Prayers and Dump Trucks

How do you get your little one to sit still during prayer? 

 

My little 2 year old Levi has a hard time sitting still during prayer. Most of the time he starts out with his arms folded, sitting in a lap,  but then he typically jumps down and ends up wandering around the room before the amen is said. We stumbled across a different plan, purely by accident, but it works- most of the time. :)

Why, you get him a dump truck, of course!

When it's time for prayer he goes and gets his dump truck, wheels it in, and sits down. I say if it works- we'll do it. (Now the only problem is trying not to giggle throughout the prayer.)

Math Woes...

 Aaron was frustrated with his math homework. Being the dramatic kid that he is he declared that he was going to be one of those guys who never gets a job and never moves out of their parents house because every job he could ever want involves math and he just can't do it.

He actually looked like he was going to cry when Matt and I both jumped on that and told him that was NOT an option. It's tough work disillusioning a 10 year old...

Sledding! (or is it "saucer-ing"?)

Christmas Day 2011

Santa found our new house this year! He brought snow saucers and snow toys and new scarves!

Aaron

Caleb

My boys!

Levi and Kellie playing in their new Play Kitchen. (Maybe Levi will stay out of MY spatulas now!)

Aaron's HEXBUG toys.

Caleb's LEGO Hero Factory guy.

Sally got a bath at the groomers the week before Christmas. She likes her festive bandana and she loves her new soccer ball that Santa brought her.

Our Family

Matt's parents drove in to spend Christmas with us.

Aaron playing chess with Grandpa Lane.

Grandpa Lane 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun this year! 

We had SNOW ANGELS...

TREATS FOR SANTA...

and you can't forget

REINDEER FOOD!

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Caleb's NEW Glasses

A few weeks ago we got a letter from the school nurse telling us that Caleb failed his vision screening at school. Because of this he earned himself a trip to the eye doctor. Evidently he has an astigmatism which when he squints he can almost correct to 20/20 vision. That would explain why he never complained. The doctor had such a hard time getting him to stop squinting during the exam that she ended up having to dilate his eyes so they would relax and she could see what was going on. He was so well behaved- he just reclined back in the chair and let her put the drops in. He even giggled when things got a little blurry. Well, the end result is that he now is the proud owner of some very snazzy glasses! You can't see it, but the inside of the frames are tiger-striped! He knows the stripes are there though, so that's all that matters! Here he is:

Zoo Lights!

 We had a great time at the Zoo Lights! I have always wanted to go, but have never wanted to take a little baby out in the cold. Levi is 2 now- so we figured he was old enough to enjoy it and to be exposed to the cold night air. We picked a great night to go- it wasn't even that cold! (Although that could be because the kids were all bundled up in their snow pants and coats.)

Levi especially loved it and kept saying, "WOW!"

Kellie got sleepy and ended up riding in the wagon for a while.

Aaron loved the Kangaroo lights that hopped.

Caleb loved the swinging monkey lights in the trees. 

Matt and I just loved watching the kids have fun. We highly recommend it!