Friday, January 6, 2012

What a blur...

As usual, November and December went by in a blur and now I can't believe we are six days into January. Life is going by so fast and I can't seem to figure out how to slow it down and stop these kids from growing up so quickly! These pictures are in no particular order, it's a mix of Thanksgiving through Christmas...

Jayda is so big and loves to play with her big brothers. Micah was more interested in his DS, but he still wanted to be by her.
The boys got new pogo sticks for Christmas. Fortunately for us the weather has been nice enough that they have been able to practice. Micah is struggling a little with it, but Noah seems to get the hang of it and can get 3-4 jumps in before he slips off.
We had a fun Christmas morning this year. It was the first time in seven years that we have spent the holiday with family. We were so thankful that Mom and Dad Spotts were able to come and stay with us. What great memories these will be.
The boys both got Nintendo DS systems this year...quite exciting
The opening of the pogo stick...
In mid-December Micah's class went on a field trip to the Public Museum. I have not been able to go on any field trips with either of the boys yet, and it worked out that I could go this time. It was crazy and fun and exhausting. It made me appreciate the Kindergarten teachers that much more!
They have an atrium that is full of butterflies, so you can just go in and have them land on you if you want or just look around. It was really fun to go in there!
When Mom and Dad Withrow came, one of things mom likes to do is frost sugar cookies with the kiddos. It's always a disaster, but this was part of my handi-work
And this was the table at the end...pay not attention to the random shoe on the table.
We also went shopping and got a cute new pattern. It was fun to make these little wallets and they are so simple! We had a great time. I've since made 5 more!
Sweet little bug!
This was by the city hall in the nearby town. Too cute to pass up the photo opportunity and so I made my parents stand there for the picture.
This was Thanksgiving.
Early in December my friend Katie and I spent the whole day in Chicago. It was great fun...she found this great hat/scarf set because it was SO cold! We had a wonderful time together and got a few cute presents for our family and friends.
Jayda LOVES to read, so after Thanksgiving dinner she was just chilling in a chair reading her Princess Baby book.