We've been talking about the potty for awhile now. Mostly talk, nothing else. Kizzy did go on the potty once, but that was months ago. Today, quite randomly Kizzy wanted to sit on the potty while watching her "Elmo's Potty Time" movie. She was getting very excited about going potty and refused to let me put a new diaper on her while dressing. So with some trepidation I put Minnie Mouse underwear on her. We talked about how Minnie doesn't like to get wet and so if she needs to go peepee, she needs to go on the potty. Well, the first time she needed to go, she stripped of her underwear and went running and climbed into the bathtub where she promptly peed. Thankfully it wasn't on the carpet. And now I know that she knows when she needs to go. The next time she needed to go she just started yelling "UHOH UHOH UHOH!" we weren't near her special potty so I took her to the closest bathroom and held her on the big potty. It scared the crap out of her, only not literally. She would not go until I lifted her down and then she went on the floor. Right now she is napping, in a diaper, but we're going to keep trying. She was very upset when I took her Minnie Mouse off. We'll keep at it for the rest of the day and see how it goes. If she keeps showing interest in trying, who knows, maybe this is it!
Santa also brought Kendal a moose and Kizzy a puppy.
We also all got a stocking full of goodies!
Here are Kendal's gifts.
Kizzy's presents
Here are my gifts.
Kyle set up my willow tree nativity on our mantle.
Kendal actually got a couple of good tears on the paper before Kizzy decided he needed help.
And the presents opened first were: Matching Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Christmas Jammies!
We tried to be festive, here we all are in our christmas green.
Kendal in his snowman outfit that his sister and cousins wore last year.
Kizzy is "decorating" cookies for Santa
Kyle pulled Kizzy around on the sled. We had a great time playing in our 3 + feet of snow.
As always, Kizzy had a blast playing in the snow, she was a trooper and played outside for a solid 2 hours!
I don't think any of these pictures do justice to how much snow we had. All in all we had a great day playing and spending time together before any of the "official" celebrating even began.
Kendal is a good eater. He is also a chunk. At one point he was waking up at night with increasing frequency to eat. When he woke up starving for the 7th time in one night, he got to eat solids the next day. He started out with rice cereal. He now enjoys apples (homemade), carrots (homemade), peaches, sweet potatoes, squash, and prunes. He has been given pears a handful of times and does not like them at all. Funny kid.
Our machine got stuck once and I had to walk through ankle high mud with Kizzy strapped on my front. This picture is when I had to change my socks and shoes at the lunch site.
Kendal was so good the whole time. He was his Grandpa's riding buddy the entire trip.
I didn't know how Kizzy would be, but she loved it! She didn't enjoy being strapped into a carrier, but once we were moving she did just fine riding. She loved just wandering around and exploring while we stopped. 
The brother and sister shots turned out great!
