Valentine's Day

This was Logan's first V-day party at school. I think he's catching on to party days! They sure get a lot of stuff in preschool. I like to think the ones that bring in the "load" do not have older children and see what gets wasted by kids!!
There is quite a bit of different disabilities in his class. Funny how as kids they all can get along with their disabilities and nobody is different. Now if the rest of the world was that way. I have to say, it amazes me how each child knows how to get around their "slow downs" and just go about their business.

Logan has decided he wants to be potty trained now. Every child has a "switch" that just clicks one day and that's it...they know how to do it. He's doing really well. Better than I expected of him. Even staying dry during night!! That's a bonus in itself. So far, we are off to a excellent start, the real challenge lies ahead of traveling. Now I need to wrap my brain around, knowing where the nearest bathroom is at all times and making sure we go before leaving the house!! All in good time, all in good time!!

Waiting....for Spring

While we sit and patiently wait for Spring, of course there are still snow pics. I love taking pics of Logan just to see what facial expression you might get. Man of little words, he is. The face says it all.

Olivia reminded me a ton of myself in this pic.
Make snow cones out of snow. No lemons required!

Pa. Christmas

On to our 3rd day of Christmas. We always have a great time exchanging gifts. You just never know what your going to get! Logan loved it, Olivia loved it and Aurora loved it!

Had to help dad put the workbench together. He's such a helper and LOVES tools!

Uncle Mike got a new puppy! All together now...ahhhh. She was so shy about everybody but the kids tracked her down.Of course all I heard for 2 weeks after that, was how we should get a new puppy. Ok, ya, let's get your brother potty trained first!!
All in all our Christmas's were great. I love watching the kids, love getting presents, love giving presents, and LOVE the home cooked food!

Christmas Day

Ahhh, Christmas Day! Really is that how far behind I am on this blog. Well I'm going to try to remember it like it was yesterday, so please bare with me. We got up late, late as after the 5am wake up call. So late was 8am, much better. Logan was fun this year, cause he kind of "got it". We made a mistake awhile back and showed him how he could play the wii........big mistake. The child has a wii addiction problem. You know how you think, "oh, it'll just wear off", nope, still going strong after 2 1/2 months. So we(santa) had bought a wii sesame st. game, thinking at least he could play that one. Well once he got that present opened, it was all downhill from there. So much as making Olivia mad (cringe) b/c he would not open anymore presents and she couldn't open hers until he opened one of his.........you see where this was going!
Roller skates, do you or don't you? Well, we did. He kept putting Olivia's on and we were afraid he was going to really hurt himself on the hardwood. So for safety reasons, he got his own set.
Oh, the happy faces on Christmas morning!!
We stayed home this yr. on Cmas day, in hopes of not having so much craziness in one day. I guess it worked. By supper time, Olivia wanted to know why we couldn't just leave and go to Pa. She always asks at the most convenient times. So off to Pa. next for another day of Cmas!!!

Christmas Eve 2010

Let's start with Cmas Eve because we had 3 full days of Christmas this year! As usual, we were at the Nagle's , even on time this year! Do I dare say, things are getting easier the older my baby gets!! No, I should probably keep that quiet! They were both dressed up and looking quite beautiful and handsome. Of course Logan does not understand that Santa is coming that night and Olivia was filled with excitement.
If only I could get Logan to look where the rest of us are!
Grandma & Pappy Nagle, Logan(hehe), Mackenzie, JJ, & Olivia
This was the first year that mama didn't have to help with all the present opening. It was nice to sit back and watch.
All went well, Logan thought that was pretty cool, all those gifts. He would get hung up on one and not want to open another, but we convinced him! Poor Olivia could not get to sleep that night, which held Santa up. She was over the moon at getting a pillow pet and her own video camera!! She wants to make movies.....she's got high expectations!!

Christmas Magic

Logan made this adorable ornament at school and brought it home in a special bag with wrapping. I couldn't imagine what it was as the kids had been bringing stuff home off and on for about a week for Christmas. Took me a second to a read the tag to figure these just weren't snowmen, they were snowmen made out of a hand print! Duh mom!! Goes to show how little his hands still are! There is a very cute poem that goes with it, if you put your glasses on you might be able to read it, I won't bore you with writing it all. Someday when he's through elementary school and such I will read this and cry.
This is our Elf on the Shelf. Clever little idea 2 women had. For those of you that live under a rock like me (apparently everyone has heard of these), he's a elf you adopt from Hallmark, name him and his job is to watch the children's behavior and report to santa every night! PERFECT! Now every morning he is in a different place when he returns (trust me, you will forget to move him at least once, therefore you will be up at 6:30am like me today on cmas break to move him). The kids are not allowed to touch him and he's not allowed to talk back to the children. There is a great book that comes with him to read to the children. He's got one of my children so paranoid, she gave him her candy bar that the principal handed out for cmas to all the children!! Works like a charm and I suggested he stay out all yr. round!

Well this is crunch week. I need to crunch wrapping, baking and some desperate house cleaning. I think I can do it, we shall see. Made hair appts. for all of us this week, of course at different day/times, so that messes up my days too!

This may be the last post till after Cmas, so i want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!!

December, December, December

Yes, the dogs got new sweaters this year. Yes, they love them!!
I love that they both play in the snow this year. Last year, Logan loved it, but he wouldn't keep his gloves on and hat and so on, so he wasn't aloud to play long. This year, he's all about following the rules.
Rich got to go out hunting this year on the first day. That has happened in awhile with his work schedule. So, happy he was and glad to share it with his kids. Olivia was grossed out by the whole thing and Logan, well, he said it was a kangaroo!! Give the kid credit, from a 3yo. perspective, it kind of look a like a 'roo hanging. Imagine the stories that could generate from that at school!!
The cat has no sweater yet, but it is only the middle of Dec. and Olivia hasn't gotten her hands on one yet. He sure does like laying under my tree though.
December is a crazy month. So much to do, my head swims. Making sure everything is bought for school and wrapped and who we missed. Who has santa shop, who needs a toy for toy drive, who's cotton candy day is it?, and YOU WANT WHAT!! All to say is that is gets pretty crazy this month and I am glad when cmas vacay starts and that part is done. Much harder with two kids instead of just one. I love Christmas. For those of you that don't know that!! Just wish I didn't need so many lists for everything and that this brain of mine could remember it without having to write it down!

Got the cmas cards done. Not sure how I feel about them. Every yr. I say I'm going to switch company's , only to feel rushed and just order them anyway. Logan won't/can't smile without closing his eyes, so no smiling this yr. Let's hope that coordination comes through before next cmas card time!!

On another note. When it's this time of the year, you want to appreciate the things in front of you and take time to...take time. I have heard two stories this week of babies being born. One baby, full term, with alot of problems (in my opinion should have been caught) didn't make it to see his first cmas. Another baby, was born 1lbs.15oz. at 27 weeks and is now breathing on her own. Believe me when I tell ya, that's early and that's tiny. This was the 3rd or 4th try for these parents who have buried babies in the past. I look at Logan once again and think about just how blessed we are. His Could'ves, Should'ves are so simple compared to what some families struggle with.