Thursday, January 8, 2015

Christmas

In our family we always get new pajamas that we open on Christmas Eve. Andy had to work Christmas Eve night, so opened them all up at 4:30 in the afternoon before he left.


Ally was so excited that we were finally letting her touch the presents that were under the tree, but then she needed help to actually open it.


Skyler opened his and then didn't understand why we weren't opening all the other presents right then, too.


After they opened them up, they insisted they needed to put them on right then. Then they saw Rudolph's nose out our back window at 5:15 or so, just after Andy left, so they were convinced they needed to hurry up and go to bed. I kept them up until around 7 and then let them go to sleep.


The next morning Andy got home around 7:15, and we woke the kids up and opened presents. It snowed 5-6 inches during the night, so we were super lucky Andy's truck has 4-wheel-drive, or he would never have made it home! When our hills aren't plowed, they're nearly impossible to get up.


Ally climbed right up on top of her toy while it was still in the box.


One of Kylee's favorite gifts was a frozen book/piano that showed her how to play songs.


Santa brought Kylee and Skyler scooters, and Kyee and Skyler got one for Andy, so the three of them like to ride their scooters around the bar in the kitchen while there is snow outside. Kylee is crazy fast at it, and takes really sharp turns without tipping over. Skyler is amazingly good as well. At first he just walked around the bar pushing his scooter, then he started putting one foot on and kind of hopping along, and now he can actually push it pretty smoothly. He hasn't figured out that he can push and coast, but for being only 2, I'm surprised at how good he is.

December 2014


One night we were having Oreos for dessert after dinner, and Andy decided Ally might like one. She LOVED it, and made a huge mess!


Kylee's Christmas Dance Recital theme was Nutcracker re-mix, and she was a soldier. She's in the elementary/junior Hip Hop class, and she did awesome!


The week before Christmas I found out that FrontRunner offers a group pass (4 people) for only $15 for a whole day of riding on FrontRunner, Trax and buses, so we decided to take the kids on FrontRunner up to see the lights at temple square. We went up pretty early and then ate dinner at City Creek and met some of our friends to walk around and look at the lights.




I have no idea why Skyler's face is so weird. He wasn't mad or anything. We said smile...and this is what we got.


Ally the red-nosed baby. She was toasty warm, but her little nose always turns bright red when she's outside.