What Cuties!

Gingerbread House

Yesterday we made our first ever family gingerbread (graham cracker) house. Will had the brilliant idea of building the structure of the house with empty milk cartons. Kate sat very patiently while Will built the base of the house.
Kate was showing Mommy the base of the house before it was covered with graham crackers, frosting and candy.

Kate helping Daddy lay out the graham crackers

Time to frost and decorate Kate did a great job placing candy all around the house.

Kate also did a great job stuffing her face full of peanut butter M&M's.

The finished house! We had so much fun making this gingerbread house that I think we will make it a yearly tradition.

Oh Christmas Tree!

On Saturday we headed up to Apple Hill to cut down our Christmas tree. It was a gorgeous sunny day...perfect for tree cutting! Kate was so excited to pick out a tree, but she was hoping to get one her own size and was a little disappointed when we told her we wanted something bigger.

Kate was very fascinated by the tree-wrapper. After we got our tree we went on a train ride. Kate refused to smile for the camera and gave me a big pout instead.

Maggie was enjoying herself!

This past week...

Here are some pictures of our beautiful baby girl. Maggie is growing so fast! We can't believe how big and strong she is getting. She is such a delight....oh, I just love her so much!

On Sunday we had the pleasure of Will's Dad and his wife coming to Davis for a visit. We had a wonderful time going out to lunch with the entire family. You can tell that Will's Dad (Dedushka) really loves his granddaughters! Kate was so excited to get an ice cream bar with her spaghetti lunch.

Grammalene and Maggie

For Thanksgiving this year we spent it with Will's Aunt Carol and Uncle Bill. We absolutely love spending time with their whole family and Thanksgiving was no exception. I wasn't able to capture any pictures from the delicious meal since Maggie kept me very busy but I was able to get 2 pictures of Kate with Cousin Drew. They love to play on his bookcase an pretend that it is a bunk bed.

Fairytale Town

On Friday the girls and I took a trip to Fairytale Town in Sacramento with my mom and my niece Chloe. The park was open for free since it was the day after Thanksgiving. The park was very crowded but the girls had so much fun! Kate's favorite thing to do at Fairytale Town was to go on the shoe slide. Here she is looking up at the tall slide while waiting in line.

Fairytale Town has a lot of fun slides for kids to go down including this tree house slide.

Kate really wanted to ride this deer even though it was meant for decoration.

Friend Zoey's birthday

On November 18, Kate's friend, Zoey, turned two years old. She had a little princess party to celebrate. The kids enjoyed a little mexican lunch (cheese quesadillas, beans and rice) and then they went outside for some finger painting. Kate had a wonderful time celebrating with her friends!
The birthday girl!

All ready to go finger paint! None of the girls got very messy but they were well covered just in case things got out of hand.

Sorry it has been a while since I last posted any pictures. It is virtually impossible to get any computer time since Kate doesn't nap at all and Maggie gives me several 20-30 minute naps during the day but no long stretches. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks. It is pretty amazing how much Maggie is growing. She is now cooing and smiling a lot. She has even giggled a bit. She is really good at holding up her head and now her big thing is to shove both fists in her mouth at the same time. For some reason this is more desirable than sucking on a pacifier. Maggie also LOVES to watch her big sister play and dance. She follows her every move!

Yummy fists!
Kate loves wearing goggles in the bath. These goggles are actually from a stuffed teddy bear I received while on the UCD water polo team.

Sleepy baby after a long walk.

More sleepy baby

I tried to get a sister picture and it didn't turn out so great. Maggie just wasn't feeling it.

Kate loves being in the crib with Maggie. Maggie loves lying on her back and watching the Pooh mobile turn in circles.

Sister cuddles.

Kate loves wearing our shoes and the other night she put my boots on backwards and tried to walk in them...it was very cute. As you might notice Kate is "nakey" in this picture. Kate LOVES being "nakey" and is usually undressed at home. As much as I try to encourage her to keep her clothes on they always seem to come off. Thankfully she has no problem wearing clothes when company is over or we leave the house. :-)

She finally got them on the right way.

Kate LOVES to sing these days and even make up her own songs. The other night she was singing about how much she loves pizza and goats. (The baby goats at the local petting zoo made quite an impression on Kate.)

In this video Kate is singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." This is one of her all time favorite songs and she loves to play her "drum" while she sings. Her hair is a total mess since she had just woken up.

This video is of Kate trying to walk in my boots.