Christmas 2011

This year was a low key, quiet Christmas. All of our family was out of town or out of the country so it was just the four of us.
We started out the season making cookies. Isaac helped for a while and then he decided that he like playing with the cookie dough more than cutting out shapes. He did cut out a few, but for the most part he played with the cookie dough/play dough.

We also made our pilgrimage to see Santa Claus. Isaac sat on his lap and gave him a list of toys that he wanted. None of which he'd mentioned before and, due to the fact that most of Christmas was going towards our trip to Disney World, none of which he would be getting. I had to do a lot of fast talking about how sometimes kids ask for things and they don't get them, etc. etc. etc. Sadie, on the other hand, refused to go anywhere near the man (I mean elf!)



Isaac also had his first school concert. I figured that because I would have Sadie with me, I wouldn't be able to take too many pictures. I was right. I barely had a chance to listen to his class performance let alone take many pictures. With this in mind, I took a picture of him all dressed up for his performance.




Sadie didn't want to be left out of the picture taking. So here is a shot of her on Isaac's performance day.




On Christmas Eve, like just about every other household in America, we left a treat for Santa and his reindeer. Here is a picture of Isaac and Ty reading the Thank You note that Santa left.



Isaac was not disappointed on Christmas morning. He got a lot of fun things. Mostly puzzles and legos. He also got a drawing sheet that hangs on your wall and glows in the day and glows in the dark. He loves it and we love that he gets to be creative.

Sadie was super easy to please. She loves to pretend that she is cooking, eating and taking care of her babies. So she got a table and chairs, a baby, a tea-set and a big girl bed. She loved to just lay down on her bed and pretend to sleep. One of these weekends the crib will disappear and we will have to figure out how to really get her to sleep in it. But, we will save that for AFTER Disney World.

What a month!

I cannot believe that it is November already. Where did time go?? We have had a crazy fall with Grandparents leaving, Grandparents coming; losing a job, finding a job; Emily working a little, Emily working alot!; Isaac going to school, Sadie just being Sadie, and now suddenly it is November (and Wal-Mart is already playing Christmas music)!
Here are some pictures of all of the craziness!!! I will get some Halloween pictures up as soon as I get them off the camera.

A Day of Firsts

We've had some days of firsts around here! The first day of school, the first time riding the bus to school and the first haircut!

The first couple of pictures are Isaac's first day of school. Carlisle does what is called "staggered start kindergarten" The rest of the school district started school on Monday, but the kindergarten classes have a few students come for a few hours each day. Isaac's day was Wednesday afternoon from 1-3. This was the day that I discovered that I was the worst mom in the world. I misunderstood the e-mail that the school sent home. I understood it to be that the parents stayed with them the first day. The whole way to the school I was reassuring Isaac that I wasn't going to leave him, that I was going to be with him the whole time. . . OOPS! So we get there, we take them into their classroom, the teacher read everyone a story and then "invited" the parents to leave. Isaac was devastated! He just started to cry. "Mommy, you said you were staying!" and many other things that just broke my heart. But, the teacher was wise and asked him to be her special helper. That cheered him up immediately, and with the promise that I would be there when he was done, I left. He was excited to see me, but assured me that he'd had a great day and had "learned everything!".





After school we were hanging out at Grandpa and Grandma Greenway's for a little while. While discussing Sadie's hair (how cute it is, etc.) I mentioned that her bangs were starting to get in her eyes. Grandma suggested a quick haircut and I agreed. So, we wet down Sadie's hair and she got a trim. Thank goodness for binks (pacifier) and iPods. She watched a show on the iPod as Grandma added a few layers in the back and then trimmed up the bangs. Sadie (and Grandma) did a great job!




Today, September 1, was Isaac's official "FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL". This is where he got to be "grown-up" and ride the school bus all by himself! I got a few pictures of him before the bus came, but unfortunately it began to rain. It was kind of comical. We were standing at the end of the driveway, I was holding Sadie and an umbrella and Isaac was dancing about waiting for the bus. When it came, due to the lack of a third arm, I was unable to get any pictures of him actually getting on the bus or being on the bus. Maybe tomorrow. The funny thing about the whole scene; Isaac was fine getting on the bus (no emotional breakdowns), I was fine with him getting on the bus (totally distracted by Sadie, an umbrella and rain) but Sadie . . . The poor girl just started to cry!! She was so sad that Isaac was leaving. It will be interesting to see if it becomes a daily occurrence.