Cute?

 I've stated before that I think my kids are the cutest kids that have ever exisited.

I realize my opinion is biased.

Everyday these kids make me laugh in one way or another.

It's either something so incredibly cute they do or say,

or something silly.

 These kids are so cute,

I have a serious problem.

I spoil these kids WAY too much.

At first, I told myself it was for them.

Then I slowly faced reality.

It's really for ME!

I love seeing them smile,

and getting excited over little things.

Sometimes these kids make me laugh,

because they do ridiculous things like dump an entire box of cereal out,

just because they wanted a snack.

I decided a long time ago,

that it is easier to laugh at these situations,

rather than to get upset.

How can you get mad at this cute little face?

What good does it do to get mad?

Besides, the picture that I didn't capture,

was her licking each cheerio up off the floor like a little puppy,

and enjoying every minute of it!

Christmas Eve Bowling

 We have started a tradition of going bowling on Christmas Eve.

It's one of the one days a year that we actually go bowling.

My kids absolutely love it!

 I'm not sure if its the bowling balls,

or knocking down the pins,

but the kids get excited for anyone who bowls.

Luke was an excellent cheerleader for anyone bowling,

waiting impatiently for his next turn.

Luke clapped and cheered now matter how many pins you knocked down.

 We had the bumpers up,

but Luke still managed to gutter the ball a few times.

There was just enough room between the end of the bumper

and the pins for him to narrowly miss knocking anything down.

 Luke was able to pick up his bowling ball,

and hoist it down the lane all by himself.

It pinged off each bumper back and forth off the bumper a few times,

but Luke didn't know what scoring meant.

Luke was just out to have some good old fashioned fun.

Clara wasn't quite strong enough to bowl by herself,

but she also enjoyed cheering and watching.

A bowling alley is a great place to go for families.

Its so loud inside, kids cheering doesn't make a difference or bother anyone else.

It was a fun way to celebrate Christmas Eve!

A new hair cut

 Luke was entertaining himself, something he is usually pretty good at.

It was quiet time, because Clara was sleeping.

I was trying to get a few things done to accomplish my over whelming To-Do list.

I heard Luke talking to himself,

and heard him say

"Let's go show mommy- my new hair cut"

I have scissors in only 1 drawer of the house, 

and I was well aware of when Luke got into that drawer.

My hair shears are in an unreachable spot, 

 so I wasn't worried when he said this,

what scissors could he have gotten into?

I had forgotten about my sewing scissors.

I have been sewing lately,

and forgot to put away my sewing scissors back into their hiding spot.

So Luke was proudly boasting that his "new hair cut was done"

I spun Luke around to see where he had cut his hair.

I must be honest, at first I couldn't tell where he had cut.

I could see loose hairs all over,

so he must have cut somewhere.

Finally I noticed 2 little chop marks.

They are barely noticeable.

I guess every kids cuts their own hair sometime...

L L COOL L

 Quality entertainment includes watching out the window.

Luke waits for the school bus to let out all the kids,

and as they walk by our house Luke yells 

"Hi Guys!"

Luke is always so excited to see other kids.

 

 Luke is quite the "ladies man" or so we have heard.

We went to check in on him during nursery.

We asked the teacher how Luke was doing.

She responded:

"I think he's doing fine, the girls sure like him"

Luke is such a happy kid.

He is always laughing and smiling.

I guess the girls have figured that out.

 This isn't the first time I've heard that the girls like Luke.

On 3 separate occasions, I've heard from other moms of kids that go to preschool with Luke.

All of them said something like this:

"I asked "jane" what she did in Preschool today,

and she just always says:

I played with Luke mom"

If nothing else, Luke has a few girlfriends.

At first I thought it was cute that the girls like Luke.

Then after I thought about it for a while,

I figured that Luke is probably the class clown goofing off in the corner,

while all the other kids are trying to pay attention.

That's probably why they remember him so much.

Luke has always just had an exciting personality.

He is full of energy,

he laughs at everything,

and he has an adorable smile.

Ladies Love cool Luke

2 Crazy kids!

 I seriously have the 2 cutest kids in the world.

Most days, they still fight like cats and dogs,

but sometimes they are just cuter than cute together.

They love each other so much,

they always want to be around each other.

However, they always want what the other one has,

so its a constant battle.

Clara is constantly mimicking Luke.

Clara is learning new words, phrases, and sentences every day.

She's such an expressive little girl.

 These kids LOVE cookies.

What kids don't love cookies?

They both love chocolate,

so we make cookies a lot.

They are a regular part of our diet!

 Clara also LOVES raspberries.

She eats them by the handfuls.

She is such a silly, yet determined little girl.

She has learned to push chairs around to be able to reach things she wants.

She is very determined to climb up to everything.

Unlike Luke, Clara doesn't like to be rocked to sleep.

I genuinely enjoyed rocking Luke to sleep.

Clara just won't have it.

She likes to lay by herself in her crib.

There is however, one sweet little joy about it.

She doesn't like to be by herself to go to sleep.

So I lay on the floor next to her crib,

while she slowly drifts off to sleep.

I lay her down, give her a blanket,

and then wait for my favorite part of the day...

She will then stick her hand out of the rails,

looking for me to hold her hand.

When I see that little hand searching for mine,

I often think to myself...

this is what I live for.

Nothing makes me happier than to hold her hand

and enjoy that sweet quiet moment of the day.

This makes up for her not wanting to be rocked to sleep.

But it gets even better...

As she slowly falls asleep,

she will quietly whisper 

"mommy?"

and I respond

"yes"

she will do this a few times until she is sufficiently convinced

I am still there

(even though I am still holding her hand)

Luke is getting more and more hilarious every day.

The other day we were out Christmas shopping.

I was entertaining the kids in the toy department,

so Gilbert could have some distraction free perusing.

We went to see if Gilbert had made any progress.

As we got closer to Gilbert, Luke yells

"Oh look- I found him,

There he is, There's my daddy."

Then Luke yells,

"Hi daddy- It's me Luke!"

That is just too funny.

Obviously Gilbert needed to  be reminded 

who Luke was!