London

London is getting SO BIG! I love it, but my little baby is growing up too fast. She loves her toys and is starting to interact with them a lot more. Bridgers aunt sent her this adorable outfit, and I had to get a picture of her in it.

Yay for the attempt to be crafty

Made a few things today, thought they were cute. I'll explain what they are in the pictures.

The big long one is for hairbows. I can never find the hairbow I am looking for, or they get smashed and ruined in the big bucket I keep them in. I've seen similar items to this at boutiques, but am not willing to pay that much for it.

Oh no...problem....I only have about 1/2 of London and Hailey's bows on this...I might need to make another one! Now I need to get it hung up on the wall of the girls room.

Of course I had to make a few more hair clips since I now have an awesome bow keeper!

The shorter ones are to hold Hailey's curtains back in her room. I didn't want to get the boring old hook that you screw into the wall, so I made these.

Sundays

What does your family do on Sundays? I love Sundays around here. In the beginning of 2009 we made it a family goal not to watch any TV on Sundays. (Bridger is such a good sport...he misses all the football games-yes even the superbowl!) We have made a few exceptions for CHURCH material only. So yes, Bridger and I have watched Legacy or something like that...and we have even let the animated scriptures slide a time or two when we are sick or just needed a little downtime. I must say...we have done some really fun stuff. We go for walks, play tons of board games and card games, and just hang out! Well, last Sunday we busted out a puzzle I have had since I was a little girl. Here is the completed puzzle with the two biggest helpers for putting it together! :)

Sleeping

It is a good thing these two girls are so cute...because they have been awful sleepers lately.

London is getting so big! I feel like my newborn is gone! I think she looks adorable in this photo!

Yeah I can't get Carson in pictures anymore...He won't look at the camera, and runs away from it.

What to do about Hailey? She is terrified of the dark. No idea where this came from. The past few weeks she has been so scared she will not go to bed. We have a night light in EVERY plug in her wall, and have even left her closet light on with her door open. This however leads to her grabbing all of her books from her shelf and looking at them on the bed for hours, or playing in her room. Any ideas how to help her get over this so she will go to sleep?

Bow party!

Today while Carson was at preschool the girls had a bow party. I have had three different friends show me how to make hairbows, and every time I've tried I cannot do it. I am just not crafty. I try to tie the cute little knots and they just don't turn out. So - yesterday another friend showed me how to make the flower hairbows. They are so easy...I can actually do them! These cost $5-$8 in botiques...so I am way excited I paid maybe $2 for the cost of everything! Here they are:

So the orange and dark purple are huge...may have to wait a few years before the girls can wear them. Don't know if I am liking the button center or the flower center more.

Mommy, this flower is too big for my head!

This is my favorite one. I think next time this is the size of gerbers I should buy.

These are the bows I have tried, and tried, and tried to make...ugh. Maybe next time I will try my luck at making corkscrew ones.

Yes...we are a little late!

So I am a little late at getting Christmas stuff up. I just barely took down the tree and stocking and deocrations today. So as requested by Grandparents...here are a few pictures for you to enjoy:Tradition - Opening Pajamas on Christmas Eve.


We love our new jammies!

Not sure what he is showing you, but he was pretty excited!As you can see from the background he got a "dragon rider" remote control wheelie motorcycle from Santa.


Hailey got a trunk full of fairy dress up clothes and accessories. (I have someone on film playing dress up with her, but I might be in big trouble if I post that!)


Carson and Hailey in their new sweatoutfits from G&G Gardner. They are standing in front of mommy's present...PAINT! The masterbedroom got painted finally! :) Thanks hun!