family visits

nana, aunt judy, and uncle richard came for a visit over thanksgiving...the kids had soooo much fun!! they took to everyone faster than we thought they would, but they looooooovvveeed uncle richard- especially jack. that was due to the fact that uncle richard not only let jack play with his laptop, but also handed jack his cellphone to play with. then he found some wiggles' videos for jack to watch. in jack's mind, uncle richard is the coolest person in the whole world. audrey was so infatuated with him, that on the last day, she only wanted uncle richard to take her out of the carseat and hold her hand while walking:) after everyone left, audrey told me to go to the airport and get "nana, aun ju, and unc rich" so they could come and play:) i think audrey wanted to walk with nana to the mall again- she suckered nana into buying everything she asked for:) i'd say the visit was a HUGE success considering uncle richard was on his mission when jack and sammy were born:)

sammy and aunt judy

celebrating nana's birthday- the kids were overly excited for the cake- they love birthday cakes:) jack started eating the cake before it was cut:)

playing with uncle richard's computer

making gingerbread houses with aunt judy- it was pretty for about 5 seconds. then the kids ate it:)

"helping" nana open her birthday presents- jack found where i hid them and kept asking to open them the entire week before nana came. when the time came to finally open them, he was all over it. christmas is going to be epic.

bookworms

this is where i found jack and audrey one morning. they had been in their room for about an hour, just laughing and playing. i wasn't allowed in:) when things quieted down, i poked my head in and this is what they were doing...

we're ready for christmas!!

we've had our christmas tree up for a few weeks now, but the novelty of it still hasn't worn off. everyday, i find audrey, jack, and sammy rearranging the ornaments:) thank goodness everything is child- friendly! sammy's already knocked the tree over trying to get to the star, but it's a fake tree, so no harm done:) we also made gingerbread houses that didn't last the decorating process- the kids, of course, ate all the candy once they "decorated" the houses:) audrey used a spoon- how ladylike:)- while jack opted for his fingers- that's my boy:) poor sammy didn't get to enjoy the frosting, but he did have a wonderful time scouring the floor under jack for sprinkles and gumdrops!