Everything I learned, I learned from my mommy!

Darren jokingly says, "Lilah's learned ONE thing and ONE thing ONLY from you... How to talk on the phone!" After viewing these pictures, I am not sure he's joking. I think he's right. This isn't anything I am proud of, but I do find these photos insanely adorable. I just pray this isn't something I will face in her teen years.

Lilah and Jaxon's favorite thing to do is to accidentally call Aaron Fernandez. Poor guy is the first person in my cell phone's address book, so he gets called at least 2 times a day. Sorry Aaron. Lately, they call Mattie and leave her voicemails (because she screens her calls) and they leave her messages because they now know how to say her name. I think the voicemail basically includes.... "Hi Mattie. Hi. Mattie. Mattie. Hi Mattie. Bye-Bye."

I loved all of the pictures and couldn't choose ONE to post, so I posted them all. Enjoy!

"Hi Mattie. You there?"

"Oh really?"

Double Fisting!

Lilah falling... "Oh no! My phones!"

Fulfilling Our Traditions.... With Only 2 Days Left To Go!

The countdown continues to complete our long list of family Christmas traditions. Last Saturday, we headed to the mall at 2:45 pm. It normally takes us about 14 minutes to get from our home to the mall and to park. The mall traffic was so bad that it took us 14 minutes to get to the mall exit and 40 minutes to get from the mall exit to the parking. We decided to do things a little backwards. We ate dinner while people shopped (at 3:45 pm) and we shopped when people normally eat dinner. We grabbed a table at Red Robin without waiting however, arriving to the mall at 5:00 pm didn't seem to help the mall crowds. We were able to let the kids ride the train, but visiting with Santa was NOT an option. The line was out the door.

Jaxon, Lilah and Ty waiting for the train to depart.

The train goes around in a circle.

All the kids get to view the gorgeous Christmas setup.

As you can see... Lilah was not a huge fan this time around.

Let the holiday celebrations begin....

Christmas Party at the Salem Library....

Lilah and Jaxon had a very nice Christmas party with all of their story time friends last Tuesday. It's bitter-sweet to see this session of story time end. Bitter because we will miss having something to do as well as getting to see our library friends, but sweet because we can stay home in our pjs if we desire. Ms. Harold was very kind to all of the children. She gave them all a small gift before they left. Lilah a stuffed penguin and Jax a stuffed shark.

The next session of story time starts after winter break! Until January...