We went to the Devon Horse show and had a lot of fun since both my kids love horses. We had taken Max last year and now Samantha went and she kept waving to the horses. It was so cute. Also have to say that My phil and ted’s stroller is amazing for days like this because I am able to push both kids if max gets tired. It makes life such much easier. There were rides and lots of shopping and lots of yummy food including the 2 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream I ate. YUM!

Anyway, here are some pics. Max had his first lemon stick-well 2 to be exact and Sam ate pizza. At the end of the day, both kids were happy. Max ended the day with a huge poop all over himself because I tried to bring out the travel potty and he told me I needed a bag and I went to turn and get one and bam..poop everywhere all over everything..himself, his shoes, the grass..it was gross and a great learning lesson..BRING THE DAMN BAG FOR THE TRAVLE POTTY OR MAKE HIM WEAR A DIAPER. LOL

Such over due pics..my handsome boy driving his cousins car and then my little girl below…they are growing up so fast..what happened?

I know..you could eat her up..right?

And then there were more..

All is good here. We are in full force with getting the house ready to list. Max is just excited that he will have a pool to put boats in and well I am actually getting excited too.

It snowed a lot here and we had a great time playing in the snow! The kids loved it and it was so nice to just be outside enjoying the sun and the snow. We went to my parents house where they have a great hill to sled down. Max actually preferred to go down by himself and he did a great job. He was so brave and had no fear. He just went down. It was awesome!! Samantha was all bundled up and it made me think of that movie..THE CHRISTMAS STORY BECAUSE SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE COULD NOT EVEN MOVE BUT AT LEAST SHE WAS WARM AND HAPPY. So take a look at our amazing day! It is these kind of days that make life all worth living.

So it seems Miss Samantha has started to walk-she can take about 5 steps and then she drops and then she stands up again and tries again. It is so cute. She also has this obsession with standing up while holding different objects. She loves to hold her bottle and drink while standing. She also loves to hold dumbbells and work out with me in the morning. It is so cute because Max did the very same thing. Samantha is so proud of herself. She is full of love and full of fire. It will be a ton of fun when she is fully walking because she will be unstoppable.

Max has been doing amazing. His speech is doubling by the day and he now can use 5 words in a sentence. His teachers are amazed and so are we. It is so funny the things that come out of his mouth. He is also starting to use the potty. We have been asking for a while but he had no interest and then last week he went pee 5 times and today he went pee at school on the potty. Such a big boy.

Max’s party was an absolute success. We had so much fun and even the dad’s were having a blast. We had it at this bounce place and the kids jumped and bounced and just had a great time. It was funny to watch because all the kids hit a wall at 45 minutes where they were sweating and just plain exhausted. They were all ready for some food and yummy allergy free, egg free cup cakes.

I am glad the month of December is over and I am hoping for a great year. A year where I can learn to  let go a little more and enjoy the grace in my life. I have an amazing family, a new career path, and a good life. I am thinking 2010 will be wonderful.

Do your kids ever look at the camera? HAHA

We got hit hard by a snow storm-actually a snow storm that forced me to cancel Max’s birthday party on December 19th but we had fun. I think Sam will truly enjoy the snow next year when she can walk. Max did love the snow last year but I think he really got it this year. Sam was just cold and had rosy cheeks but we did get some cute pics..

Then Max was playing and playing…

And Max could not stop with the shovel..

But baby Samantha just wanted to get in the fun too but she was confined to her little car..

All in all the snow is fun but it is tough when they are little. Maybe snow is really nice when the kids are 2 and above but right now-it is just hard because it makes us more home bound and for us, we can only make allergy free muffins so many times, do play doh, draw, paints and play with toys..Samantha just could not stay outside for long and did not want to wear her mittens. I also did not buy boots for her because she is just so young so I am sure her feet were cold in her little shoes. They did look so funny-almost like that movie, “The Christmas Story” where the kids were dressed so tight that they could barely move-this is how they both looked all last week. These pictures don”t even reflect how funny they looked the day is was snowing hard because they had so many layers that they could barely breathe. Adorable.