Tuesday, December 22, 2009

We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

It’s my blog so I can do what I want.  This blog title isn’t actually a song title this time…but an album title.  But I like it and it fits so there you go.

A few weeks ago Bella and her parents came over to play and eat teriyaki.  Bella and Camden had a lot of fun playing together; Shelby had a lot of fun chewing on the Christmas tree ornaments.

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Camden has spent the last few days decorating the kitchen.  It has never looked so festive or safe for driving – can you spot the traffic light?

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The other night Shelby started a game of peek a boo.  She was done with dinner and I look over and she’s just standing by her chair peering over the table.  It was funny enough that Camden had to get in on it too, of course. 

 DSCF6076-raw DSCF6077-raw DSCF6078-rawGrandma and Grandpa Cochran came for a visit about a week ago.  Grandpa helped Camden make some snowflakes and Shelby enjoyed some cuddle time with Grandma.  They’ll be back tomorrow to spend Christmas with us.

IMG_3184 IMG_3186When there are no other kids around, Shelby gets brave enough to play on the tugboat at the mall.  She had fun sliding down the stairs and Camden shouted “canon ball!” and jumped from as high up as possible.

IMG_3197Last Friday we enjoyed a raucous party at Pat’s house.  Lots of kids, lots of desserts, and lots of wrapping paper to pick up when all was said and done.  

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and, since there hasn’t been a video posted in awhile, here are two.  One of the kids singing on the couch and the other of the kids dancing at the mall (it has a surprise ending…that actually isn’t all that big of a surprise).

 

Thursday, December 10, 2009

“C” is for Cookie

Last week we played with the clay for a bit in the afternoon.  Camden was goofing around with the clay container on his head.  We’ve had below freezing high temperatures for the past week so much time has been spent indoors.

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Since it is near impossible to get a good picture of the four of us together, we sort of did some in installments.  Camden took the one with Matt in it, Matt took the one with Camden in it.

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On Tuesday Matt had the day off from work and him and the kids made reindeer cookies.  This is how they should look….

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and here’s how they turned out.  A few of them ended up with some extra appendages or unfortunately placed antlers, but they still taste good.

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