We have a walker!

It's been a few weeks now that Shiloh has been walking. She is getting really good at it. Falling less, and navigating her way around better.

Safari Field Trip

In preschool this month our theme is Safari. We spent lots of time learning about different animals in the safari. For our field trip we went to Dana's mom's house. She has a safari themed room. She had engineers come in and install a rope bridge and a rope ladder that you use to get up to the "cave" and over to the bridge. Dana's sister painted all the safari theme stuff on the walls. It's a really cool room!

I kept Mason home from school that day and Dana kept Brett home too so they could join us in the fun.

 During preschool, we made these binoculars and camouflage vests. The boys loved wearing them.

 Here are the boys up in the cave, playing a fishing game. They answered all kinds of safari questions.

 My monkey wrestling with the monkey.

 Mason showing off is tiger face.

 Cooper, Mason, Bryce, and Brett on the rope bridge.

All 4 boys with Dana's mom. (Brett and Bryce's grandma)

Christmas 2011

 This year, we didn't put any presents out until Christmas Eve. Call me crazy, but I didn't want to pull Shiloh away from the presents 50 million times a day, nor did I want to re-wrap everything.

Christmas Eve, we went to Jeff's Grandpa and Grandma Long's house. Of course I don't have any pictures, I never remember the camera!

Christmas morning the kids woke up to this.

 Their Santa presents

 We waited to open presents until after we went to sacrament meeting at church. First we took a family picture while we were all dressed up still. And Grandpa and Grandma Borders went to church with us then came back to our house to open presents.

 Shiloh was ready for a nap, so after she opened her present from Santa, she took a nap, then got up and opened her presents.

 Mason got Battleship, or Shipwreck as he calls it.

 

 So happy to get a musical toy.

 All she cared about was this little ball of wrapping paper.

 Loving this toy too because it plays music.

Christmas night, we went to my parents' house. We sang songs, watched the Christmas story on DVD, opened presents, ate food, and had a great time visiting with everyone. And again, I forgot the camera.

Like brother, like sister

 The other day I walked in the tv room and found this:

 

She's learning young!

Run run run as fast as you can

you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!

We decorated this gingerbread man. Then at his arms and legs so he couldn't run away. The rest of him ended up in the garbage. He wasn't very tasty.

Chattin' it up with Santa

 Every year, Santa visits the fire station Jeff volunteer with. The firefighters take Santa out on the float to visit all the good little boys and girls in the area. We got to see Santa on Saturday before he went out to make his visits.

 Shiloh and I waiting at the station for Santa to get there.

 Way to go Shiloh! You had to keep up with the family tradition didn't you?

Mason and Cooper chattin' it up with Santa.

Great videos

My step-mom, Debbie sent me the link to one of these videos. (The top one)  I thought it was great. This guy has some real talent! Here are a few more of my favorites. (He has over 40 videos on youtube.)

Christmas fieldtrip

Last night, our family went with one of the families from our preschool to the greenhouse at Manito Park. They have it all decorated with Christmas lights. It's really beautiful! Then we went out to dinner at a 50's restaurant on the south hill called Hoaggins or something like that. They had really good food!

Look what we can do!

Yup, we can put a small pony in Shiloh's hair. Exciting!