CALVIN AND THE SNOWMEN

enjoy

merry christmas. love maryirene

elliot . . . what else can i say

what a goof ball. i love this boy so much. he is 3 1/2 now, is pretty much potty trained, and we have him signed up for a preschool that will start in January. i can't believe he is getting so big.

here is cute sam and his friend christopher. look at those smiles. life must be good!!

here is elliot's snowman. we used marshmallows, pretzels, icing, decorating gel, graham crackers, and licorice strips.

here is jeffrey's surly karate snowman

and mine has a brown top hat. thanks for the idea kraft magazine.

i couldn't leave this picture out if this post is mostly about elliot. this sweet boy loves people and things. here he made lunch with his pretend food for his kitty (cougar) simond (yep he named it too). he was so proud when i told him i was going to take a picture.

elliot at his tumbling class. we have been going twice a week for about 2 months i think. his teacher krista has been so fun and so nice. elliot loves to do his somersaults, beam walks, pole swings, cartwheels, and many other fun tricks and jumps.

a typical laundry day at the wash hut. the boys love to hide in the baskets and use them as boats.
elliot above and sam below

to top it off i thought i would throw in a picture of my clean laundry pile i balance all the way home. to get a feeling of just how high it really is, find sammy's head in the front seat of the stroller. good thing i always have marseille's help. thanks so much marseille.

friends and snow

so i know they all have red eye, but aren't they adorable friends? we love having christopher and marseille live right by us. we get to play nearly everyday. we will miss them so much when we move next summer. hope we can always stay in touch!

here is elliot and sam standing in front of the snowman that our neighbor built. isn't it great!

watch out!!

that's right sam. you've got to keep your eye out when you are playing with elliot in the snow. never know when he might plant a handful of snow on your face. hehe.

luckily daddy and mommy got to go enjoy the snow in their own way. this picture was taken just outside of the conference center in salt lake city. we were invited to savior of the world by our friends tim and janine. we had a lot of fun. even when we had to walk in the snow to get our car. boy was the snow coming down. i love being on dates with my husband. he always finds a way to make things fun, even slush and cold and ice. thanks doots!