School Christmas Party

Today Morgan and I went to help with Kaden's Christmas party and were able to crash Kolton's , too!

Here you see Morgan talking to Micah, one of the neighbor boys who she "loves"!

Morgan found the ice in the bottom of the drink bucket.

One of the shots I got of Kaden from across the room.

We snuck into Kolton's class and got a few shots - he loved having Morgan around, I think it got him some extra attention!

Here's Kolton with his buddies.

I caught him and this shot before he realized what I was doing and was able to push me away!

Morgan found a friend who also read a book to her...sucker!

Dancing and Cookies

Another peek into Morgan's daily dancing. You see how she reacts to my filming!

Morgan did help cut the cookies out (a little), but I didn't get any pictures - she was poking them and I had to keep getting on to her - which caused me to reroll and recut them! She LOVED getting to decorate them, though. I didn't get any frosting made, these little tubes were the best I could come up with at the last minute. I guess I'll have to make some or get some more for the next time around.


She might have had a little help with a few of them. The boys didn't care, they ate them anyway.

Basketball Entertainment

After Breakfast w/Santa, we had to get the boys to their basketball game. This is the first one this season that we've taken Morgan to. We came prepared - paper, pen, stickers, baby doll, snack, and the DS. As you can see this did help entertain her for a bit. By the second quarter she was in my lap asking for her jammies and saying she wanted to go home. It made for a very long second half, but we survived! Maybe she'll be a better spectator the more we expose her?



I attempted taking pictures of the game, but I still don't know how to work the camera for those events...then my battery ended up dying! I need to study my manual.

Breakfast with Santa

Santa came to visit our neighborhood community again this year. We actually got Morgan to go near him this year, but she would NOT take her coat off. She had to check him out from a short distance for a few minutes before she was ready to climb up on his lap. Santa was so patient talking about her baby for a bit before she very quietly told him what she wanted. I had to interpret, but it's progress from last year. So much for being EXCITED to see Santa!!

We even conned the boys into a picture with Santa. It was only afterwards that I realized we had pictures of Morgan & Santa and the boys & Santa, but not ALL the kids with Santa. Maybe next year?

When it's too quiet...

It seems my trust of Morgan around my scrapping supplies is on shaky ground now...but don't her feet look cute with those stickers?

So Talented

MMMmmmmm, Cinnamon Rolls!

Morgan LOVES cinnamon rolls, and I LOVE that she eats something!

Morgan's Day

Morgan snagged my shuffle and I found some headphones that she'd tolerate - she wasn't digging the ear buds!

Then we ventured out into the cold rain in order to use her new umbrella.

I told her NOT to touch the cold water at the bottom of the slide...yep, she listens well!

Pretty Piggies

I'm really struggling with this jammies phase, and I'm ready to throw in the towel. I was actually able to convince Morgan to let me put her hair up today, but she may end up going to the gym like this - piggies and pj's! The only way I could get her to stand still for the picture was to tell her it was "for Daddy". Hey, it worked didn't it?

It's beginning to feel like Christmas!!!

I'm so excited, I'm so excited! We actually have exterior Christmas decorations this year - woohoo!! Jamie worked on decorating yesterday. Unfortunately we found out after dark that two strands of lights that we purchased don't work. Rats! Neither one of us claim to be experts, but I'm pretty impressed with what we've come up with so far. It's better than nothin'!

Kolton is eyeing his dad's handywork

Jamie working on the lights and letting his cider cool off.
Just a touch of spirit on the side of the house...not sure what we're doing with the bales of hay.