First I'll tell her that Santa is not real...

The other morning Lucy crawled into bed next to me and said, "When I grow up, I'm going to have big boobs. Right?"

The morning of; the night before...

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Povondra Christmas

Jack claims that Todd is the strongest of the three brothers. We don't correct him.

We finally got to meet Trace!

Blondies

The (only) girl cousins enjoyed their time together. With their long blond hair, it's sometimes hard to tell them apart (at church, Lucy walked by Cole and he asked Danny, "Was that Lucy or Bristol?")

Snow!

Jack had a blast sledding. Lucy would have gone out more, but she refused to wear the borrowed blue snow pants (because they weren't pink).

Click below for videos of the kids sledding:
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Gingerbread Houses

Lucy's house had quite a blizzard of candy stuck to its roof. And the gingerbread men in her front yard appear to be drunk.

Wimberly Trail of Lights

Roasting marshmallows, drinking hot chocolate, and watching the Clickety Cloggers do their tap-dancin routine...

Lucy Claus

I'm pleased to announce that Todd and I made #4 this year

Jack's teaching Lucy the intricacies of Star Wars

Sam turns three!

Quality Downtime

Cousins & Buds

Thanksgiving Day

What's Thanksgiving without cars, guns and booties?

Jack's first-grade class sings "Albuquerque Turkey"

 As you can see, Jack's is really feeling the music.

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I am a bit...scared...

Lucy and I just played "princesses." I have no idea where she learned this, but she put on her dress-up, a crown, and some high-heels, and she turned into a fancy hair-flipping hip-swaying gal. Throughout my lesson, I learned the following:
"Princesses need to eat food, because they have babies in their tummies."
"Princesses have to be respectful to their kings who married them."
"You have to stay in the lines (while coloring), or you won't be a princess."
"Princesses brush their teeth in the morning, the afternoon, and the summer."

He's been reading about George Washington and Valley Forge...

I've been telling the kids that I don't like it when places start to decorate for Christmas even before Thanksgiving. On the way home today, I pointed out a decorated Christmas tree along the highway to Jack. He said, "If I had a musket, I'd shoot down the decorations. Then I'd take a sword and carve it into a turkey."

Shed transforms into playhouse