Winter Show

We had a big milestone in our house this week.  We were able to attend Sophie's first ever public performance.  It was so much fun.  Her gymnastics put on a "Winter Show."  She was so dang stinkin' cute.  I was filled with so much pride.  I sort of got teary--I was so proud of her.  She did such a good job and wasn't the least bit intimated by all of the people that filled the building, she just went right out there and did her best.  I will never forget her standing with her arms up in the air shouting "Ta Da Ta Da!"  Well lets hope I don't, because I of course forgot my camera, so you will just have to use your imagination and visualize how dang cute she was!

A little Spice in Our Life

Lately Sophie has been kind of a "spicy" girl.  She has a shirt that says "More Spice than Sugar"--this perfectly describes our dear little girl.  She is going through this phase where she is grumpy about everything that we do.  We took her sledding yesterday--no fun at all!  We went to Temple Square--wanted to go home!  A play date at a friends house--not what she had in mind!  She is such a silly girl.  I can't quite figure her out.  I love her to death, "spicy" and all! This picture was taken earlier in the year, but I thought it was a perfect depiction of her "spicy" side!:)

Temple Square

One thing that I love about Utah in the winter months, is the lights at Temple Square.  They are so beautiful.  Logan and I decided to bundle the kids up for family night yesterday and visit the lights.  It is so fun to walk around in the crisp, cold air while you experience the beautiful scenery.  It is neat to see the kids get excited about the Nativity scene and the baby Jesus. Sophie really enjoyed the muti-cultural Nativity scenes, and Collin liked pointing out Jesus in the pictures in the Visitors Center.  It was a lot of fun and a good time spent as a family--I just can't seem to get enough of these people that I love like crazy! 

 I wanted to get a picture of the family in front of the lights, but once we were there I had second thoughts.  Too cold, and too much work to get the kids out of the stroller to pose for a picture where neither child would be looking at the camera!  So, I have to settle for this picture that I got off of Wikipedia.  But, it captures the Temple better than I could have I am sure.

Elf Yourself

Our good friends the McReavy's e-mailed us this.  It is always fun to see our girls together:)!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9604286469

Enchanted--not so enchanting!

The rain has been pouring down all day today.  It is cold and wet outside.  It seemed like the perfect day for a movie.  So I loaded up the kids and off we went--to the kids first ever movie in a theater.  Was I crazy?  Sophie was excited and couldn't wait to watch the big screen or the "big TV" as she called it.  I chose the movie.  I wanted to see a kids movie, but also one that I thought I was going to enjoy as well.  I had heard that Enchanted was really good and Sophie's cousin that is 4 really liked it.  So that was the one.  We got to the theater and got our seats.  The kids were ready.  We made it through the previews and some portion of the animated part of the film.  Then I heard the binky drop--I tried not to panic:)  Collin was being really good, but was getting upset that he had lost his binky.  So I pulled out the fruit snacks.  While all this was going on, the movie had gone from being animated to real life.  I looked up just in time to see Sophie turn to me, burst out crying, and say, "I want to go home."  Ohh!  I felt so bad.  How could she have liked this less.  I quickly tried to calm her down as we grabbed our coats and things and tried to make it out of the theater without being too much of a disturbance to others watching the movie.  I think that I made a poor movie choice.  Sophie is scared easily, and I think that it was just a little too much for her--she couldn't bare to see a princess go through so much!  So to Sophie Enchanted was not all too enchanting!  We'll try again another time with a different movie, if I can ever get her to go back:) 

Playing in the Snow

Sophie has been asking to make a snowman for days now, and so today I thought, "Why not?" So we got bundled up and went out together.  The snow was perfect for making a snowman. Sophie thought it was fun rolling the giant balls and made sure we had every part of the snowman (eyes, nose, mouth, buttons, and a hat).  We didn't have the usual snowman parts, so we had to improvise but it still looks cute.  



Collin loved the snow as long as it was on the sidewalk.  I think he felt a little unsteady in such deep snow, or maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was wearing boots that were 2 sizes too big!  Along with making snowmen, Sophie discovered how fun it is to make snow angels.  She ran around the yard making angel after angel.  What a great time of year.  The kids also discovered the joy of eating snow.  When it was time to come in Sophie wouldn't leave her snow treat outside, so we put it in a bowl and she ate it inside! HaHa!

'Tis the Season

What a great time of year it is!  We finally have snow on the ground, which I don't love too much, but it wouldn't be Christmas without the snow.  It really is beautiful though.  Sophie thinks it is wonderful!  She is so impressed by it and loves to see all of the tracks that have been made in it.  She also loves to play in it.  She came in from shoveling with her daddy the other day and said "Mommy, I need some hot cocoa!"  I felt so bad that we didn't have any, but she settled for chocolate milk, and said that "it made it all better!"  She is so stinking cute!:)  


Along with the snow, we have the lights, the tree, the decorations, and the music all making it such a fun time of year.  At our house we have one of those Hallmark signature holiday animals--ours is a snowman, that plays music--that of course brings the party to life (or so they want you to think from the commercials).   Anyway the kids love it.  They fight over who gets to turn it on, and then they both dance up a storm until it stops--and then they do it all over again.    Sophie really enjoyed herself when we decorated the house.  She loved playing with the nativity and putting the "Sophie" pictures on the tree.  Collin is loving the decorations as well, however is has no idea what they are about.  I just love sharing this magical time with my little ones.