Living nativity and Polar express

We went to the Living Nativity in Alpine again this year.  It wasn't our best experience but we still enjoyed it.  Trevor loved the animals and we were glad to start the season off with the true meaning.  Later we got to go on the Polar Express in Lindon.  It was amazing and our favorite Christmas activity we've done.  You get to see Santa but you also get to see amazing pictures depicting Christs life.  I really felt the Spirit and am so glad we got to go.  Trevor even sat on Santas lap because he got a candy cane.  

Never grow up

Me: "Lexi how do you want me to do your hair? "

Lexi: looks at me and says, "Like yours."

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year the kids helped make oreo turkey place cards.  We had so much fun doing it.  I heard a lot of "You're the best mom.  You're the nicest Mom.  This is so fun, " comments while we were making them.  Carter even helped write people's names.  Over the break we went to the zoo with Brianne and her girls.  The kids loved going with their cousins.  Trevor gets spoiled by them and I appreciated the girls helping with him.  We also went to the sledding slides at Seven Peaks.  They were fast and all of us loved them but Carter.  We got to see Santa there and the kids were thrilled to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.  We couldn't get Trevor to sit on him though.  It was a fun break.

Everyday life

We've had a fun holiday season.  The kids have been playing baby Jesus and Santa all month long.  The pull Trevor in a blanket for Santa and wrap him up for Jesus.  They've also had fun playing with Cole's hair.  Lexi loves to do it.  We've recently discovered Lexi has a great turn out and Carter is great at push ups.  We did one last bike ride from the Canyon to Grandpa's house and loved doing that. During the month of December we tried to do an act of service each day.  One day we had Grandma Irene and Grandma Janet and Grandpa Ray over for dinner.  It was fun and I think they liked it.  We loved doing out different acts of service and at different times the kids told me they felt the Spirit.  Lexi lost her two front teeth this month too!  It was so fun to have it happen at Christmas.  We got to see Grandma and Grandpa Chamberlain for a little while and the kids liked that too.  Lexi drew a portrait of Cole that is spot on.  It even has the curls on his hair.  We loved it.  The kids have had fun playing in the snow.  We got Carter his own shovel and he is really good at shoveling.  He works hard and is actually helpful.  Lexi has been telling me she wishes she had a sister.  One day she came in and announced her wish had some true and she had a sister.  Immediately Trevor entered the room dressed in Lexi's clothes and a bow. It was hilarious.   My favorite thing the kids are doing these days is snuggling with me.  They still like to snuggle up and I treasure those moments...even though my hair gets pulled.

Trevor

Trevor keeps us busy.  He is a toddler for sure and can test our patience but he also makes us laugh a lot too.  He loves to make cookies.  If he sees me get out my mixer he starts asking for a chair and wants me to move it over so he can help.  We recently bought a shoe shelf to help organize the mud room.  Trevor decided he didn't like it organized and moved all the shoes off of it.  He likes the snow and his favorite thing to do is throw it.  He doesn't like sledding.  Whenever we go he just stands there and watches. He recently shut his bedroom door and came down the hall.  It was weird so I asked him what he was doing.  He told me to come on and time out.  When I followed him and opened the door he went to his crib and showed me that he had put Lexi's Tasha in time out.  He has a really hard time sleeping sometimes and we were told to let him cry it out.  We decided since we were going to be sleep training we might as well do it in a big boy bed so we moved him to the bottom bunk and Carter moved to the top bunk.  It's been going just as well as it did in the crib.  He still wakes up more than we'd like but he likes his new bed.  When people come to visit he wants to show it to them and makes them get in it with him.  He wakes up with the craziest hair after his naps now too.  I exercise in the mornings and Carter has started doing it with me sometimes.  Carter is really good at push ups and recently Trevor has started trying to do them too.  It's cute.  Trevor has also decided he loves nursery.  He calls it "class."  He knows when we put church clothes on it's going to be "class" day.  Recently he threw a big fit because Cole left in his church clothes for a meeting and he didn't get to go.  He cried for twenty minutes because he wanted to go to class.  I have to hold Trevor when he eats.  He only likes me to do it which makes me quite burnt out.  He grabs my hair while he eats for comfort.  He still has terrible reflux and is going to a specialist next month.  He is a nightmare to get to eat, unless it's treats.  We bribe him with treats to eat.  He has been a little difficult with Christmas decorations.  Within minutes of getting them out he'd ripped noses off snowmen, broke ornaments and made us realize there can't be anything left at his level.  A few times we caught him in his room hiding eating candy canes he'd gotten off the Christmas tree.  He is talking really well now.  He loves balls still of course and I can't wait until he's old enough for sports.  He only weighs 19 lbs and is in the 1.5% for height.  He is still very friendly and thus gets a lot of attention from other kids and adults.  He's started wanting to do things himself and is usually pretty patient when trying to figure things out.  He's started really liking Grandpa and loves Jolene.  Whenever he says Jolene it always follows with him saying treat.  He calls Lexi Sissy and likes to play with her.  Recently he's started playing more with Carter too.  He does a funny cheese face that always makes us laugh.  We love our Trevor Ray!