What we've been up to...

I have been:

• counting down the days til we go to Utah.  Can't wait to see the new babes.
  
• doing lots of Christmas baking. I'm so proud of myself for being on top of things.
  
• getting fatter by the second from all the Christmas baked goods that have ended up in my mouth
• VTing. going to Girls Night & YW & RS activities & baby showers. making dinners for people. doing dishes. laundry. packing. Christmas shopping. Whew!

Brian has been:

• studying for finals
• studying for finals
• taking finals
• playing video games
• watching the kids while I run around doing my thing
• studying for more finals
• studying some more

Xander has been:

• eating a lot of poptarts and lollipops
• coming out of his room a million times, instead of going to sleep
• opening his "doors" every morning (advent calendar) & playing w/ all his mini-toys
• stuttering (I'm not sure what's up w/ this one)
• growing like a weed
• singing "Jingle Bells" constantly, even when we are listening to a different Christmas song
• entertaining his "baby sister" & the rest of us

Lil has been:

• chewing on her tongue
• talking in her "hoarse" voice (I'll post a video one of these days. It's pretty funny!)
• rolling onto her belly 
• pushing rice cereal out of her mouth w/ her tongue, instead of eating it
• playing with toys (she especially likes her soft Taggie book)
• smiling and grabbing at her brother (she LOVES him!)

Giveaway

Here is an email I recently received from my mom (I thought it was funny):

Hi folks,

It's that time of year - company is coming and mom is in overdrive cleaning silly spots that ordinarily get ignored.

 

So...

 

I am finding a lot of your stuff around here.

 

Lay claim to the following and they won't find their way to the dumpster:

• Christmas Pillow
• 2 body pillows
• Heather - boxes of notebooks! You need to go through these?
• Heather - lots of junk left in your room
• Pink Sparkly sweatshirt
• Lots of old baby clothes
• TI 85 Graphics Calculator
• TI 86 Graphics Calculator
• 4th year camp box (including two house keys, black bead bracelet, green hair elastic, white smooth rock  (and I pocketed the 37 cents))

No doubt there is more, but everyone has arrived so I am going to send this out. Love you all!

 

XXOO

Momomomomomomomomom

Anyone need a Graphics Calculator?

Roll Over

Well, she did it!  Lil rolled from her back to her stomach a few times today.  It's too bad she hates being on her stomach.  I have a feeling I'm going to be spending a lot of time rolling her back over for awhile.

Routan Baby

Lil's hat

Brian didn't know why I thought this was so funny.  I couldn't stop laughing.

Murder Mystery Dinner

Our friends, the Farnsworths, hosted a Murder Mystery Dinner the day after Halloween.  It was so much fun!  We got to dress up for Halloween without the trick-or-treating.  I was a fortune teller (Tarot Karda) and Brian was importer who likes the ladies (Beau Kay).  It was supposed to be that we were these characters going to a costume party, but I didn't get that till I got there.  Brian was supposed to dress as Jack the Ripper, and I was supposed to be dressed as a genie.  Well, I thought it was a mistake and I went dressed as a fortune teller.  Ooops!! 

There were prizes for the best costume, best acting, and guessing who the murderer was.  I definitely thought the best actors were Brett (Elvis) and Kenny (Dracula).  Kenny actually had real tears at one point.  I had to hold back the laughter.  Best dressed was definitely Lauren (very expensive fairy costume, lashes, and face tattoo), but all of the costumes were great.  

Brian looked so smooth in his Jack the Ripper costume.

Annette got to play two parts: the girl that was murdered, then the police officer who arrested the murderer.  It was the butler in the bathroom with a rope.  Just kidding.  But close.  It was the maid (Maryann), in the bathroom.  

Thanks, Farnsworths, for a great date night!!!

Kung Fu Panda Party

To celebrate the release of "Kung Fu Panda" to DVD, we had a Kung Fu Panda Party.  Xander invited all of his friends (only boys allowed) and their moms.

We ate chinese food (rice, sesame chicken, potstickers, ramen noodles) on the floor.

Then we watched the movie.  Xander had already seen it in the theater and sat thru almost the whole thing (in the theater).  He had been asking for his Kung Fu Panda Party (or "Kung Fu Panda Parade" is what he kept calling it) for a week.  About five minutes after the movie started, he decided he just wanted to read books instead.  I had to force him to sit with me in the recliner and watch the movie.  Funny boy.

The "Sniffing" Trick

Super-Lil

Go Phillies videos

This is what the ground looked like after the Phillies parade. Yuck!!!



We were trying to get Xander to cup his mouth and yell "WooHoo!!!" This is what it ended up looking like.