igloos

connor has been asking about igloos for a while now.

each time i'd tell him that we (dad) made one when i was little.

so yesterday cory took connor out and started the construction.

after recruiting some help (thanks gpa & anna!),

and relocating snow from the entire front yard,

an igloo was built.

connor's pretty much in heaven!

the first thing he asked about

when we got home from church today,

"when can i go in my igloo?"

napping

mabel put up a good fight the other day going down for naps.

but then gave up.

and elsie cracks me up with her hands.

she stayed like this for a good hour.

pretty cute girls.

now i need somebody to send me down for a nap!

6 months

our elsie is now 6 months old.

crazy.

15 lbs 12 oz (50%)

27" long (95%)

here's what she's been up to.

she's a rollin' machine.

she's starting to sit.

she loves oatmeal much more than rice cereal.

she loves sweet potatoes, squash, green beans & applesauce.

she loves to smile and laugh.

she loves to play with connor & mabel,

which usually involves pulling their hair.

she has the brown hair, but her eyes are deciding.

she's still our sweet, mellow babe.

christmas adventures

this year we followed the same tradition as last year

and had a special thing to do everyday

in december up until christmas day.

each morning the kids would open the box

and pull out our activity/adventure for the day.

i told myself last year i needed to take more pictures

to document all the fun, but i failed miserably, again.

we had tons of fun and celebrated the holiday in many fun ways.

here are some of the highlights.

drive to see the animal lights

{we drove over there but the hayride line was huge

and it was freezing outside, so we opted out}

decorate christmas tree

make christmas bread

sleep under the tree

walk around temple square and see the lights

deliver neighbor goodies

make homemade snowflakes

take cory out to lunch

see santa for fhe

go sledding

watch the nativity movie

make a snowman

play games

read christmas scriptures

watch a charlie brown christmas

drink hot cocoa with marshmallows

watch a movie with popcorn

read christmas books

cory and connor go skiing

act out the nativity

and more that i can't remember off the top of my head.

connor's tree

mabel's tree looks a lot like connor's last year,

candies all lined up.

with mabel, everything goes in a straight line.

{chairs, books, candies on the tree, and magnetic letters & christmas cards on the fridge are all lined up at our house}

so.

mabel's latest thing she loves to say is "so."

she adds it to the end of whatever she's saying.

then she adds this little shrug of the shoulders.

it's pretty classic.

santa must be a 'go utes' fan. so.

along with a kitchen and a bball hoop,

he outfitted the fam in red, just like his coat.