Question: What is Awesome?

Answer: This tee-pee. This tee-pee is awesome.

Ice is back with a brand new invention

Saw this and had to share it with my family.

The Luck O' the Irish!

We had a pretty fun St. Paddy's Day this year!

We started off the day with green cinnamon rolls

And rainbow cookies were a must. Someday I'm going to have to figure out how to make a pot o' gold cookie to match up with the rainbows.

Atticus trying on some Mr. Potato Head glasses.

It stopped raining just long enough to swing for a while.

This is our ruggedly handsome manly man putting on his best moves for the camera.

Earlier in the week the garbage truck came, and EVERYONE WAS EXCITED.

I don't even know when this picture of Jane was taken, I just found it on Nana's camera and I couldn't stop laughing!

Bubble Machine

We got a bubble machine. 5$ at Wal-Mart. Best purchase we've made this year.

Yes, Lizzie's sweater is way too big for her.

Lizzie mostly just stood in front of the bubbles with her eyes half closed.

A Turning Point

Today we went outside to play in the rain for a while. Because that's what you do in Northwest Washington.

The twins went over to the playhouse and wandered around for a bit. Then they started playing peek-a-boo with each other, which is really fun to watch. I watched and laughed and watched and then Liz smacked Jane in the face. Half of their playtimes end this way, with Liz smacking Jane in the face. The other half ends with Jane screaming and throwing herself down on her face and crying into the floor.

Anyway, THIS time, after Jane got her five finger face treatment, she gave Liz a look that said "Oh, so that's how it is, punk?" and walked away.

This is the first time I can remember them not initiating a slap party with each other.

I really really really hope this stays around for a while.

Jane

Jane picked out her own clothes last week.

Once more, for cuteness.

The Mega Christmas Post

Heeeeeeeeey. It's still January. That means I'm not too late to blog about Christmas, right? I guess I am pushing it though. So I'll just blob it all into one great big post. That's how the professional bloggers do it, right? Wait until the last minute and then just slap a bunch of pictures up?

Sometime before or after Christmas we went for a little walk with my folks and the kids.

Jane and Daddy. She wanted to by carried pretty much the whole way.

But Lizzie walked with Grandma for the whole half mile loop!

We went to Johnson's tree farm to cut down the tree.

After we got out tree we got to go on a real, honest sleigh ride with jingle bells and everything. It was amazing! That's Shayna and Cheryl up front with the driver, they are our favorite baby watchers.

Atticus writing his letter to Santa

This white cardboard castle was one of the kids favorite gifts. They piled all the spare pillows and crayons in there and pretty happily destroyed it for two weeks.

Jane hanging out in her new kingdom

The traditional Butchart Christmas Morning Picture on the Stairs.

Sweet Lizzie girl

Atticus with his 6th garbage truck.

Jane in the pink, Lizzie in the red.

Mom on Christmas morning with her new mittens.

Lizzie looking like she wants to shank me at Gigi and Grumpy's Christmas sing along. I'm not sure why, everyone had a great time there. I love that skirt. I saw one like it on Pinterest and I had to make a copycat.

I also have to throw a picture of this sheep up. I made a few of the Christmas gifts this year, and this sheep was, hands down, my favorite.

LOOK AT THAT TAIL. It's a normal stuffed toy that Velcros on to a platform to become a pull toy.