My attempt at a Christmas picture....

Task #1 - get this little monkey dressed.... CHECK

Task #2 - get him warmed up for some pictures......CHECK

Task #3 - Have Makenna try on her pretty smile....CHECK

Task #4 - get the 2 to  sit still and smile TOGETHER....

Run sissy, run!!!!

Alex, get back here!!

Hmmmm, maybe next to the Christmas tree isn't much better...

And he's off again...

Maybe if I give him a quick bottle break....

I may or may not have put the IPad on top of my head to get them to smile here.... yup, you can see it in the reflection of the fireplace glass

I think we're getting close...  this Ipad trick is working...

Keep smiling...

Now I've lost them in Ipad world....

Might as well let them have an Ipad break....

Yes, still staring at the Ipad on my head.

Back by the tree with some of mommy's silly antics...

Ready on the count of 3 sissy, 1...2....

3!!!

Hey look who is all ready to go - daddy!!  He peeked his head out from upstairs and these 2 were all smiles..... only took 20 minutes..

With a little help from daddy...

Voila!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Who is ready for a nap?  Phew!  

A day in the life......

Here is a typical day for Alex....

He goes from his toys..

 to the TV so he can push all the buttons and get yelled at,

over to the clock where he gets in more trouble....

to the front window to look out and see if there are any puppies outside, 

to the pantry where he likes to get into everything.

Mommy's K-Cups are usually his favorite, but then

he often plunks down and grabs himself a snack.  

  

Sometimes he'll take his snack with him and carry the bag of cereal from the pantry as he walks around the house...

If he's lucky he'll catch the refrigerator door open and climb right on in.

Then he'll stroll past the oven and jiggle the oven covers just for fun and peek in the oven to see if anything is cooking in there.  

Then he usually ends up checking to see if the closet or laundry doors are open and if they are he tears them up.

Sometimes he gets really lucky and the bathroom door is open.  That means toilet paper fun for sure!

Once that fun is over he'll wander back to the kitchen and get out some toys

Then it's on to the patio doors to see if there are any puppies outside.  

Then it's back in the living room to Sissy's dollhouse

And then back over to the toys by the window where he started...

Hey, it's hard work being such a cute little boy!

Makenna the ballet star

Makenna took a ballet class through the rec department this fall....

Her "recital" was last month and well.... I'm just finally getting the pictures up.  Better late than never, right?!

Yes, she is YAWNING in this picture...... goofball!

This picture cracks me up - she is anything but serious when it comes to ballet, but this picture totally makes her look like a pro. 

This one makes me smile:)

Curtsy and kiss blowing at the end.

Great job kenna girl!!

With her teacher and the neighbor girl, Maddie

Way to go, Makenna!!  We love you!!