Should they be doing this??

The kids and I have enjoyed a break from the rain and have been outside the last few days. Within the last week they have realized they could do something that I had thought Dylan forgot he could do. They love to climb up on the playhouses and just sit on the roof. I have no idea what they talk about while they are up there because from the way it looks they just sit there and talk. Today Dayna decided she wanted to try. Once we convinced Dylan that "girls" could climb up there too she did...only to cry out in tears because she was so scared. We then decided that the blue one was the girls'. She had no problem climbing and playing on that one!!

For some reason I am unable to take a single picture with out them insisting on at least one "silly face" picture taken. You can't exactly tell, but David did tell me that he is making a silly face in this picture.

We have had a lot of fun these last few weeks!! It has been VERY busy as well. It started off in mid-december with a friends birthday party. We had nine 5-7 year olds running around the house. Thankfully it was a nice enough day that they mostly just played soccer in the backyard! Then on the 20th, we had family over for Dylans official birthday.

Christmas was a lot of fun. David and Dayna still continue to ask me when its Christmas so they can have more presents and see santa. Dylan prayed the other day for Dayna so that she would know that santa isn't why we have Christmas, but that it is Jesus' birthday! He was very concerned that she didn't understand that it was Jesus' birthday.
The kids with their stockings Christmas morning...it probably didn't help Dayna's thinking about santa. Dylan swears he heard Santa's reindeer on the roof during the night. That was a huge admission since the day before he was still convinced there was no such thing as santa! We we able to hit every Christmas party this year, that means 3 extended family parties, 2 family parties and then our own Christmas party. It was a very busy week and the parties weren't over yet!!Today we celebrated Dayna and David's 3rd birthday with the Koolhaas family. When we were in Tulare we did all the Dec/Jan birthdays before Christmas. Now we can relax and try to find a place for all the gifts!! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a great new year!!