Little bit sleepy...?!?

Poor Little Miss Cooper...after a long morning of cooking, she was very tired. I decided to try (and I stress the word try) to get Cooper to lay down in the play pen at Granma's house. To my surprise (and great pleasure...) with in 5 minutes she was OUT! Not only did she fall asleep, she stayed asleep for almost 2 hours while we were still cooking (that translates to making a BUNCH of noise in the kitchen not 5 feet from where she was sleeping). Now this is yet another case of Cooper and Jilly being polar opposites. Jilly will NOT sleep any where but her own bed. It would appear that as long as (for now) Cooper has her binky and her blankly, she will pass out (she gets that from me, I can fall asleep anywhere anytime!)

Pre-Christmas cooking

Jilly and Granma making meatballs for our "traditional" appitizer dinner durring "Chineese Firedrill" on Christmas Eve.















More meatball "smashing" as Jilly dubbed it.













One of my favorite things about Christmas growing up, was being able to see Grammy and Little Pop-pop at Christmas. Grammy has always made THE best almond cresent cookies I have ever eaten. I've tried in the past to make them, but thanks to my Mom, we pulled it off this year. It was so comforting to have that memory from my childhood to share with my girls. (...I say girls cause Wyatt doesn't eat cookies yet!)

Good chef in training...never leave a dirty kitchen!!!













Could rolling out cookies BE any more boring?!?

We told Jilly to roll the dough into snakes.

Dredging cookies in powdered sugar...the finishing touches.

Sledding after the blizzard

Once again we ventured across town to do some sledding. The girls were in heaven this time. They could not get enough!

Yes Cooper is actually standing...that's how much snow there was!

As long as Cooper had snow to eat, she was very patient to wait her turn. By the end of the day, her little face was almost as red as the sled!

To hear Jilly tell it "Daddy pushed mt too fast, and I tipped." She did tip over a few times, more from the leaning WAY over the side...but you can always blame the Daddy!

Courtney took turns with the little ones in her lap. I just love the full out smiles these two have!!

When it got to be too much for the kids to wait, Courtney would have one in her lap, and be "towing" the other behind her. I am just so glad that our girls can get along so well despite the age difference.

Buddy chillin

My Buddy chilling out just playing. He is getting SOOOO big!

SO NOT COOL!!!

So last night our computer finally kicked the bucket. After much deliberating, we came to the conclusion that we had to replace it (so now we will be robbing Peter to pay Paul...but that's life!). Mostly because Courtney has so much homework that she has to type up...bottom line is I do not have access to 3 months worth of pictures right now. Best buy is doing a system backup and hopefully I will be able to get my pictures back. For now I am in mourning until I know for certain that they will be able to pull this off...if not I have lost every picture I have taken since Halloween!

Wish me luck...and if you see me on the streets in the next few days....just keep walking, it's for your own safety. Not sure whether to laugh or cry right now!

Rock stars

When Grammy came down from Jersey to visit for my birthday, she brought all the kids a few little things she picked up at her churches Rummage Sale. Both Jilly and Cooper got Hannah Montanan guitars. They love to rock out with their "Hannah On-tanna tars"!

Funny Girl

Cooper is an absolute trip!! Girlfriend knows when she is to get in trouble...and her little face lights up! She knows she's not supposed to climb the steps, but she is obsessed with shoes. Jilly keeps all of her shoes on the steps, and Cooper (who has also become known as Swiper) loves to get Jilly's shoes and put them on and walk around the house. But I just love the sly smile. Girl is going to be trouble when she gets older!

Blizzard

These pictures were taken in a span of 24 hours, from noon on Saturday til noon on Sunday. As of 3 PM on Saturday, the schools were closed, so we knew it was going to be a good time!

Snow Days

I could not keep the girls in the house once they saw the snow start to accumulate. They all stayed out too long, got way too cold, but had the BEST time! There were many a tear shed when they had to come in and warm up and eat lunch. But they managed to get out as much as possible.

There were many snow angels in the front yard, along with a (very sad looking) snowman!






Jilly had trouble walking, so in swooped Courtney to the rescue. Bug became a human snow plow, and made paths for Jilly and Cooper.





Cooper loves the snow...she loves to EAT the snow. As long as she had snow to eat, she was content.






You want me to do WHAT?!? I can't even move, this snow is up to my hips!!!






Following the leader, the leader, the leader...following the leader, where ever he may go.










Is Jilly in there somewhere?







Family fun in the snow...who could ask for anything more?






Too cute for words!

Reindeer caught in the headlights

Courtney's Winter chorus concert. They were all encouraged to wear either a Santa hat or antlers. I happened to catch Bug with a "deer in the headlights" look...but she's a reindeer!

The concert was a lot of fun, all the kids sang beautifully, my kids were well behaved (I think that might have been my Christmas miracle!) and did not make too big a fuss.






Courtney needs to take some lessons from Jilly on how to relax for a performance! She looks scared to death, yet still wants to do chorus (it's an elective) every year.