Pudding Painting

Well, we have had quite the dumping of snow lately. One morning, we woke up and didn't want to venture out onto the roads, so I thought about something new we could do around the house???
Allie has really been into coloring lately and since I didn't have any paint, we decided to do some painting (or eating) with pudding. At first she was a little hesitant about this activity (see my pictures in sequence) and then she dipped her fingers into the pudding. I was actually painting with my pudding trying to show Allie what to do. But of course for this kid, everything goes into the mouth. Once that happened, the painting was over and Allie was all over this activity....yum yum!!!

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA--Cat Woman--

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA-CATWOMAN! Well Allie's new found love from her Christmas toys is Mr. Potatoe Head. She loves putting all the pieces of his face into the holes; they are not in the right spots a good majority of the time, but who cares about an eye in the mouth. Well, Allie took Mr. Potato Head to a new level and decided to try out the parts on her own body, hence the glasses!

Don't they fit just right mom?

Allie in the midst of saying "cheese" for the camera

Christmas Eve-SNOW

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve Day. We woke up to a morning of snow and it continued throughout the day. We had fun shoveling the drive way and then Allie helped us make her first snowman. By the end of our 1 hour adventure Allie was done for.......as you can see in the last photo.

Later that evening, we continued our tradition that Blake and I started a couple of years ago...Chinease Dinner. We went out to eat, which we have done before, but not with a hungry 15 month old and a very crowded restaurant. I think next year we may be doing take out. We came home and got to open up none other than Christmas PJ's.

Marshmallow Woman

Why not put snow in my mouth since everything else goes in my mouth?

Dad making part of the snowman while I man the camera and the baby

This was our attempt with our self-timer on the camera. At least you can see our snowman:)

Christmas Eve-Snow

A few more pics from Christmas Eve

Blake and Allie with the snowman

Allie had it by the end of the morning in the snow. I just love how she stayed bawling by the snowman for a picture

New Christmas PJ's and slippers

Christmas Dress

I had to put this picture of our cute girl in her Christmas Dress

Hawaii Bowl and Christmas with Papa and Grandma

We celebrated our first Christmas a little early with Papa and Grandma. We invited my Dad and step-mom over for dinner, The Aloha Bowl, and an early Christmas. It was such a fun time except for the fact that Boise State lost :(



Allie was a little unsure of what she was doing at first, but got the hang of it pretty quick

She got a cute little purple backpack along with some more goodies. She was so hilarious! She would put the bag on and say "bye" and walk away. Who knows where she learned this?

The family decked out in our Bronco gear for the game

White Elephant Party

The annual White Elephant Party at my dad's house was another hit! Blake and I had already been to a White Elephant Party in our ward and got a great idea for our gift. Someone had brought a live lobster for their gift and we knew we had to try this out at my dad's party. We wrapped our lobster in a large box, just because that's all we had and the large box happened to be the best decoy.

My step-cousin Dawson, who is 5, decided to join in the festivities this year. Well, our large box was still lying around when it got to his turn and what other gift would a 5 year old want??? Well when Dawson opened up the box, he laid it down and climbed right inside with the live lobster at the bottom. All of a sudden we hear him scream, "It's alive!!!." He came frantically back out and was so frightened by it. It couldn't have been any better.



Allie inspecting the live lobster



Blake's gift from the party---these vases and they're up for grabs



Allie was so tired by the end of the party (that went right through her nap time) she just decided to grab my prize, which was a sausage link and curl up on the floor with it.