Christmas 2012

 Bella and I sure had a lot of fun this Christmas. We love to play in the snow!

 We don't get to see our uncle Craig very often, but he sure likes to spoil us when he's here. He took us sleding, and snowmobiling, and gave us really cool Christmas presents. We can't wait to see him again.

Yes - we are up to trouble!!!  Look out mom & dad!

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Tyler joined the big football game, I think his team won. Daddy and I watched, and I ate some snow.

 

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Santa was able to find us up in the mountains and left us some wonderful presents. It was hard to decide which toy to play with. Bella always seems to want whatever toy I'm playing with!

Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful holiday season!  We went sledding, on a sleigh ride and saw Santa.  Here are some pictures with more to follow soon!

After our sleigh ride

Tyler loved Santa



This is as close Bella would get



Where we spent Christmas with sledding, skiing, snowmobiling and our annual snow football game!

Jungle Jim's Playland

In trying to come up with ideas for indoors now that winter has set in, we too a trip to Jungle Jim's Playland and the kids had a blast!  Bella wouldn't go on the carousel or swing but Tyler was all over every ride.  Here are a few pictures!



Practicing driving Papa's truck.

Look out dad - here we come

Here we go!

They loved this one!

Happy Birthday - Tyler!

Tyler's Second Birthday was this month and we were so happy to have so many friends and family to celebrate the occasion with us.  We had a car theme and held it at the church so everyone could come.  Tyler loved seeing everyone and playing with so many!  We also had his 2 year old check up and here are a few of his stats:

Height -  35.5 inches - 75th percentile
Weight - 28.5lbs - 50th percentile
Head circum - 50.5cm - 90th percentile!  (His body is catching up to his head!)

We don't go back until 3 for a well child check up and he is doing great!  The doctor was impressed with his manners.  Also, we forgot to take pictures of Thanksgiving, but we had a wonderful time with Nana and Papa in town.  Here are a few pictures from the party!

Life and such....

Kids love playing on their little table.  I was hoping that it would help in the winter time with coloring and playdough. 

Well, the little table wasn't enough of a distraction from the 2 boxes of corn startch that mom just bought for Tyler's bum. 

So how did mom deal with all the powder in the house?  We went and enjoyed the powder outside and went sledding.  They loved it.  Of course, I still had the mess to clean up, but it was a great way to distract me from the mess!

Up to mischief?!

The kids were being so good in their room while I was trying to get a few emails sent off.  Of course, that always makes me a bit nervous, so I went to see what they were up to and this is what I found.  They were so cute hiding under Bella's bed.  I love how they can play so well together.  They didn't want to come out and so I joined them. 

Hide and go seek!

Tyler turns 2 tomorrow and I am so not ready for my baby to be getting bigger!  I had to take this picture to blackmail him with when he gets older.  He always wants to have a hairclip in his hair like his sister, so we oblige as long as we aren't going anywhere. 

Aren't I pretty?!

Petting Zoo and Pumpkin patch

We have been having lots of fun this Fall with Scarecrow walks, hikes, Petting zoo, pony rides and pumpkin patches, and of course - Halloween.  I finally remembered to bring the camera with me this time around.  Tyler's favorite was the tractor and Bella's was the pumpkins and all the animals.  Tyler finally went on the pony ride the second time around but Bella got scared when the pony started to move, so her adventure was short lived.  They even sat on the Llama.  

Ready to ride!

I can just about touch the pedals!

No matter what fun adventures mom takes us on, our favorite thing to do is to read with Daddy! 
We are lucky and get to read with Daddy every day!