We're ready for Christmas!

I think we are officially ready for Santa to come; we've done pretty much every fun holiday activity I can stand! This is the Place Park, The Forgotten Carols, decorated a gingerbread house, did 3 separate Christmas countdown calendars, family parties, saw Santa at the mall twice, school programs, Thanksgiving Point lights, and a partridge in a pear tree!!!

Tate decided to get up and sing a solo of "Up on the Housetop" at the Torg party

I'm pretty sure Santa knows what we want, we've sat on his lap 3 different times:)

Meg and I with the kids eating ice cream and hot chocolate (good combo, I know) at Thanksgiving point. After a whole spilled drink and 3 dropped cones, we were done.

My idea of looking at lights is sitting in the warm car

Hailey, Tate and Alexa

Christmas Program

Tate had his first preschool program yesterday and he was so excited! He couldn't wait to get up and sing....and boy did he sing! He just about shouted every song and did every action, he was so proud. I was proud of him too, going to preschool has been the best thing ever; and it's made him very outgoing and not afraid anymore.

my little elf patiently waiting to start..

You can't see him too well, but he's a little to the right of the teacher in the middle. I couldn't get good pictures, but Jord got some great film! I'm going to try and see if I can figure out how to put some on here, it was hilarious!

This is the Place

For the month of December, the Love's decided to do something "christmas-y" every week. So the first week we went to This is the Place park and it was so much fun! I definitely want to make it a tradition. A lot of the little homes are open and have different activities you can do; like crafts, a puppet show, dancing, etc. And the train takes you around to see the lights too. The kids loved it.

There were a few reindeer when we first got there (even though you can't see them)

Tate, Max, Kaige, and Banks on the train

Putting our names on the nice list...

At the school house they taught us how to do a dance, so we each got a "partner" and the band played a song. This was seriously so fun, it was our favorite part.
I know I say it a lot, but I'm really loving the kids getting older. I feel like there's so much more we can do and places we can go. And they actually enjoy going too, they can stay out later and love to participate in stuff!

Marley

Because two binkies are always better than one:)

Miss Moo is now one and a half and still only 7% for weight, but 75% for height! Tall and skinny! She is a sassy and bossy little thing, she knows that she is the queen of the house. Feeding her is the most un-fun thing in the world, she eats nothing. Well, except oreos, but I don't know if that even counts...
Her favorite person in the whole world is Tate, even though he teases her to death. The second she wakes up she asks "where's Tate?" and will follow him everywhere, and copy everything he does. Marley loves shoes and will put on any pair she can find laying around, even Jordan's. I love that she is really starting to talk, you can actually understand what she says, it's not just all jibberish! Her favorite shows right now are Peppa Pig (weird) and Little Bear. Mar is a good little player, she can entertain herself very well and it's fun to watch her play. But she is very mischievous and likes to get into trouble too. She's very good at making messes and breaking things! She's my sweetie and a good snuggler, I love my little Sis!

Tate

Tate doing his famous Utes sign, he does this in like every picture

I've really slacked lately on blogging, which sucks, because this is my only journal. So I figure I'll do a post about each kid so I know what's going on with them right now!
Tate is getting much better these days about bad behavior. He still definitely has his moments, but overall he's acting a lot better! And it's nice, I can actually enjoy him and have fun with him now instead of just wishing it was bedtime:) He loves preschool, every day he asks if he has school, and how many minutes until we can go. Tate loves to color and draw. I'm obviously biased, but he's really good at it too. I love seeing his drawings because they are so cute and it makes me laugh! He's still a busy body; he would always be on the go if he could. Every day he asks where we're going and if we can play at grandma's, or Meg's or somewhere. But he really loves going to Hailey's (or as Tate says "Heh-wees") to play with her, they are the best of friends. He is a huge tease and just can't leave Marley alone! He loves to bug her and irritate her, just like a big brother I guess. But he can be really sweet and protective of her too. He is funny and silly just like his dad! Every day he cracks me up, it's been a crazy but fun 4 years!

Happy Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year, because Tate really got it and loved it. He loved decorating the house, and basically wore his costume all month. He was a Utes football player and Marley was his cheerleader. And it was great because he really wanted to trick-or-treat, so he went with his cousins Jake and Addie in their neighborhood. Brooke took him for over an hour! It was awesome.Tate with his teacher Mrs. Hopkin at his school party

On Sunday we carved pumpkins, Tate was so excited because we let him carve his own this year...

He did a pretty good job!

Marley painting her pumpkin...although she loved coming over to "help" me with mine. She just loved putting her hands in all the goo

I love that every year Jord dresses up for work, it always gives me a good laugh. This year he was Nacho LibreMy football player and cheerleader...this is the best shot I could get

Grandma Kathy had cute Utes stickers and Mar thought it was so cool to have one on her cheek

The Destroyer

the deceivingly cute face of a terror

Marley is now known as "the destroyer" at our house. She has reached that stage where anything she touches....turns into a mess. A few of the delightful things she's done recently are:
-poured a bottle of milk in the carpet....which still smells like a dirty diaper I can't get rid of
-writes on the walls, couches, herself, the floor, the entertainment center....anywhere BUT a piece of paper basically
-rips pages out of books
-any food given to her is smashed into the floor instead of eaten
-the second you take her diaper off she will run away and pee on the floor

-broke the screen on our laptop

of course I took a picture of her before taking away the pencil

pouring dirt/mud all over her head and body