Atack of the giant preschooler!

At Holly's Christmas party they made a lot of fun things. Like this marshmallow snow man. Here Holly is biting his head of, literally! The poor snowman didn't even know what him.

Decorating the tree.

This year Josh got to help decorate the tree. This was a big deal for him. (Holly was taking a nap, but we did let her put on her ornaments when she woke-up).

Our tree lasted 1 week. Okay, I forgot to water it. Let's just say after that week we didn't turn on the lights. We are now toying with the idea to get a fake tree.

Thank you TU-TU

What's a Tu-Tu you might wonder. Tutuwaina (totally spelled wrong, but pronounced 2-2-wah-e-na) in Hawaiian is grandmother. So that is what I called my grandmother on my fathers side. She was the one that gave this amazing house warming gift! The kids are loving it in all kinds of weather.

The kids call it their playground.

Living room lighting-update

Here is Don fixing our living room over-head lighting situation. There was one light in the entry way area before (see green picture of before). Don installed a similar light on the other side and a ceiling fan in between the two in the living room (see 3rd picture) The last picture is of the room I couldn't get all the lights in. Crown molding is coming next.

Sometimes they adore each other

Every day when Holly goes down for her nap I read her a story. On this day she TOLD me that she WANTED Josh to read her a book. So my 1 minute reading turned into a 10 minute reading, but it was really cute.

When he was done he sang her "Once upon a Dream", gave her a kiss on the forehead and told her to dream about princesses and butterflies.

Yes, my heart grew at least one size listening to this. These are the moments to remember when they're fighting.

Yeah, eternal families!

The tantrum!!!

On this day we did (must watch the video to find out). Holly did NOT want to come home. She threw the biggest fit I have ever heard her throw. She came in and did worse than this for five minutes.

I am going to use this as blackmail when she is a teenager.

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

If you ask Josh why we celebrate Christmas, he will tell you: "Because Jesus was boring", with total confidence. I tried and tried to tell him it's born not boring, but it wouldn't stick.

Not only that, but when my kids sing that song "I will go, I will do..." They sing "I will go, I will do, the things the Lord ask of me". I can't them to convert to "the things the Lord commands. Oh well.