ANTM

Mona sent this to us today. Paige was pulling Mason up the hill in the wagon, by herself. However, when I see the pic, it looks like she is totally striking a "America's Next Top Model" pose! HAHAHA!!!

TV Watcher

We needed something quick and easy tonight for Jingle, so we decided he needed to be watching some TV. When I got home, I just thought Jingle looked lonely, so I added a few friends.

Paige is having a little trouble actually looking for him so we really have to coach her. This morning, however, Joe was running behind and when he finally got her out of bed she asked, "Where's Jingle" Joe said, "He's in the living room, now let's go!!" HAHAHAH!

Gone Fishin

This one was hard for Paige to find, but she FINALLY found him fishing in her bathroom sink! She was so excited! So when I picked her up from school she said, "Did Jingle catch any fish today?" LOL!!!

Out for a stroll

I'm not sure what is more cute...Mason little head popping up or the fact that she had to bring Pooh too!!

The other night when I put Paige to bed, she asked where Mason was. I told her that he was asleep. And she said, "I really like playing with Mason." I thank God every day for her sweet personality.

Cookie monster

Jingle got into the Thin Mints last night!

I'm working nights this week so I don't always get to see her reaction to these. I bet this one will be good!

So far the comments have been:

Can you tell Jingle to be quiet when he comes back from Santa? Because I don't want him to wake me or Mason up.

Where does Jingle go?

Can he still see me at school?

Merry Go Round

Jingle decided to go on a Merry Go Round!!

Different kind of decorating....

Joe and I had to laugh this weekend because we still remember the time when we were able to decorate the entire house AND clean it up in one day. Somehow, things with two kids is a whole different story! The house was a DISASTER! But I just had it in my head that I wanted to at least decorate the tree as a family. LOL!

It was still fun though. Mason is going to be a holy terror this year, we can see it already. He loves the Hallmark single toys though and has even learned to push the button...over and over and over and over......

Paige is now at the age where she is noticing everyone's Christmas lights on their houses. She told us to ask Santa for Christmas lights for our house and maybe we would get them!

So since we didn't want to pay $400 for lights, we decided to create a happy medium and put them along our landscaping and driveway. So far, it has made her happy!

Hanging out

Jingle decided to hang out on the chandelier today!

Paige is still a little young to find him on her own, so we still have to help a little, but so far it seems to be working! Every time she acts up we tell her that Jingle is watching and she looks a little scared but shapes up!!!

Thank.you.Jingle!

Human Garbage Disposal

Ever since we introduced Mason to table food, he has been eating us out of house and home! Seriously, this kid can put away some food! No joke, he eats way more than Paige! For instance, for breakfast, he had an egg, toast, yogurt and blueberries. And I'm pretty sure he would have eaten more if we would let him. No one can have food around him without sharing. He was a hit at Thanksgiving!

On this picture, he was taking a bite of each graham cracker then place it on the table and just laugh!

Funny how we have one kid who loves to sleep (with the exception of naps) and is a picky eater and one kid who doesn't seem to like to sleep (especially at night) and is eating us out of house and home.

Jingle the Elf

We had a special visitor for Paige today...Jingle the Elf arrived! We have been talking about the Elf for a few days (1 to see how she responded and 2) to prepare her). So when she got up today, we told her that she had a package waiting for her outside. She opened the door and found a box. She brought it in and opened it up to find the little Elf. So we read through the book and she picked the name Jingle (after much much discussion). So, stay tuned for all of Jingle's antics!

Fishy

While our house was getting painting we took advantage of the family time and headed to the SeaLife Aquarium. The kids had a blast! Paige couldn't remember that it was called an aquarium so she kept calling it queen! LOL It was pretty crowded, but we still enjoyed ourselves. I really didn't think Mason would get much out of it, but about halfway through he started really paying attention and even pointed at several fish and followed them around the water. It was cute to see them together. I can't wait for them to get older so we can do much more fun family time.

Diva in the making

I do believe I have created a monster. She loves for me to curl her hair, shop, paint her nails and use my makeup. We.are.in.trouble!!!

She was running

I love that Paige recognizes our workout habits. Makes me feel like we are (hopefully) instilling healthy habits in her life. Anyway, every time I go downstairs to run on the treadmill, Paige wants to go too. So she grabs her water bottle and sweat towel and we head downstairs. She then "runs" for about 2 minutes and says its my turn!! She's funny!

Fits

So we have given up on the naps (against my better judgement). So there are many times that on the way home she will fall asleep. Each and every time this happens, I know how it's going to end...in a fit. So here's how it goes, we get home and I try to wake her up. She throws a fit and cries and screams. Yeah, fun! So yesterday this happened and I just unbuckled her and shut the garage door. I left the car door open and just went inside. She screamed for a while then I didn't hear her anymore. So after a few minutes, I walked downstairs to see what she was doing and there was Paige, just riding her tricycle around and around having the best time! I cracked up. Then she decided that my car was her playground and so when I got in the car this morning, the radio was blaring, the heat was full blast and my garage door opener was on the ground!!

Baker in the making

As you all know, my mother in law loves to bake and is quite good at it! So when she watches the kids she is always somehow still baking! Not sure how she does it, but she does. Anyway, her and Paige made mini cupcakes the other day and she let Paige do the icing herself. When she was finished she looked at them and said, "LeLa, I need to practice!" LOL!

Rollin

Laid back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind....

Oh sorry, got carried away! Mason just cruising for some chicks!!

Marching to her own beat

Apparently Paige felt it was necessary to march around the block carrying this toy shotgun. I've already informed Joe that if either kid join the military he's in big trouble!!!

Father like daughter

Or something like that! Paige wanted to help with dinner so I would give her the broccoli as I cut it up. I look up and she is putting it in straight lines! I knew Rene (Joes sister) would get a kick out of it because she always gives him crap about being do square!!

Overloaded

I know we are really biased, but we do have some pretty cute kids!!!!

Crazy Pippy

It was crazy hair day at Paige's school last Friday! As soon as I told Mona, she said, "oh, I will put pipe cleaners in her hair!!" I wasn't sure how that would work, but it turned out sooooo cute!!!

Cops and Robbers

Paige and Mason were soooo cute on Halloween. Paige was a police woman and Mason was her little prisoner! We just went to a few houses around the neighborhood with the triplets. Paige loved getting candy, but I think she enjoyed even more handing the candy out. For the longest time she sat on the front porch in her little lawn chair handing out the candy. Mason sat in the wagon and just took it all in. Everyone thought he was super cute!

Overall, a very successful Halloween!