The Secret is in the Sauce: Win a Keurig Platinum Brewing System and $50 worth of K-cups

The Secret is in the Sauce: Win a Keurig Platinum Brewing System and $50 worth of K-cups

POTTY TIME

The girls are LOVING being big girls and “peeing on the potty”, but the only problem is that they aren’t really doing anything when they are on the potty!  They like to sit and say they need to go potty but nothing ever happens!  Good thing is that they don’t have accidents either.  Very strange.  I guess they hold it because they know they aren’t supposed to pee on the floor but I’m thinking they just don’t know how to ‘let go’ on the potty yet.  Hopefully soon though!

I haven’t gotten any pictures of Kalia on the potty yet because she doesn’t like to have her diaper off for very long.  But Sofiya LOVES to run around the house with just a shirt on.  She’ll go HOURS without nothing on from the waste down! 

The other day she had a shirt and high socks and slippers!  It was hilarious!

FUN IN THE SNOW

So as you know we had a huge snow fall last week.  The bigger kids all had fun playing in the snow.  We went to my grandma’s on the weekend (she lives next to a golf course with big hills) and the kids had a blast sledding down the big hill!  The twins didn’t get to go because I haven’t gotten them snowsuits yet.  BAD MOMMY!

Here are the girls noticing the huge amount of snow on the deck for the first time!

 

More fun in the snow pics..

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Cody after a tiring and FUN day of sledding!

 

Marcelo looking cure!

 

 

And what were the babies doing while the big kids were playing?  Playing with hats and stuff!

 

 

Sofiya looking cute!

 

 

Kalia looking cute!

 

 

The girls playing with “hats”!  HAHA!

 

Aww!  I love it when they hug!

Walking with Dinosaurs

A couple months back I took the kids to see Walking with Dinosaurs. It was AWESOME! I HIGHLY reccomend this show to those of you with young children, especially boys! Actually the kids don't even have to be young. I REALLY enjoyed this and I'm an adult! And it's educational to boot! The dinosaurs are so real looking and they growl at the audience and everything. I thought the girls would be affraid but they weren't and actually really liked seeing the dinosaurs!

KALIA'S FIRST HAIRCUT

Ok so I have cut her bangs a couple times before but never anything else and she had a MAJOR mullet (business in the front, party in the back) going on so something had to be done!
I think she looks a TON better now!

BEFORE

AFTER

SNOWED IN!

Yes, indeed we are SNOWED IN!
YAY!!
I love lots of snow!!
This is at 10 a.m. and we are expecting heavy snow ALL DAY!
YIPPEE!

OUR CHRISTMAS

Ok finally up to Christmas!

Our Christmas was wonderful.  My brother, Brian, came home a couple days before Christmas and we've been spending lots of wonderful time with him, playing board games, video games, and just chatting it up.  So very nice to have him home.

Christmas morning was so wonderful.  The kids woke us up at 6.  (thanks a lot for that!  LOL) and everyone ran down the stairs (sans babies) to see what Santa brought them.  Soon paper was flying, kids were smiling (and crying in Britt's case - tears of joy) and cameras were flashing and recording.  Santa was very good to the kids again this year!

The babies woke up a few hours later and just tore into their gifts (after learning what to do with presents the night before).  Once Kalia opened up her twin babydolls and stroller, she was set!  She kept screaming "Ope it, Ope it!!".  Sofiya then opened up her stroller and they pushed their babies around in the strollers for the rest of the day!

Grandma, Pappy, Great Grandma, Uncle Brian and Uncle Johnny arrived late morning and with them came lots more presents!  The babies were so thrilled to see the 2 GIANT presents were for them (little tykes and step 2 cars) and proceeded to drive around in their cars (with babies in tow) the rest of the day! 

The older kids really made out too with video games, a new Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, Star Wars toys, clothes, clothes, clothes (for Britt) and much much more.  I have no idea why family needs to spoil them so... but they LOVE it!

We had a big ham for dinner, followed by pies and cookies.  YUM!

A few pictures of our day.