dyeing Easter eggs

10 and 11 months old!

I am behind with my posting so here is Logan's 10 and 11 month pictures. He is walking along furniture and can stand on his own for awhile before going down. Robert swears he is saying "Dada." His favorite activity is following Mackenzie around and getting into what she is playing with. He is dying to go outside and still loves to be held when he drinks his bottle.

9 months old!

Christmas

Mackenzie and I made cookies this year to give away. She was a big help! She got to stir and pour.
Her favorite part was rolling out the dough.

Then she got to cut out the cookies.
Here she is hard at work....

Before we left for Spokane we made reindeer food. Just some oats and glitter then you

shake...shake....
shake!
We also made a gingerbread house. I covered the graham crackers with frosting and gave her the plate of goodies to use to decorate.
She liked putting on the pieces of candy.






But she liked eating the candy even more.

The drive to Spokane was surprisingly smooth. Mackenzie watched DVDs and Logan played with toys. Everytime someone started whining I gave them a new toy or a snack. This was our last stop with about two hours left. Logan and Mackenzie decided to take over the drive.

This scene went downhill quickly when we tried to put them back into their car seats!
We slept in Christmas morning then went to see what Santa brought. Robert's mom had bought a talking, singing Elmo for Mackenzie. At first she wanted nothing to do with it but Logan thought it was very interesting.
Mackenzie ripped through all of her presents.
and tried to help Logan with his. He didn't mind, he was more interested in the paper anyway.


Mackenzie, who is still learning about sharing, claimed all of the gifts while Logan played with the paper.

but he kept his nuks away from her.
and she eventually warmed up to Elmo.
Opening presents is tiring.
Mackenzie sat in this rocking chair the entire time we were there. It used to be Robert's grandma's chair so it was neat to see how attached she was to it.
All dressed up...giving them stockings was the only way I could keep them in one place!
We are holding up Elmo to get them to smile...

The whole family before we ate ham, sweet potatoes, and green beans! Yum!
Logan had a fun first Christmas!

A couple days later Mackenzie woke up and said, "Open Christmas presents now!" I had to let her down easy and tell her that Christmas was over until next year. We also drove around looking at Christmas lights. Mackenzie is still trying to find lights everywhere. She screams, "LIGHTS" when she sees any.