Enjoying the new toys...

2009 has officially begun. Caroline is in a stage where she regularly alternates between naughty (waxing our wood floor with an entire tube of chapstick, drawing with markers all over her wood desk, defiant NOs when asked to do something, etc.) and nice (asking if she can give us another hug, singing Silent Night with us before bed, helping out around the house). Clayton is busy walking as fast as he can pretty much anywhere he can escape to. (The favorite being the powder room where he has learned how to turn on the faucet, or up the stairs to his room where he can flip the light switch on and off.) He also is in a VERY clingy stage and from about 5:00 pm on wants nothing but to be held by Mama. (Yes, the background music for my making dinner these days is crying and dramatic laments of "MAMA!!!!!" with a toddler wrapped around my legs!) But...even with the trying times...I sure do love those kids!!!!!

Clayton in the new tent


The kids love playing with their new kitchen...especially the microwave!


Oh...so nice...