Sweet

Just having a little treat before bed. In hindsight maybe the frosting wasn't such a great idea!

A Room of Her Own

I am happy to report that the giant toy dump and organization is DONE!!! We got rid of two huge bins a baby toys and reorganized everything. Amazingly everything now has a place and we even have some room to spare. Boy, we had a lot of toys - we still do, but it is better.

The other major project we were working on at the same time was changing the babies' room into just Kassidy's room. That meant getting rid of all things "Noah's Ark" and changing over to a new "gardeny," lavender and green theme. I was selfish and didn't want to get rid of the stripes I had made before (they took so much effort and I still love them) so I searched for the perfect bedding to compliment it. Thanks to the Land of Nod I found the perfect set. The wallpaper border came down and we painted a purple one of our own. The curtains were changed out for some way cute purple polka-dotted ones. Then it was up to me to do some decorating. I painted some canvases with some inspirational words, found some cute accessories and picture frames, and put up some fabulous butterflies around the room and on the border. We still have a few things to figure out, but I couldn't wait to share all the hard work we have done this past three day weekend! I am pretty proud at what it turned out like and you can tell Kass likes her new digs too! (I included a few "before" pics so you could what we were working with.)

Too...Many...Toys

Just a little weekend project (good thing it's a three day weekend)...

Working on Kassidy's room (can't wait to show how how cute it is)...

Organizing the toys (and getting rid of the "baby" stuff)...

It's just taking over the living room (and portions of the dining room)...

I'm surprised Jason is dealing so well with the mess (even I am a little frightened by it)...

It will be done tomorrow...Hopefully!

A Star is Born!

Kassidy might be destined for the stage. It is not uncommon to catch her singing and dancing. Here's a small snippet of her new "talent!" (Notice she even claps for herself at the end!)

Ring Around the Rosies

A new favorite in the Fox household. Too fun!

Lake Arrowhead

This past Saturday the family got together and found some fresh air up in Lake Arrowhead. We spent the day eating lunch out, playing around and doing some window shopping at the mall area there. The kids played on the playground and rode the carousel. Kyler and Jason had a snowball (read slushy iceball) fight. We fed the ducks. The guys took a spin on the go-karts. The sky was extra blue, the views of the lake breathtaking and we had a nice, relaxing day.

Happy New Year!

We have been having so much fun the past few days I haven't had the chance to wish everyone a Happy 2010!! To celebrate the new year we watched the Rose Parade, hung out with the family, played games, went to the park, and even ate our black-eyed peas for good luck. What a nice way to start off the year!

Big Kids Now

Konner and Kassidy are now officially in their OWN beds. Since they have been born until three nights ago they have always slept together in their crib. But they are babies no more!! (Insert small sniffle here.) Konman now sleeps on the bottom bunk in the boys' room (no longer just Kyler's room!) with Kyler moving to the top bunk and Kass has her own toddler bed all to herself. Next project is to girlify (I know it's not a word) the babies' room into Kassidy's room - I've got some ideas but it is still in the works. Now they just need to learn to stay in their new beds - I know one thing at a time!

Christmas, Christmas and More Christmas

Every Christmas, it is the same for us. Lots of family time. Things is, there is a lot of family to spend time with. Here's how we did it this year. We woke up to Santa's gifts at home. Grammy and Granddaddy joined us for this part to see how the kids reacted to what Santa brought them. (Funny story...at 12:03 Christmas morning Kyler burst into our bedroom exclaiming that Santa had come and the stockings were FULL! Good thing "Santa" had gone to bed a little earlier. I put him back to bed and he was just as excited when we all woke up at 7.)Then it was over to Grandma and Grandpa's for breakfast and more presents. Later in the afternoon we visited with Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa and had some snacks back at Grandma and Grandpa's.Last stop was Grammy and Grandaddy's to meet up with the rest of the family for dinner of, our now, traditional tamales. After dinner it was more, more, more presents! Kyler was just waiting and waiting all day to open those guys. My kids were very happy, and me too, with all the clothes they got. We played a new game, Bananagrams, that G-mama got and filled our bellies all up with yummy desserts.

Another busy Christmas day. It is tiring but totally worth it when you think about all the family we have so close by to love and love on us!

Ready for Santa

Christmas jammies on...check.
Cookies and milk out for Santa (minus two the babies ate!)...check.
Watching Elf...check.
Santa we are ready for you!!!