Christmas Pics (Even though they don't really look like it!)

 I really dropped the ball taking pictures this month. This ended up being the only picture of our tree that we got!

 Nadia loves playing with the girls!

 I think at one point she got twisted up in the boa though, and then it wasn't quite so much fun...

 Christmas morning, I thought it was adorable that Jared wanted breakfast with the new John Deere...

 A chicka chicka boom boom floor puzzle.

 We always have cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas. Unfortunately we had a small catastrophe when Jared turned up the oven temperature while they were baking. Luckily it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed with a lot of cream cheese frosting!

 Jared is my best kitchen helper ever! He never gets bored halfway through and leaves!

 At one point Jared thought the paint water was something edible...don't worry, he only got a small taste...

 Nadia loves standing under the kitchen table, I think it's just her size!

 Lilli LOVES art, and she is very good at it. She's concentrating like crazy here!

 Carmi and her crayons...

 And that was the end of pics they didn't know I was taking...

 Nadia helping Jared put dishes away.

Lilli is an AWESOME little helper. She sat under the kitchen table with Nadia the other night giving her a snack while I made dinner.

Pick Me!! Pick Me!!

I always have to laugh when I get the camera out and the kids all want their picture taken multiple times...
I think I got the camera out to capture Carmi's face covered in spaghetti...it makes me laugh every time...

Two spoons you say? The better to eat with I suppose...

I wanted to show off our little mover, and she definitely is, couldn't even hold still to get a clear picture of her sweet little face...

Flashback

I was going through all my pictures and found a few that hadn't been filed in any specific folders (so I never posted them) so I thought I would share them along with a couple of recent pictures so show how much the kids have changed in just 18 months!

Lilli and Itchy with his owie. I thought Itchy would be Lilli's best friend forever, but in the past 6 months she has moved on to a big pink turtle...

Jared's adorable curls

Carmi's 3rd birthday.  July 2012.

And here they are now...

Here is Lilli with Mr. Pink Turtle shell

And just cause she's so cute here's Nadia:

Nadia is crawling now, and pulling herself up. She gets pretty frustrated because she can pull herself up but can't get back down by herself. I think she may end up walking before she's 1.

Halloween and Stuffs

What a crazy week! I think the only thing that got me through was the excess of sugar in my system!! Hehe. ;)
Lilli had her "Fall Party" at school, we had our ward trunk or treat, the school had a trunk or treat, and then Eric took the kids trick or treating.
Last year we had a lot of trick or treaters and I ran out of candy, so I really stocked up this year...and we got two. Yeah. TWO. That was not a good thing! I really should have sent it all to work with Eric but I suppose I was to busy sorting out all the Milky Ways and didn't want to give up such a large amount of chocolate...hehe

 Carmi was a fairy. She said she was Tinkerbell...

 

Lilli was also a fairy. Periwinkle to be exact (the girls LOVE Secret of the Wings)

 

 

Nadia was a poodle. She won Cutest Baby in Costume at our ward party.

 

Cutest pumpkin ever! Jared was a little confused at the start of all the "candy collecting" but it didn't take long for him to realize how much he loved getting candy!

She is on the move! Nadia is everywhere and into everything. She took a nasty fall down the stairs last week, an apparent rite of passage for all our kids! Luckily she just ended up with a bloody nose and a little rug burn on her head. Better then chipped and dead teeth like Carmi and Jared!

Jared is still a sneaky ninja. He is still getting into the fridge, but lately his favorite has been pouring out my bottles of spices, the most recent victim was the marjoram...he loves to vacuum, he only needs to hear the word and he runs and grabs it. Not an easy feat, since we have a super heavy vacuum.

Carmi is still as cute as ever. Today she came up to me and asked if we could make cookies, I asked her what kind and she said "chocolate cookies!" She still loves Nadia very much and gives us all lots of kisses and hugs.

One Sunday morning Jared got up while I was in the shower. He went in and got himself a muffin, went and laid in his bed to eat it. He is so funny! (I also love how he sleeps with his tractor!)

 

Lilli being silly as usual. She is a very chatty little girl that laughs when others mess around.
At school at the end of the day they give stamps on the hand. 2 if you had a great day, 1 if you had a few challenges, and none if you had a terrible day. Lilli comes home a lot with just 1, they have a couple of class clowns and Lilli laughs at them when they misbehave. She also talks a lot when she should be doing her work.

Don't you just love the toes sticking out of the afghan?!

Jared loves the vacuum extensions!