Weekend Randoms

Mohawk Baby
Despite her best efforts, Sophie is just a smidge too short to see out the window yet :)

Will asleep in bed on Friday night.

Will's Barrel of Monkeys game has a number on the front of each monkey. We were playing with them this weekend and he is really getting good at recognizing numbers!

The grass is always greener... Soph checks out big brother's toys.

Freakin' cute - enough said.

She's thinking "I know that farm toy is in there, mom. I can see it and I want it!" (Notice all the smudgy fingerprints all over the glass.)

I Spy books - he's addicted.

Oh! And I cut Will's hair all by myself for the first time ever this weekend! Craig usually does it, but he was busy clearing off the driveway and told me I could easily do it with a #5 attachment all over (no fade). It wasn't too bad and, though it's clearly an amateur cut, I suppose I could have done worse, no? The sideburns are a little high, but I'm pointing the finger at my wiggly customer for that!

There's good and bad points to this photo. The good: my heart just swells when I see my kids playing together. I love that they're interacting so much more and becoming playmates. The bad: as is expected from any older sibling who is used to having everything to himself, Will is pretty possessive of his toys whenever Sophie wants to check them out. Notice he's placed the farm magnets up just high enough for them to be out of her reach. ;)

But then Will gets distracted by something else, and now it's Sophie's turn to match a "cow-pig??" and hear a subsequent silly song. Parents: raise your hand if you own the Leap Frog fridge farm toy. It's like the obligatory toy for the kitchen. Almost EVERY parent I know has one in their kitchen - LOL.

I just posted this pic 'cause I love the "baby kneeling pose" :)

On Saturday evening, we got together with my mom's sister's family for a game night. We've always done an annual Christmas party with them and this year we just decided it's getting too difficult to organize yet another get-together around the holidays. So we're going to make game night a ritual after the holiday hustle and bustle subsides each year. I didn't take many pictures of the actual games and hanging out, though I'm hoping to get some pictures of our Wii dance competition from my sister's camera. (THAT was a blast!) I did, however, get some pictures of the kiddos.

Here's my ever-so-grown-up nieces and I. Mya and Stella are eight months old now!!!

My Goddaughter Stella Grace

Will playing Legos with my cousin Brooke's son Brendan (age 3 1/2).

Girl Talk (or Baby Talk?)

Sophia with Aunt Casey - they coordinate in purple.

Stay tuned for more game night pics from Casey!