size 4T

As we all know, Gilly turned 4 on December 20th. For Christmas he got some new super cool Guess jeans size 4T. Here is how they fit......we call this the uni-pocket (due to idiotic photography its not as funny as it was in person)
no, he's not sucking in
Thankfully the kid has inherited his fathers "lean" gene

umm..no comment here....

Christmas Nebulizer

Oh what would the holidays be without the nebulizer!
This is actually the first time he's fallen asleep with it which was good because its also the first time he's had a full treatment without bugging his sisters or the dog with the smoke.

Christmas morn

ahh, the morning my children wait for all year has arrived. Surprise of all surprises was Gilly waking up first at 7:30 (not bad) with his eyes as big as saucers. He went for his sock first, unusual since they are generally an afterthought
Abby posing in front of her stable
Em reading her letter that Santa wrote to her about how good she is
This is where the kids spent most of the morning (notice that Jeff is included as one of the "kids", he was just as excited to set up this train set as Gilly was).

Christmas Jammies

Oh the joy of new Christmas Eve jammies! We spent our evening bouncing around the house and eyeing presents under the tree. This year was different from Christmas past as we were missing Jeff's sisters and their families. For as many years as Jeff and I have been married (13) we have always opened our Christmas jammies on the 24th with Jill and Jen but this year Jen is in Australia, Jill in Washington. We missed them dearly but the tradition continues in our home thanks to Jan scouting out and getting the greatest Christmas jammies. Now, if I can just get these kids to bed.........

Happy almost Birthday Mr. Gilly!

As I am gearing up for Gillys big day tomorrow I have come across some of the great pictures that turn Garrett Benjamin Jones into Gilly and Chooch.Letting us dress him up like the Taliban
Letting us dress him up like Vincent Price (I know I've posted this before but it still makes me laugh)
Eating the Eucerin cream with a toothbrush (thankfully not mine)
Wanting to fit in with the girls (see Pam you have nothing to worry about)
And wearing this silly grin and constantly saying "Dad (sometimes mom if I'm lucky) I loff you.

the equestrian Jones

As we all know, Em is somewhat obsessed with horses. I mean, spend five minutes with the kid and you get the picture (she is even communicating with me in grunts and neighs as she gallops down the hall causing all the knees in her pants to wear out). So we often try to fill her days with trips to the stable......this is Nito in his hoodie (she thinks this is the funniest)
trips to AA Callisters (ugh, a cowboy store that she loves but I loath)

and anyplace that may have something that might resemble a horse. Sometimes I just feel so tired.......

Christmas snowmen

This year we are making snowmen for the kids to give their friends. To do this you buy tube socks, fill them with rice and decorate (I don't have one finished yet so you'll have to use your imagination). I started this project late last night while all the little ones were pretending to sleep. As the story always goes...I ran out of rice and the project is waiting for my trip to Wal-Mart so I just kind of left everything where it was last night (which is where my procrastination comes into play). This is how I found Gill this morning after his bath and I just had to snap a picture because it is so reminiscent of my leg warmer days!

Reflections (the contest)

This year the theme for Reflections was "I can make a difference". Well we all know that Em is big on fishing so we decided to participate. She said she could make a difference by keeping rivers and lakes clean. She make the fish out of Sculpy clay and we helped her hang them in her bucket. She won for her age group! Yeah Em! (I still need to take a picture of her with her trophy and post it).