Four Jingle Bells

Hooray!!!!  I didn't give up and now we are actually in real date time on this blog, after three years!  Hailey and Brooke being nice to each other.  Spencer is the funniest kid.  They put up these Christmas lights and Spencer said he wanted our whole ward to come over, so he could put on a light show.  The light show consists of him plugging and unplugging the lights so they "blink".  Our friends, the Weavers, made a special trip down the road to see the awesome show.  It made Spencer's day.  You know good friends when they do awesome stuff like that. Hailey's teacher, Mr. Young is really great but he keeps telling them about holidays that require me to do more work.  St. Nicholas day where St. Nick comes and leaves candy in their boots. Random, but who says candy on a Sunday morning is a bad idea?  It was also fast Sunday and Hailey and Spencer both fasted. I was so impressed that Spencer did. Hailey has set a good examp...

Brooke was showing me how she crosses her eyes one day.  Such talent.  The dough exploded.   William hated the snow last year and this year, he has loved it.  He will sometimes say, "It's freeeezing." in a very cute voice. First sledding day.  Brooke went on her own a bunch of times.  She is a wild mama!  It's been fun as they have gotten older.   While Brooke is at preschool, William is my helper. I love my time with him.  He sucked up all the cheerios he spilled one day. William has been having some bad nights lately.  We are trying to wean him off of the nap, but sometimes he still needs eat, so this is what happens when he wakes up in the middle of the night for an hour or more.  He falls asleep on the way to pick up Brooke from preschool (a a few minutes away).  He even stayed asleep when I half dragged his heavy bum out of the car.   Brooke pretending to be asleep too. We went to a ...