Christmas and Nick

Christmas was great! We had my parents and younger sister in town, so nice to be with family for the holiday!
Zeke's presents were pretty much all toystory and Pantera's were starwars. Yay for a theme lol!

Last night Pantera asked if I would paint her face which lead to a photo shoot. She was so funny "Now pretend I'm a fairy, now pretend a dog is chasing me, now pretend I am scared..." She still loves to dress up. When she was in her room today she asked me "Mom, have you seen my Darth Vader cape? Ugh, I guess I'll just be a ballerina." I laughed pretty hard about the alternative.

I know you are all wondering about this Nicholas character here he is...

I'm always shocked to see how tall Tera is compared to the other kids her age! They had a christmas in Oz play and Pantera was Glenda the good witch. She did great even though she had a cold and was all plugged up!

A little shout out....

I just wanted to give a shout out to all 3 of my kiddos...they all used the potty the past 3 mornings!!! That's old news for Tera and Amari (Amari has been using the toilet about 3 times a day for 2 months now), so I am especially proud of Zeke. I'm not getting my hopes up, butr it is a little progress.

Papa,. Pizza Grandma (my parents), and Samarah are in town and the kids are loving it. Papa even got Amari to roll over several times! If you know Zeke it usually takes him quite a while to get used to anyone, but he picked up right where he left off with his Papa! Ran right to him and gave him a hug, love it!

Amawni

Where to start?!? Pantera insists on wearing this beanie to school everyday, I think it used to belong to my sister. But it messes up her hair and that bothers me a little...trying to let go...
Speaking of hair, here are the 2 tiniest pigtails I have ever made. I can't wait for it to get a little longer.

Pantera thinks I should have an activity waiting for her when she gets home from school. Sometimes I do...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then just put the pants on you head.

Zeke has been a crack up lately. He is so sweet with "Amawni" and loves to share his toys with her. As a matter of fact he will only let her play with what he is playing with. I love to hear them giggle as they play together. Zeke is quite the ladies man and is learning some sweet moves from Ken and Spanish Buzz on TS3. He loves to act out the scene where Ken is trying on clothes and I finally got it on video but I can't seem to upload it GRRR!!! But it is HILARIOUS!!! He came up to me on his knees and took my hand, then mumbled many words like Buzz does to Jessie. He is so cute!

8 months old

8 months old today! She is such a sweet and happy baby. Amari you make me smile everyday, I love you little girl!

Breakfast with Santa

Today was breakfast with Santa. Pantera has always loved Santa. Zeke was happy to see him and gave him a high five, followed by a very formal and random handshake. Amari...well the pictures say it all!

Things have been busy around here, but very good. Pantera is reading like you wouldn't believe. She tells me so much about friends at her school "Nathaniel has a hard time practicing self control" or "Mark put up his middle finger, that's like saying every bad word at the same time...even stupid!"

Zeke thinks he is hilarious, ok he is hilarious. He randomly cracks up at himself, he will just be sitting in the car and start laughing at nothing. He calls hats "Yee-Haa"s and if he is wearing one he is even funnier.

Amari rolled over twice in one day. She had to get shots yesterday, she cried for .5 seconds then the lady looked at her and she smiled so big to get more attention. The lady laughed saying "That is the quickest I have ever seen a kid smile after a shot!"