praise: we are fairly healthy. dalton had another round of his chest congestion and ear infection this past week. i've been sick as well, but i think we're on the mend.
the first picture is landon as "snuffy" from "jay-jay the jet plane", the second is "spiderman" and the third is "spud" from "bob the builder." dave decided to get in on the action, too.
daltons excersaucer is also a stationary walker. the bulk of it spins around a stationary leg (near auburn). the kids found out that they could push dalton in a circle, and were having a grand time, too.
dalton loved pulling the baggies out of the box.
the little man has really grown to enjoy the johnny jump up. he can even help me with the laundry now (sort of). it's cute when he tries to walk forward and the jump-up pulls him back.
landon has been the victim of his siblings "affection". auburn's isn't really affection-she has been going through a bitting stage-as seen in the first picture. the bite marks were visible on his face for three days. dalton's is affection. he grabs whatever he can to pull you in and give a kiss-his grab was dangerous, as seen in the second picture. poor landon.
we decorated cupcakes for landon's 4.5 birthday. auburn kept licking the frosting-thankfully she only frosted one cupcake (for the entire time).
the day after the bucks beat u of m, the kids dressed up to show their osu pride.
my sister let us borrow her video of the lori berkner band (a cute kid's band). my kids are addicted to the "we are the dinosaurs" song. i think we listen to it in the kitchen several times a day. in the first picture the kids are "marching, marching, we make the earth flat." in the second picture they are doing the "stop and take a rest" part of the song.
just too cute not to post!
auburn sat still enough for me to french braid her hair. she actually requested it again this morning-but we didn't have time. she definitely is my little princess.
mom smith and uncle jon came up for thanksgiving. we had a nice visit.
while they were here, we put up the tree on the day after thanksgiving. landon was really into it this year-so auburn followed along.
notice the stockings on auburns feet. landon did it first-but he's wearing elf shoes in his pic.
landon wanted to help with the lights-i let him put the angel on instead. the lights could have been a little frustrating.
we have several branches on our tree with more than one ornament on them, which is why i'm calling this tree our precious tree (instead of a pretty tree). aunt michelle bought ornaments for all the kids to paint on thanksgiving day. they are on the tree as well. maybe i'll post some pics of the "beautiful" handiwork some other day.
dalton is getting up on his hands and knees quite frequently now. he doesn't like it when he gets stuck under something. he really didn't like being stuck under auburn's bed-but it was too cute to pass up a picture of it.
auburn decided that she needed to take the ornament that grandma and grandpa vandervort got her to bed with her.
i love dalton's "deer in the headlight" look! the antler headband makes it so much more real!
since i usually post cute pics of dalton-i thought i'd post some cute ones of my big kids. just in case you are wondering about landon's height, he is about three inches below my shoulder now. i think he looks so grown up in this picture.
in case i don't blog for a while again-merry christmas!!
