Christmas and everything else...

Well once again it has been a while since I have blogged. But here I go again with another update. We have been super busy and are always trying to plan a trip back to AZ as soon as we get back. We will be visiting again next week. WOO HOO!!! But here is what we have been up to in Farmington.

A couple weeks before Christmas we watched the Matthews kids and had a blast.

We built and decorated gingerbread houses. We enjoyed the candy too.



The girls did a great job and couldn't wait to show Randon and Megan.



The 2 year olds made their own and thought they were so big. My girls kept telling us they were painting "Tanta's House" (aka Santa's House)



Mick supervised the 2 year olds and tried his best to keep it in one piece and to keep the candy on it. It only lasted so long.



It was crumbled and picked over in a hurry.



It has been pretty cold out here, especially for us, so the girls got new pajamas before Christmas. They LOVE them. They got Thomas, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse. We are now sleeping much warmer.



Zerin LOVES to make faces for the camera and then look at the pictures. Most of the time she doesn't even let me get the picture snapped before she she walks over to see it. It is pretty funny.



She is crazy out of control!



Now some of the goodies they got for Christmas... I didn't have my camera Christmas morning at Nan and Dale's house so I will have to get those pictures from her. But here are some of the things they got.



They each received a singing animal from Santa. They are a big hit and drive us crazy but the girls love them so much that we can tolerate it. The Dog sing BINGO and the elephant sings Do Your Ears Hang Low. They like to play them and then dance around the house while they are singing.



Fingernail polish was in their stockings so I tried my best to give them pretty fingers. They loved it and wanted to paint their own. I told them no. Could you imagine the mess...



Well my husband is nicer than me and said that if I supervised they could paint his toes. They each picked a color and went to town. Like I said, "A Mess!"



Meet the newest members of our family. Woody and Jesse are huge hits. They love to take their hats on and off. We also have the movies to watch now too.



Aerial and Belle are also residing with us. They get put to sleep in their doll beds and pushed in the strollers.



They also are now even bigger fans of My Little Pony. We have plenty to play with.



They even came with their own house. The toilet flushes and there is a button that plays the theme song. They also have a movie that we have already watched a handful of times. I am going to have to get a DVD player for their toy room so Mick and I wont be forced to watch it and every other show over and over.



Aunt Shelbie supplied a real doll house that never stops getting played with and rearranged.



Then we have our stacking blocks. Zadie LOVES to build. She makes us help her. It is so cute, she will grab a finger and drag us into the playroom make us sit on the floor and then put our hands on a block and will not let go until we start stacking them. It is so funny how bossy she can be.



Even more fun that building is knocking a tower over. This is usually when Zerin will jump into the fun. They just love to make messes.



With all this and more, our toy room is a disaster. I will organize it again soon but I am not really looking forward to it.



Here is Zerin showing off her attitude. Oh believe me she has plenty of it. Her hair is crazy because it was under her beanie, but i just love it.



One of their several outfits from Christmas were jogging suits and hats from my mom. As featured in the blog heading they are the cutest things ever.



Daddy and Zadie walking in the back yard. She loves her Daddy and is becoming more and more cuddly. It is so nice to have a child who wants to sit on you lap sometimes. She is really sweet.



We never know what we will get with Zerin and it changes constantly. But one thing for sure is that no matter her mood she is still so dang cute!!



And we just call Zadie precious. But don't be fooled she has a dark side too....



We finally got snow and woke up this morning ready to play in it.



All bundled up, excited, and ready to go! We finally broke out their big coats.



Zerin was SO excited.



Zadie was taking it all in.



These two sisters love to play together and always make sure the other doesn't miss out on anything.




We started by building a snowman. And they couldn't wait.



Zerin loves to help and we can get her to do most anything if we tell her we need her to be our helper. She helped us roll all three parts and never got board. Zadie was just enjoying exploring.



Once all three pieces were stacked they were so excited to have a snowman.



It only got better as we decorated him and they both wanted to put on some final touches.



Zerin was so proud. She worked really hard helping out.



The final masterpiece was loved with hugs and even got some kisses too.



After the snow man was done we moved on to a snowball fight. The girls liked trying to make their own but always asked for help when they wanted to throw one.



Then we made snow angels. Even after my demonstration they still need some help.



I was getting laughed at and given crazy looks. I am pretty sure they both thought I was nuts for having them lay down in the snow and wave their arms and legs.



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Here is a video of our snow day.


Sorry this was the longest post ever but I still have a hard time finding long enough spans of time to sit at the computer and get it all in. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year!!!