Let It Snow

It's December in Utah and my kids are wearing the snow clothes for the first time. Who would have thought! All Eva wanted to do was sit and eat the snow. Not really a big surprise. For any of you that don't know Eva all that well, here's a fun fact. Eva loves to eat. All the time. Anything you put in her mouth. And I mean anything. So her eating snow instead of playing in it isn't really shocking. :)

Wyatt kept trying to make snowballs, but the snow is too powdery (is that even a word?). He is finally old enough to understand how to make a snow angel. I love it! I remember doing that myself and thinking it was so cool, so it was fun to teach Wyatt how to do it. The kids only lasted for about 20 minutes before their hands were freezing, so now we're inside, drinking hot chocolate and watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Today is a good day.

And The Winner Is...

70's Cop!

Congratulations on the win!

Now you get to have the trophy float around your house for the next year. :)

Sweet Moves

Annual Costume Contest

Here it is! The Alvey Costume Contest. Please make sure you vote!!

THE PRIZE:

THE CONTESTANTS:

1. Rough Rider

2. Madame Butterfly

3. Haka Warrior and 4. Wicked Witch

5. Dash Incredible

6. Rocker Fairy

7. Fairy Fairy

8. Chicken Little

9. Anakin Skywalker

10. Ariel

11. High School Musical Cheerleader

12. Queen Amidala

13. 70's Cop

14. Little Wicked Witch

15. GI Joe

16. French Maid

17. Swine Flew (Can't see the wings)

Leaves

As soon as our trees started to lose their leaves, Wyatt started bugging me to rake them up so he could play in them. I finally caved in and last week we spent 2 whole days just raking them up, playing in them until they were spread all over the yard and then raking them up again.

Apparently this is what Wyatt thinks he's supposed to do when I say, "Smile." Not quite what I had in mind.
Every time I'd throw the leaves, Eva would cringe like she was about to have water dumped over her head. I'm not really sure why.

Getting Ready for Halloween

Grandma A had a "Getting Ready for Halloween" party this year. She took us all to the Red Barn pumpkin patch and let the kids pick their own pumpkins. The only rule was that you had to be able to carry it by yourself. Eva didn't quite understand that concept.

After we all got pumpkins we went back to Grandma's and she had Halloween t-shirts for them. Uncle Jake made a background for the kids to take their pictures by. My kids didn't mind sitting by it but neither one of them would smile for me.
Instead of carving the pumpkins, Grandma A had pieces you could poke into them. Awesome idea! Clean and easy. Eva's is a pig and Wyatt's is a dog. We put the pumpkins in our front window and every time Eva sees hers, she starts to snort. So cute. Happy Halloween!

Underneath It All

Only 16 months ago, Eva looked like this. She was quiet, still, innocent and clean. I never had to use stain remover on her clothes and only had to bathe her 2 or 3 times a week. She wasn't sneaky or mischievous. And when I left the room I knew she'd be in the exact same spot when I came back.

(Photo taken by Meggan Hayes of Composure Photography)

Eva is now the opposite of everything that she was 16 months ago. She's loud, and sneaky. She's always getting into stuff that she shouldn't be. She climbs and hides and every time I say "no" she gets that look on her face and then laughs. She doesn't care about being disciplined and usually just smiles at me the whole time. And now I have to bathe her EVERY night. And sometimes even in the middle of the day.

How did I end up with a boy that is clean and organized and methodical and quiet and a girl that prefers to look like this?

My parents keep telling me that Eva learned how to do everything from me, but I don't believe them. I'm sure that as a child I was calm and sweet and always well-behaved.

In the Groove Again

Back to scrapping...

I take frequent brakes from scrapping but when I do get to it I do at least 10-20 pages. I LOVE digital! Here's some of the pages I did this last week. I think my 2009 album might have to be printed into 2 volumes. I printed 2008 with 100 pages but I'm already at 103 pages for 2009 and there are still 4 momths left in the year!

At The Cabin

Jen and Mar invited us to their cabin a couple of weeks ago and it was great. So great that we're going back this weekend. Although without Jen and Mar (have a great trip!). We floated the river (twice), went to the farmers market, rode bikes down the canyon and ate great food. Glad we could fit it in before the summer ended! Thanks for the invite guys!