I'll have some lead paint with that please

Lauren has been learning the names on of her play food. She loves to hold them up, say their name and then pretend to take a bite... I know this food was all made in China, makes me a bit nervous!

Her two favorite foods these days- "grays" & "meeohs" (grapes and tomatoes).

And taking a break to hide in the closet and play peek-a-boo!

A new Jungle Gym?

Not sure why Lauren thought this was a good idea, but she did.

I kept pulling her off and she just kept getting right back on. She even tried to ride her once and said, "Horsey".

All sweet Hadley wanted to do was read a book! When Hadley can talk she is going to have some words to say about Lauren I'm sure.

Attempting to Share

Hadley was feeling very cool wearing Lauren's apron and playing with the ice cream cone. All was well for about 3 minutes...

Then Lauren decided she was done sharing her apron with Hadley and wanted it back. She has two, but would the other one do? Oh No! Poor Hadley is saying, "I thought we were having fun, what went wrong?"

Lauren trying so hard to get it untied and just so mad that I wasn't helping her!

Hiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!

Lauren is quite the valley girl when she says hi, it sounds more like Hiiieeeeeeeeeeeee! She loves to hide in her tunnel, then pop out and say Hiieeeeeeeeeeee!

Play-Doh is serious business

Lauren's interest of the week has been play-doh.

We could watch her do this all day, she gets really serious and focused when working with it. It is so interesting to watch because she acts like she has a "plan" for everything she does.

The funny thing is, all she likes to do is put the play-doh in the tubs, then get it back out and put it in another tub. She'll do this for quite a long time.

She's a very serious artist, luckily she doesn't eat the play-doh the way she eats crayons:)

She's going to be popular with the boys if she keeps this up...

Lauren was having a ball riding her quad all around the house topless. We were laughing so hard.

If she continues to like to ride topless, we're thinking she's going to have a lot boys lining up when she's a teenager!

Bye Lauren, have fun running into the stairs (she hasn't figured out how to steer so she just goes until she hits something then just sits there full throttle waiting for us to come move her).

Someone is EXCITED to be a big sis!

Courtney bought Lauren this new shirt and she LOVES it! She insisted on wearing it all night, I actually had to hide it from her so I could wash it. Looks like she already knows what a great big sis she will be and she is so proud!

Thanks for this great shirt Courtney- as you can see, I really like it!

Happy New Year!

Lauren was excited to spend New Year's Eve with her friends! I love how all the girls are clapping!

There are many ways to watch the Wiggles

We always find Lauren doing interesting things while watching the Wiggles.

She loves having things draped over her head lately, too funny!

These Wiggles are sooooooo talented, they just amaze me!

An Artist?

Lauren always asks to color but rarely do we see any actual "art" happening.

Instead she puts the crayons in her mouth and she loves dumping them out of the tub, then putting them back and doing this over and over over.

"Oh, the life of an artist is hard work!"

Everything is better with Ketchup

Lauren rarely eats her carrots but we keep trying. Today she had some ketchup for her chicken nuggets so she decided to dip the carrots in... and she ate them all! Then she started dipping her pears in too. The funny think is she didn't dip the chicken nuggets in. What a silly kid!

Arizona

We headed to Arizona the day after Christmas for a big family get together with about 30 relatives! Lauren wanted to spend all of her time with Pa or Grandma.

Already drinking in the back of trucks with older kids... Oh boy!

Lauren liked cousin Haley a lot, she also loved playing with Jacob and she's been talking about him since we got home.

Okay, enough of this truck thing, get me out of here!

Hanging out with Grandma, pretty much all Lauren wanted to do for 5 days!

All bundled up for a cold walk in the desert. We expected to enjoy some warmth but it was FREEZING while we were there! Oh well, at least we got to see the sun.

The new hot tub was a big hit with the kids (and the adults too!). Lauren was a crazy maniac in the tub, jumping from seat to seat just hoping someone was there to catch her. She wanted to be in the hot tub the whole time, even at 11:30 at night :)

Hads, the flying baby!

I just think this picture is funny, Lauren and I enjoying an apple in the trailer after the hot tub.

Lauren with Grandma and Aunt Tracey

Christmas at Ryan & Megan's

Every year we have Christmas Breakfast at Ryan & Megan's then everyone gets to open gifts. It's lots of fun and lots of presents!

Hadley just woke up and was loving all the fun, Lauren was so tired she could hardly keep her eyes open, let alone smile. Oh well, they are still a cute duo!

It started to snow so Lauren insisted on putting Hadley's brand new ski coat on to go outside and see the snow.

Lauren got a new sled and she thought Daddy and Pa should pull her all over the house in it.

Here is a smile!

Lauren has gotten to be quite a pro at gift opening!

We think Auntie Meg and Uncle Ryan hate us or something, they got her this power wheel quad! Of course she loves it and will have many hours of fun ramming it into our walls:)

Hadley seemed quite happy with her very own Cabbage Patch doll (Carson Nadia) from Lauren. Now they don't have to share Sheila Bernice:)

A VERY tired Lauren wearing her new backpack that Hadley gave her. It is very cute and she loves it, I'm sure it will carry all sorts of treasures everywhere we go for us!

Merry Christmas to everyone who reads our blog:)

Celebrating at our house

Lauren enjoying all her fun things on Christmas morning. She was pretty much excited about everything, the socks and crayons in her stocking held equal weight to her kitchen- funny kid!

The new bunny slippers and her own travel mug were a hit too!

Oops... pictures are out of order...
Kevin and Lauren did the advent calendar every day this month, they were so excited to open the last window yesterday, which had two pieces of chocolate! Lauren decided to share, which she wouldn't do 1/2 the nights they opened the calendar!

Super Kevin! Lauren got this cape from a girl at her daycare but Kevin must have been jealous, because he was spotted wearing it! I know what to get him next year:)

I made the Christmas dinner this year, which was a first. Kevin always does the big event cooking... it was seafood pasta and quite a hit. Hooray for Val :)

Santa's special delivery for Lauren Kok!

Playing with the stacking blocks- SOOOOO FUN!!!!