Halle Update

Still Sucking her Thumb!
Still not rolling!
Still not sitting!
Still Cute as a Bug!


I guess she is just happy to let the world swirl around her. She'll move sooner or later. Cousin Ellie needs to come show her a few things! She does love to scream, babble, and laugh! Check out the videos!

Aidan's Cold Feet

Today it rained from early morning to near noon making the ice and snow from the past two weeks gross. When we walked to the church around the corner this morning, the boys wore their boots. When we went out to our game tonight the boys were in their shoes. Of course, this did not deter Aidan from heading straight for puddles all night.

When we got home, Aidan took off his shoes and socks to find his feet cold and "wrinkly". He also complained that they "hurted". A short while later while I (C) was at the sink, Aidan ran by to use the bathroom. With the door open and Aidan doing his business, the following conversation took place...

"Daddy, my foot hurts. I want you to get me a new foot that doesn't hurt."

"Really."

"Yeah. I want you to hold my new foot and then saw off my old foot and then glue my new foot on."

"Wow. Where did you come up with that?"

"I don't know. I thought of it at the basketball game."

New Pics!

Here are some recent photos of the kids!

Aidan loves cars and loves the computer! He is sooo fun!

Davis loves pancakes or should I say powered sugar! He is sooo silly!

Halle loves reading the paper! She is sooo smart!

Beware of the.....

Aidan and I (Kate) ran out to the store the other day and as we pulled into our alley parking spot Aidan asked me, "Mommy, what does that Be...sign say?" On our fence is a Beware of the Dog sign, which was there when we moved in. I told him what it said and he responded with, "but Mommy we don't have a dog." I thought the next phrase out of his mouth was going to be another plea for a dog, which he has wanted for a while, but instead Aidan responded with.....
"We need to have a sign that says....Beware of the Turtle."

Pete the scary guard turtle, thanks for protecting our home.

Aidan Learns The Rules

This morning we were leaving a hotel with an arcade and promised the boys we would stop to play a few games before we left. As we tried to figure out who had spare change to pay for the games, Aidan started asking for money to play games. He tried Mommy first and she sent him to Daddy. Daddy sent him back to Mommy and he uttered the following,

"Mommy, money starts with Daddy."

Later this evening it was time for Aidan's haircut and the bartering that always accompanies it...

"Aidan, time for your haircut."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you jelly beans."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you ice cream."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you ice cream and jelly beans."

"I want jelly beans in my ice cream."

"Done, let's go."

Aidan and Angels

I got home late the other night but in time to finish my bedtime responsibilities with the boys. After our first song Aidan told me the following...

"Daddy, Daddy. I have 1-2-3-4-5 angels that sit on my bed at night and help me not be afraid of when it gets dark. Davis has 1-2-3-4 angels that sit on his bed too. The angels come through my window and it's really bright. Then they stay under my bed until I am ready to go to sleep. I see the angels yelling at the clouds to stop lightning. Then they take the lightning and they smash it and they throw it through my window."

When I asked him what the angels look like, he told me, "Elephants."

Apparently Aidan combined the following into one story...

1. The episode of Barney he and Davis had seen earlier in the day highlighting elephants.

2. That night's Bible reading highlighting the angels announcing Jesus' birth to the shepherds.

3. Mommy reassuring him that he did not need to be afraid of the dark because God will protect him with angels.

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The next day when I got home from school, Aidan showed me the bracelet he had made in Lamb School while Mommy was at Bible study. I asked him to explain it to me and this is what I got...

"This is black, I don't know what that is. This is red, it's for blood! This is white, that's clean. This is green and that's grow. And this is yellow...I don't know what that is either."

When I walk him through the colors again, he says, "Oh heaven is yellow! Cool!"

Christmas Vacation

We had a wonderful Xmas break this year with lots of snow fun and family up in northern Wisconsin.

Thank you family for all the wonderful gifts you blessed us with.

We also celebrated Davis's 2nd birthday on New Year's Eve!