Christmas Eve 2008

Our goal for the day was to wear our kids out so they would go right to sleep Christmas Eve. To help with our goal we loaded up the sleds and saucers, and headed to our favorite local hill. The kids had so much fun. Cade found the perfect jump, and I was somehow able to get a picture of him soaring through the air (so cool!).

We weren't sure how Aaron was going to respond to sledding, so we placed him on his bottom and let him slide down the hill slowely at first. After a couple of times Craig and I took turns riding down the mountain with him. He had a blast, but we were terrified.
Aaron was having so much fun, he left Craig and started climbing the hill on his own with out Craig.

I have failed as a mother!

I took my kids out to enjoy a fun filled afternoon in the snow. While I was enjoying our new four wheeler, and plowing the snow, I told Cade to build a snowman; his response was I don't know how. I am so sorry Cade, I don't know where we went wrong. We then had a lesson on how to roll a snowball. I could have swore we have built a snowman in the past, but he was clueless today!

Cade's first mega snow ball. It was so big we couldn't roll it one inch further.
Aaron has been a little skeptical about the snow. He still hates to get snow on his shoes. But with all the recent storms he is learning to enjoy the cold winter weater. When he sees it snowing outside he says "no, no" leaving off the s. It is so cute to hear his little words come out.

The amazing mind of a two year old!

Aaron is two! On Friday we invited my parents over for a small birthday celebration. Aaron loved opening all the presents except for ONE. First I have to give you a little background knowledge. When Matthew was little, our Uncle made Matthew this amazing horse that all the grandchildren love, including Aaron. Everytime we visit Grandma's house, the children fight over who gets to ride the horse first. My Dad decided to make a replica for Aaron's birthday.

On Aaron's birthday my mother covered Aaron's eyes and surprised Aaron with a horse just for him. Who would have guessed the reaction that we received that night. Aaron was terrified of the horse, and would not come within 5 feet of it. The funny thing is, he has loved the horse at grandmas house for over a year. But since Aaron's birthday he will not get close to the horse. Cade has been able to slowly coax him into riding the horse with Cade on the other side. And just last night we caught him riding it solo for the first time since his birthday. However, he would only stay on the horse for a few seconds and then jumped off and ran away. I just cannot figure out what must have been going through his head. He was seriously troubled by the horse, or maybe it was the fact that it was in the wrong house. What ever it was we will never understand the mind of a two-year-old.

Aaron was with us when we bought this little guitar. He played with it while we did the rest of our shopping, but then it miraculously disappeared until a couple of weeks ago when Aaron found it again in our closet. When I went to take it away from him again to save it for his birthday he was extremely mad. It is just so hard to be two.