Well...we love snack-time, and my kids have discovered Wheat-thins and Cheez-Whiz. Not one of our most healthy snacks, but still quite enjoyable! Carter sticks with the Ritz cracker most times.
Sibling affection is something we almost ALWAYS see everyday....followed by a handful of hair in Carter's fist, a screaming Anna who then retaliates with a shove as Carter begins crying and then throws the nearest object as far as he can! Then it is time-out in the corner for Anna, time-out for Carter on his bed, and we end with apologies and another show of sibling affection! Anna keeps telling me that Jesus does not like it when Bubby makes BAD choices, and then reminds me that she always makes GOOD choices!
Another BAD choice for Bubba....for some reason the shoes just don't go with the outfit!
We try and accomplish a lot of laughing around here....hearing my kids laugh has got to be my most favorite sound....except when I hear the laughing and come to find that the reason for the giggles is because a certain 3-year-old has some gas issues and can now manually push out the "fluffs" of air. Then she starts laughing hysterically saying, "Oops, I did a yittle poopsie!" Or finding Carter laughing hard because he's found a bucket of toys to throw all over, or because he stole his sippy cup off the kitchen table and had dumped half of its liquid all over Anna's doll house, carpet, or one of her chairs! When he does THAT, he might be laughing, but Anna definitely is NOT!!!
Bed-jumping is a favorite...especially in underwear! I keep trying to tell Russ he's just too old for such things, but my kids admire him for giving them such great ideas to follow after!
Carter is a thinker and one who must figure out the world around him. He loves to play with any light switch he sees, and will do anything to see the lights go on and off a hundred times in a row. His newest accomplishment is to drag any item he can stand on over to the bathroom sink, step on the item and then pull himself onto the counter, sit in the sink, and then play with the light switches, and rummage through the little storage cabinet under the mirror.
Hmmm, I know it's here somewhere....
Hey! What happened to the giant "S" I was sure was here a minute ago! Sometimes Carter thinks he is invincible...like Superman...and so pays no heed to heights or ledges of any sort. He also must believe he has super strength, because he starts running at top speed...probably at a rate of 0.01 miles an hour, and then he crashes into any solid object...wall, door, chair, living person, you get the point?
Another favorite thing to do in our home is to sleep....anywhere.....but in your own bed! And with no pants....you'd think it was summer instead of winter around here! Once again, I have tried to reform Russ and his unsightly habits...but they just keep rubbing off on the kids! 
BUT....of course I have only the most desirable of habits and actions, and can you see how they, too, are rubbing off on our kids? he he
Our new favorite thing to do around the house is exercising to Pilates and TAE-BO videos. The picture above I am doing the "warrior" pose (don't laugh) and Anna is following along. Anna can do moves I could only dream of doing! Russ put up his pull-up bar in the hall, and amazes all of us by his super-human strength that he must have passed on to Carter! Russ does his pull-ups and then for the next 30 minutes he and I have to heft Anna and Carter up and down so that they, too, might "enjoy" in all of the "fun" of doing a pull-up! I must brag for a minute and let you all know that I can now do one entire and real pull-up! Oh yeah!
We like to watch a family movie every once-in-awhile and eat some yummy home-made popcorn...or my favorite...home-made caramel popcorn! Yum! Did I need to mention that eating healthier is NOT on my 2009 "To Do" list? Well...it is....maybe "Following through" should be added, though!
Playing, playing, and more playing. Anna likes to see how many of her toys she can transfer from her room into the living room in as little amount of time as possible. She's rather good at it! Here, she was putting all of her toys in her "car" and then buckling them in, it is the law, and driving around. She has a very active imagination, and we are sooo grateful she does in the middle of winter, when we cannot do much of anything outside the house!
Hope you enjoyed the update, we love hearing about all of yours as well! Take care fellow bloggers and we'll blog y' all later!!!
And here we have Jordan (he's an adopted brother, I think, of the Meredith's!) Dallen, and Jake. They were studs on that mountain!
Chelsea, my sister-in-law came with us, along with her friend Phil Wright, and then Russ's brother Geoff came, and Rob too with his boys, Dallen, Jake, and Carson, and Carli came too! Also, there was Ben, Rob's brother-in-law, and his son Gavin.
Chels and Phil!!!
