Julia and Logan

Julia and Logan were having a very fun time dancing together, and twirling their baby dolls around in circles while big Julia and Jason talked on the couch. They were so cute sitting on this little doll sofa together, and also it was cute when they were tired they'd lay down on the floor next to each other. Then one of them would say, "Wake up," and they'd start dancing again.

He Stayed in Nursery!

This is Logan with a new haircut and ready for church.

And yes, he did stay in nursery for the last hour by himself - not crying one bit. The teacher did have to hold him on his lap all the time, but I was very impressed with Logan for learning that he can have fun without us there. Props to Pete for being the one to leave him, I don't think it woud have worked with me.

Logan was so cute I had to take a video, and also to show off my birthday present I bought myself at Kmart for only $25 because it was 75% off - a Christmas light music box that moves the lights to the music. All of these were gone even before Christmas, but this was the display and so no one thought it was for sell. I found some worker and asked him, then waited while that guy called three people to try out if it was for sell and find the price, then give me 75% off. But it was worth it even if Logan had to eat a few skittles to stay quiet. We will have a cool house next year, if our tiny patch of grass doesn't put a damper on things.

Logan's Reading

"S-T-O-P, Stop!" Logan has become obsessed with this little stop sign. He doesn't really know how to read, he just likes to say "Stop" after he spells it. Still, it's a start. Logan's cousin, Julia is super smart, but she has this defiant streak in her and usually just pretends she doesn't know the answer. Logan misses her the most out of any cousins, because he goes around saying, "Julia gone, Yas Degas," (Las Vegas). Good thing she is coming back to visit in two weeks!

Snowy Days

We were lucky to get a huge snowfall after Christmas, so we spent a couple days just playing in the snow and it was great. Logan got out in his snowsuit and for the first time enjoyed it. He wasn't scared to walk off in the snow all by himself in the deep snow along the fence, or walk on the slippery ice. He didn't want to go down the sled hill by himself, however.
I stayed busy making snowballs for Logan and Julia to smash. Logan kept saying, "Logan, big one." Then he would say, "Logan smash it, fingers." Julia looked cute with her snowpants and connected boots. I held both their hands as we walked through the deep snow and they liked to stomp it down, or do anything the other one did, like push snowballs through the grate. They had so much fun together, sometimes I really wish I had twins.


Our little snow house that Keirra and I spent forever making, but it was fun. Mom gave us these cool brick molds we used with snow and a little water to make the bricks keep their shape. It was a couple days in the making, but even had a few tunnels under the wall for mail, etc. Alaya kept making tunnels for dogs to get in. One time Julia pushed over a lot of bricks before they froze together and I got mad at her. Logan thought it was a good place to hide.

He's trying to stick the little shovel through the window when I tell him not to.
It's always fun to tease Mom.
Keirra, Alaya and I had a secret night sledding party and meeting in our snow hut. We went out at 10:00 with a fashlight, some silly string and hid from the airplane bombers (Keirra was scared of this one low-flying airplane). A board and a few sleds closed off the roof so much that it got warm inside, and I could even sit up comfortably under the roof. The sledding was really good that night - it was so slick we just slid down in our snowpants, and actually went really fast! It was just gorgeous outside, although the wind started picking up. I miss just doing fun things like late-night sledding with the family. Scott and Keirra with her beautiful snowman princess.

The best sled hill was right behind our house!

Feeding Jesus

We set up a big manger scene in our house and I put a porcelain doll down as baby Jesus. Logan one day came back to the kitchen where I was washing dishes and said, "raisins, Jesus." He had dumped all his box of raisins on Jesus' face to be nice and share with him. Logan likes to feed other people, but now he's only allowed to give Jesus the toy milk bottle.

Christmas Morning

We got to spend the night at the Webbs and enjoy a great fire and sheperd's dinner. Logan kept saying Grandpa fire hot. Christmas morning was a whole new experience for Logan, and he sure loved having so many fun people around like Ian and Micheal. Logan loved Megan too, he just didn't want to show it at the time. He wouldn't say her name or give her a kiss, and ran away when he got close to her in the kitchen. He was just scared of her, and now he's better, but it was really funny.

After some help, Logan learned how to open presents all by himself.

We had a great time playing with the playdough buckets that morning. He really liked cutting with the little knife all the cookies and cheese and pretzels we made him. Pete and Logan also enjoyed building block towers and tearing them down. Logan aready can't wait until next Christmas.