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Monday, January 4, 2010

Christmas Break

I'm back tracking a little. I've already mentioned New Years and forgot to mention Christmas. We had an awesome Christmas break! Shawn got the whole week off, so we got to do a lot together! We went sledding twice, went to see the zoo lights, and went to the Dino Museum in Lehi. Here are some pictures of Christmas and the Christmas break!

Christmas Eve- all ready for Santa to come! Claire kept saying all day- Can I go to bed now? And then when they were finally in bed she came to the top of the stairs and very seriously made the announcement "I'm asleep now Santa can come"- I told her she's not asleep if she's talking about it. They had made a tent in Will's room to sleep together -I think it took longer to get them to sleep with them sharing a room, but they finally went to bed after only one more excitement of a possible Rudolf siting out of the bedroom window! Will woke up saying he saw Rudolf! I love it!

Christmas afternoon after all the Santa presents had been opened! They received way too much, but here are the main things they asked Santa for:
Claire asked for a Live Pet (The White Tiger one) and a Hannah Montana barbie and horse. Will asked for a bakogun shooter and a spaceship. Vivi was happy with anything. They all got what they wanted plus a lot more- I would have to say they were spoiled by Santa and family, and don't need a single toy for another year :)

The most beautiful Christmas present! This is just the wrapping paper. Claire made this for me and Shawn at school. Isn't it pretty. I had to take a picture of it. Inside she made a book about the Night Before Christmas- which was equally as good as the wrapping paper- I've just never received a gift so beautifully wrapped!

Sledding at Daybreak with The Cousins!!!

Will really got into sledding - "but not too fast" he would say.

Me and Claire sledding at a park in Sandy- she loves to go as fast as possible!

Shawn, Claire and Will in front of a T-REX at the Dino Museum in Lehi. This museum was so amazing. We loved it!

They had the coolest play areas at the museum. Here Claire and Will are playing in the water/sand area where you can make dams and then have the water break the dam and bury all the Dino's. This was the best- they loved it!

Zoo Lights! These were amazing- they move- I didn't know, but it was sooooooo cold. We did stay for an hour and had fun, but we were glad to be back in a warm car at the end. Vivi was such a trooper- I had her so bundled though maybe she didn't even know it was cold.

Kids at zoo lights

My parents went with us to see the lights!

We had an amazing Christmas and break!

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Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)