Photo Potpouri

 We got a kid size rake this year so the kids could help out.

 I love this picture of Little Miss 2 - she looks so angelic and much more like herself than most photos. She NEVER smiles in photos. The trick here was she didn't see me with the camera.

 Making pizza with mommy.

 We put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving - our Black Friday tradition of staying indoors and away from the stores.

 Bear was making it a regular part of his morning routine for a few weeks - pretending to shave like Daddy.

 Can you see the tower he built? Yeah, it really was that tall -and he talked about how it needed "supports" so it wouldn't fall over. This week he was explaining to Daddy how he got water to squirt out of the lime juicer, and he used words like "vacuum" and how the air "replaced" the water that was taken out. Cool, huh?

 Oh yeah, we have been a sitter for a little over a month now. One morning, I tried to lie him down and he tried to do a sit up instead. Ok, let's see if you can handle sitting up. Yup, he handled it like a pro. This week he is pushing himself up more on his tummy and scooting backwards. He also likes to stand up and march in place so long as Mommy or Daddy is holding his arms. He should be crawling soon!

Sick again!

This Fall/Winter someone seems to always be sick. Bear came down with a fever last night (and threw up in the middle of the night), and I am still waiting for it to break. Little Miss threw up during Sacrament meeting on Sunday - she started coughing and it turned into heaves. Her stomach was fine though. She was eating 15 minutes later when we got home without any problem. Poor girl has been sick since the 2nd week of September. She was on antibiotics last month, and was feeling better for a couple of days when bam! we all came down with something new, including her. She just can't catch a break. And now Bear is down with something new. Grrr. We REALLY need to be healthy this Christmas. I want to be able to spend time with my sister when she visits. I figure we still have a little over a week before she arrives and the flu shouldn't linger as long as a head cold, right? So, here's for hoping!