"And in the morning, I'm making waffles"

Does anyone recognize that quote? It's from Shrek, said by Donkey. My mom loved that quote. Anyway....just having a lazy morning. Jolee has a cough and a runny nose, so she stayed home from preschool. So the girls and watching Christmas movies and coloring in their "Charlie and Brown" (Charlie Brown) coloring books. I decided to make my new favorite, oatmeal waffles for breakfast, a million thanks to my good friend Sesily for sharing that recipe. Anway, I wanted to see if Mikey would like him so waffles, and boy oh boy, did he. I had to take it away from him because he was inhaling it. I thought he would choke. Anyway...moral of the story, gotta love the occasion lazy day in.

White Christmas

It snowed here in Vegas yesterday!!!!! It was so fun! It snowed all day long, but it wasn't cold enough for it to stick over on our side of town. But we still loved running around in the snow flakes and then rushing in to have some hot chocolate and banana bread. What's a snowy day without something in the oven? Mikey enjoyed the snow from the comfort and warmth of his jumperoo. It will be fun when that little guy can hold his own with his big sisters. A couple of years ago when it snowed in Vegas, Jay Leno said, "So I guess it is the end of the world. It snowed in Las Vegas. Hell froze over!" Haha! :)

Breakfast with Santa and cookies with Grammy

Saturday was a fun day for the kids. We had our annual ward breakfast with Santa. It was so fun. The kids loved seeing Santa, although I overheard Jolee saying to a friend, "I have already seen Santa 6 times." I don't know if it has been quite that many times yet, but close. Taylor was still excited and told him that she wanted, "Super Beauty." No it is not a new action hero, that is just Taylor's way of saying Sleeping Beauty. Jolee spoke for Micheal, telling Santa that we wanted blocks. After the breakfast, we headed to Grammy's (Rob's mom) house to make sugar cookies. The girls had a blast. And Michael loved getting sneaks of frosting from his Auntie Beth, I still don't know how I feel about that. Anyway what a fun Saturday. Oh and yes, they have their Candy Cane Cutie shirts on again. I got to get my money's worth! :)

What do gay horses eat?

Sorry if the title offended anyone...But the answer is HHAAAAYYYY!! That is exactly what we did last Tuesday. We went on a hay ride on the Vegas strip, seriouslly! It was a lot of fun with the extremely loud Christmas carols blasting out the 2 amps! It was crazy! The only thing we could have lived without is all the naked women! It is getting so raunchy down there! Jolee said, "These girls need to learn to cover up their tutties!" The wisdom of a 4 year old. Michael was confused the whole time and our little Tay slept through the whole thing. What a fun time.

Magical Forest

Jolee's preschool had a field trip to the Magical Forest this morning. It was a great time, but it started off a little rocky. We were pulling into Opportunity Village and there is this dad just going to town peeing on the wall! He was there with a play group and had the audacity to pee on the wall, before he got his kids out of their car seats. I mean, peeing on something as wholesome as Opportunity Village?? That got me fired up! I rolled down my window and said, "Hey...keep your junk in your pants. I have kids in my car and I am going to call the cops." Well that part was just a bluff, but come on guy, have some class!! Anyway..once I vented about that to a couple other field tripping moms, I felt better and was able to enjoy the Magical Forest. The kids loved going on the train and merry go round. Michael is just getting over a cold, so he was strapped in his stroller with a blanket. Explaining the reason why he is M.I.A. in these pictures. I am so happy Christmas is almost here! :)

Big Boy!

My little guy Mikey is hardly so little anymore. Michael is figuring out the logistics of crawling, and he somehow pulls his arm out of his pajamas in the process. And then last night, he said, "MaMa." It was the cutest thing ever! I beat Rob with 2 out of3 kids saying Mama, before Dada. Taylor is a true daddy's girl, she was the only one that said Dada. In the middle of the night, Mikey woke up and said "MaMa." It melted my heart! I love having a Mama's boy!