Flying Daddy's Airplane

So Alex loves to play with toys... he really likes radio controlled planes, helicopters, and boats. So for Christmas I got him a plane. This weeks it was finally nice enough outside to give it a test run, so we decided to take it down to the park. He tried about three times before figuring it all out. But when he finally got it in the air for more than a minute he learned something, the remote shuts off automatically after two minutes so you don't waste the battery. The only problem was he learned it the hard way. The plane hit a huge tree, and we had to wait and watch as ti tumbled down branch after branch hoping it would make it all the way down. Luckily it did. The plane didn't look so good when it landed though. It was a munched up and it had a lame wing. That night he worked to mend it. We decided the next day we would take it out but we need a spot where there are no trees. We decided Hanford High. Perfect! He was able to fly that plane everywhere. Addisyn loved it, she would run after the plane as it flew, screaming and laughing. I had fun watching and laughing at Alex, as some of his take offs were not so successful. Now that he has the hang of it, he needs to get dad to take out his big plane so they can fly them together. We also went out Wednesday, we called Dan to join us. It was getting dark so it was a short night but it was still fun.

Visiting grandma Great...

Yesterday afternoon, Addisyn, Harper and I went to visit grandma Great and Papa Jack. When we got there Grandma was making cookies. Yummy... She asked Addisyn to help. She waisted no time climbing up onto the counter. Grandma showed her how to roll the balls of cookie dough around in the powder suger and then put them onto the cookie sheet mat. She had a blast. It as fun letting them spend some time together.

Snow Day

We woke up to the most beautiful sight Sunday Morning, everything had been painted white. I have never seen Addisyn so excited to go outside, and she is always excited to go outside. Alex, Nana, and I were scrambling to get all our cold weather gear together, and we noticed it was quite. So, we went to find Addisyn, she had walked out on to the deck in her socks and pajamas and was sweeping the deck off, and we already had about 3 good inches or more on the ground. She was cold but, she was having fun. We decided to quicken the pace. Finally we all made it out, Alex, Me, Nana, and Papa. We even called Alex's brother Dan to join the fun! We ran up and down the street with Addisyn in a sled, she thought it was so fun. But after a while Alex and Dan decided they wanted to go Hookie-Bobbing. They took turns driving each other around the block, it was so funny to watch. I decided I would take a turn, they video taped it all, Alex said he wouldn't go in until Nana took a turn. The moment I mentioned it to her she grabbed the ski goggles from Alex, she was game. The took her around the block and when they got back, Addisyn noticed who was behind the car and shouted, "Nana, yeah!" It was so cute! Also, Nana made a snow angle she was way proud of, she made sure that anyone outside had to see it. We had quite the day. It snowed until there was 7 inches or more on the ground.

Caught in the Act

Alex got home from school today, and he caught me. I was sleeping on the job, lucky for me the girls were asleep to. I told Alex it was our bonding time, he didn't buy it.

Picture Day!

The girls are almost back 100%, they both are still coughing a little. It only took two weeks... Anyway yesterday Alex and I thought we should get a couple pictures of the girls together, since Harper turned 3 months old on the 14th. Addisyn was having so much fun because we were letting her hold her little sister. Of course they aren't perfessional, and they aren't supposed to look that way.

Christmas Marathon...

We spent Christmas Eve at Grammy and Papau's house, Alex's mom and step dad. Addisyn was so excited, she was able to see all of her cousins and aunts and uncles. She even got to meet a new cousin. Jeff and Michelle just adopted a beautiful little girl, Kailey, she is four and full of spunk. Alex's mom made a sandwich buffet for dinner, yum. But the highlight of the night for Addisyn and all the kids was the presents, of course. The girls both got matching PJ's, they got hats and gloves, Addisyn got the FISHING game, and stockings full of goodies. Alex and I got the neatest dinner and a movie gift. I already made the dinner, but we will use the movie for a date night. Then, we had a Ornament Exchange, I had been planning on this, and got my Ornaments early, I went to the Mally's Open House after thanks giving, I wanted one of my ornaments so bad, that I stole it from Uncle Dan. We also got to play many rounds of a Chinese Gift Exchange. It was a blast, we brought home tons of good stuff.

Christmas Morning

We have a tradition of staying the night at Nana and Papa's house, Ariel's mom and dad, so we can wake up Christmas morning and open gifts with my brother Shane and sister-in-law Erica, and Lily, my niece, and my brother Justin. It is lots of fun. So, the normal routine for Christmas morning is we wait for Santa to come and give him about two Seconds to leave, before we all go hunt for the pickle, a special ornament. If you find the pickle you get an extra gift. Anyway, then we open presents at about 4:00am. This year Shane and Erica stayed the night at Erica's parents, so the pickle got prolonged, Alex and I were told we would get directions in the morning when everyone was there, but, they put a note on the tree. Nobody said anything until Alex and I were on the way out the door with the girls. Long story short, we missed out on the race this year. Boo-Hoo! But, we were able to at least spend Christmas morning together. It was a blast this year, Addisyn understood what was going on. She knew to open the gifts, she even felt obligated to help mommy open Harper's gifts. The girls got some fun things, but, Addisyn got a big drawing desk from Nana and Papa. She loves to draw. And Grandma Nadine and Papa Jack got Addisyn and Lily the new Tickle-Me-Elmo. Addisyn loves it, but Lily may still need to warm up to it. Another thing, last year Alex made a tower of presents for me out of these fun nesting boxes, so, this year I decided to return the favor. I started getting gift back in October to fill this thing up. My mom helped me set it up in the morning, she told me this better be the last year she sees that thing. Good Times!