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We had a great Christmas!
Here are the kids on the way to the Christmas Eve Service

And, then ready for bed on Christmas Eve in their new p.j's. (they were much more interested in the ornament that Larson was holding than in smiling for the camera!)

Then on Christmas day, Larson loved opening all of the gifts. He had the best time just ripping the paper!

He got a new tractor/truck book that he loves. He is very into trucks & tractors right now, so just looking at the book was not good enough for him...he really wanted to ride them....
That's right - he is sitting on the page of the book where the tractors are.

After that, you can only imagine how excited he was about his new dump-truck. Although it is not really for riding....he made a few adjustments & he was ready to go!

Secily didn't really have a clue about what was going on, but she did look adorable in a new Christmas toque from Erik & Yuriko!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

YUCK.

Larson has learned this word. We didn't teach it to him, but it was abundantly clear that he knew how to say it, and what it means, when I tried to give him asparagus last night.

Brought to you today by: the Letter K, and the Number 2

Larson has just mastered the "k" sound. He says words like "sock" and "look" really well, and really emphasises the K at the end of the word. He must like the sound, because he has also started to add it to the end of many other words....for example - instead of saying no, he says "nok", instead of telling me that he has a dirty diaper, he says "pook", instead of saying help, he says "helk". Very funny.
He is also really into the number 2. I guess this is fitting since he just turned 2, and we have been practicing saying how old he is. But he also uses "2" to count off - like when he is ready to slide, he sits there counts "2" and then slides down, no lead up, nothing comes after...just "2" and away he goes.
Here he is enjoying his slide.

What a Weekend!

We had a great weekend! Glenn & Linda came in to town on Friday afternoon & we headed over to the Gaylord Texan to see the Ice Sculpture exhibit that they have there. It was great - they handed you a coat, and sent you into the rooms that they keep at 9 degrees.





There were very cool, enormous ice sculptures, and it all ended with the some ice slides. You may think that just the kids enjoyed the slides...but think again!




Saturday was filled with birthday celebration! I can't believe that Larson is 2! It has been the fastest, and best 2 years.
We had dinner with family,


and cake.



Larson had a great time. He loved all the attention!!
Here he is sharing one of his new toys with Secily.


In other BIG NEWS......my brother-in-law Preston got ENGAGED on Saturday!!!! I am so excited for him & his fiancee Katherine!


What a great weekend!

December 12

Gotcha!

Larson has been great about Secily coming along. He is so sweet with her (most of the time!). He gives her hugs, and kisses, and he feels it his responsibility to let me know if she is crying, or has spit up. There is one little thing, though, that Larson struggles with....Secily's paci. Larson wants it. All the time. He really was broken of the habit, but since Secily has come along, Larson has been plotting ways to steal her paci from her.

This morning, the house got rather quiet, so we began to look for Larson, sure enough, we found him.....

Week in Pictures

I haven't posted in a little while, but I have taken a lot of pictures. So, here is a brief re-cap of last week (excluding Monday, of course!)

For Ryan's 31st birthday we took a trip to the zoo,

Met our friends, Sarah & Lauren there,

And celebrated with cake at home.

Larson still loves to help in the kitchen. This is him making toast.

Larson & Ryan have been playing football...



Secily has been busy being adorable,

and, on Thursday....it SNOWED!!!! Larson loved it!