Sneaking a sip of mom's soda...

So, this is what happens when Asher decides to try and get mom's drink down off the counter. I was upstairs and hear the ice bouncing across the floor and then the shrieking of an unhappy Asher. These pictures don't really do it justice because I think most of it went down the back of him. I came down to find him standing in a puddle of soda, covered from head to toe with it dripping down his face, holding an empty cup and looking very sad. I don't think this is quite what he had in mind when he tried to sneak my drink!

The girl's new haircuts – Rhyan's 1st

So Mayson's been telling us for the last year that she wants her hair short like Julie's. Last year we compromised & cut it to her shoulders but told her to try that before we went any shorter. Well, in the last year it has grown a lot, and she once again started in on the short hair discussion. My only concern with it is that with the curl in her hair, I thought it sounded like a lot of maintenance to keep it styled. She also asked if she can dye her hair brown like Julie (Julie went from a blond to having brown hair last year) but we told her no, most people pay good money to have blond hair like hers and we weren't going to dye it! I have been really tempted to cut Rhyan's hair short for a while now, because hers doesn't have the curl that Mayson's has. So, we decided to go to Julie and have her give Mayson "hair like Julie's" and get Rhyan her first haircut. They were both very excited and all I heard for about a week prior is "when are we getting our haircut?" Rhyan was a little nervous too, but it was pretty funny because she ran around the house all week yelling "no haircutting me!" Anyway, as you can see, they both got their hair cut into cute, preppy little blond A-Line cuts and they look adorable!

Cute Kids

I want to be like my daddy! Here's Asher running around in one of Larry's surgical caps thinking that he is just too cool!

Here's Rhyan with curlers in her hair for the first time. She decided she wanted them and then thought they were great. As you can see, all the kids are into making faces for the camera right now.

Here's Rhyan with her curlers taken out. I think she looks just like a little Shirley Temple in this first one before we fluffed it. Once we did she was hillarious. She ran around the house all day bouncing around with this big grin on her face swinging her head back and forth. She loved the fact that they were bouncy!! When we went to Julie's house & she showed Julie her curls she was skipping up and down her hall to make them bounce. Julie decided she looks like a little beauty queen contestant with her hair curled up!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Rhyan's Christmas tickets were to go see the Very Hungry Caterpillar down at playhouse square. Her and dad had date and went to McDonald's for dinner before their evening at the theatre.

Flowers for his girls

Every time we go to Costco the girls want to get flowers. So, Larry decided to send his girls flowers. Mayson, Rhyan & I got a beautiful bouquet of tulips and irises from the special guy in our life. He's such a sweetheart!

Our little ballerina...

The beginning of the year Mayson started to take dance at a new dance studio with her friend Brooklyn. She does a half hour of tap and a half hour of ballet each week. Apparently this day before they went to dace they got the camera and decided to get some pictures of themselves.

New Year's 2010

This year for New Years Eve we stayed home, went up to the attic and played corn hole with the two older kids until about 10:30. For anyone who doesn't know what corn hole is, you're missing out! Anyway, Larry and I stayed up and watched the ball drop and that was the excitement of our evening. On new years day we went to New Years at Noon at the zoo with our friend Sunny & Jeremy & their kids. They had a ball drop at noon, lots of booths and radio Disney was there, and most exciting of all was that Dora was there. Don't mind Rhyan's grumpy face... we're not sure why she wasn't jumping up and down that here favorite cartoon hero was there? It was very crowded but the kids have a lot of fun. It was cold though, so a good portion of our time was spent inside the balmy, 85º rain forest, where the two older kids obviously felt a special kinship with the monkeys. We had fun, and it was a good way to do the new years ball drop with the kids without having to let them stay up until midnight.