rides.
Stomping on the circle made the instrument you were 
standing in front of play.  She wanted to dance!
Evan loved being able to run around Duplo Village.  Everything was basically geared towards his age group...the rest of the park he was basically too little for.
Addison helping Evan build castles!
Trent showing Brynn how to shoot the water at the targets!
Brynn riding with Aunt Bobbie in the helicopter!
She liked it so much she had to ride it twice!!
He's a driving machine!
She's concentrating on her driving skills.
They have a little winter village set up right now with snow and a Christmas tree!  We didn't stay for too long in the snow because she didn't care for it too much and my cousin's kids see snow every winter.  :)

Afterwards we headed to the aquarium that is attached to Legoland.  Brynn and Evan enjoyed the "sharps" {sharks}, "oppapus"{octopus} and fishes.

The day ended with s'mores and hot tubbin'...to say Brynn and Evan enjoyed themselves would be an understatement!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

The week of Thanksgiving we kept ourselves busy by making {and eating} turkey cookies.  Nothing fancy, just the pre-made ones, but Brynn still loved making them.  And that's what counts, right?
 See those little hands down there?  Little brother wanted to help!
 There he is!
{And he was totally disrespecting the bird by wearing his Christmas jammies 
BEFORE Thanksgiving!  But they are so cute and warm!!}
 And the best part of making cookies is eating them!
 Yummy!
And we made some turkeys out of toilet paper rolls and hand prints.
{Brynn's turkey is on the left and Evan's on the right}

We hope you all had a wonderful day filled with family, friends, good food and turkey!  Christmas is around the corner...are you ready??  I'm pretty sure once December hits the month is going to fly by!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Recovering...

The little ones are sick and that always makes for lazy days around here.  It started at the end of last week with Brynn running a little bit of a fever and then coughing, congestion, being whiny and really sleepy.  Just as she started to get over it, Evan started.  

Monday night/Tuesday really early morning was  rough for the poor guy.  He had a high temperature, his cough sounded like a barking seal, and when he breathed he sounded like Darth Vader.  After a lukewarm bath, some Tylenol and cuddling he was able to go back to sleep.  Tuesday morning, off to the pediatrician we went.

The doctor took one listen to his cough and diagnosed it as croup.  He prescribed us some oral steroids, told us what to look out for and sent us on our way.  We are running the humidifier in his room constantly and bundling them up and taking walks in the cool night air.

I'm hopeful that they both start feeling better soon!

{Special thanks to my Mom and Co. for watching them while we were out of town and they were both sick.  It is no easy feat, that's for sure!  So, thanks Mom..love ya bunches!}

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Trick-or-treat

Brynn was so beyond excited to go trick-or-treating this year {we all remember how last year turned out} and had been practicing her "frick or freats" all week.  She was very animated about her costume, knocking on the door and getting "Caaaaandy!"  Evan was pretty indifferent to the whole thing and as long as he could walk where ever he wanted, he was fine.  As you can imagine, Halloween night isn't the night to let him loose; at times we had a very unhappy Prince Charming.
 Mommy with the royalty.
 Daddy's turn
Our little princess and her wand
 Our neighbors had a fog machine and they were both amazed with it!
A happy prince because he was free!!!
On the way to the next house
She was very good with knocking on doors.
Although, she sometimes got a little too aggressive and would knock 
until the person came to the door.
She remembered to say "Frick or Freat", "Thank You" 
and the occasional "Happy Halloween!"
When we got home they got to sample some of their candy and they both picked suckers.
I'm pretty sure Ev thought that this sucker was the best thing since milk!
And he looooves his milk.
The Crayon Crew
{Brynn as Cinderella, Evan as Prince Charming and Mason as Frankenstein}
Then we headed over to Matt and Anna's for a little bit.
By the time we took a picture it was late, so that's why Evan has a binky and a pink balloon and why Mason is doing his best Frankenstein impression. 

It was a great Halloween and Brynn is already looking forward to next year.

And as I was brushing Brynn's teeth before she went to bed I noticed her left top and bottom second molars are on their way through.  Just in time for all that candy.  
{That's tooth number 18 & 19}

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

 Spookiest Halloween wishes from Cinderella and Prince Charming!
 Cinderella daydreaming about jewels, tiaras, and glass slippers!
Prince Charming wielding his mighty sword to reach the princess.
 Practicing her princess wave...
 and curtsies!
 Prince Charming pointing out the dangers that lie ahead...

but they lived happily ever after!

Happy Halloween!
Hope you all have a great night trick-or-treating with your little ghosts and goblins!

{Special thanks to my Aunt Debbie for making the Prince Charming costume!!  You rock!}
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