But....I'm a PRINCESS!

The other night Niles and I were cleaning up from dinner and the kids were playing. London as usual was in her full princess glory and was pulling some royal attitude! I can't remember what she said, but Niles replied with," No way, you don't talk to mom that way...go to time out." Her reply is why this story is making the blog. She folds her arms, sticks out her hip and looks right up at us and says with the upmost defiance..."But,....Ugh I'm a Princess!!" It was all we could do not to laugh as we sent her packing to time out. Another fun night at the Watterson's.
(side note for everyone who knows Niles...he's watching the origanl Karate Kid right now...and I think he's actually enjoying it.)

Boredom gives way to creative activities

We were hanging out in the kitchen one night...searching for something else to eat to cure our boredom when Soren starting climbing up the Fridge! No joke! Anyone who knows Soren, knows this is no exaggeration! Responsible parents would have probably nipped this in the bud right away....luckily for our kids we're not that responsible and were thrilled to have something to take up the time before bed! So we spent the next hour enhancing climbing technique and attempting to teach Lovey to climb as well.....She gave it a good go! It was a great time, we cheered, we laughed, we high-fived and then told them never to do it again! And yes, I realize the pictures are sideways! I can't for the life of me get them the right way! If anyone knows how to solve this dilemma let me know!

Niles Christmas present

Niles had made some comments this past fall about not having any recent pictures of the kids in his office. I thought I would surprise him with portraits of the kids for christmas. When I was in Utah I had their pictures taken. They turned out great! Who new my kids could be photogenic...I have to scream and jump up and down to get them to even look in my direction for a second! Here are some of the pictures!

Way over due Christmas update!

Since my last blog was after Thanksgiving it is safe to assume that December was more than just a little busy! So this blog is going to be a quick over view of December. We made our first Gingerbread house, watched Soren scale the refrigerator for the first of many times, Lovey had her first ballet recital, we went to a wedding in California and went to Disneyland with the kids!...We are exhausted and are still recovering from the month of December!

Christmas decorating at the Wattersons

Once again we brought out the Christmans decorations the day after Thanksgiving! This year was the best yet! The twins are really into Christmas this year and took it upon themselves to get started without the help of mom and dad! They were so proud of themselves and their decorating abilities. It made for a fun day!

dinner...a lesson learned.

Those of you who know how cheap I am with regards to spending money on food will hopefully appreciate this.
I didn't feel like making dinner tonight for the following reasons: I had just finished cleaning up from breakfast, everything eatable was in the freezer, I couldn't wipe off my counters one more time, and I was tired and didn't want to spend anytime doing anything that didn't involve sitting. I'm aware, all fabulously lazy reasons. so the doorbell rings and it's this sweet teenage boy selling a pizza cafe coupon book. Great, it's only $20 and we'll save so much money down the road...mistake number one. Next, we load up the kids for an enjoyable dinner in a nice Pizzaria. Finally, we get there after 30 minutes of bad traffic to find out it's only a delivery place, no dining in...ugh! We order, we pay more money because we can't use multiple coupons at once (my mistake), we wait in the parking lot for 20 minutes with 2 three year olds, we drive back home in traffic. So, after one hour in the car, we finally arrived home to eat our $30 meal that's probably worth $5 and I got to load dishes, wipe off the table and counters! But, the kids loved it! It was an adventure for them and a lesson learned for me....don't buy coupon books and just defrost the chicken in the freezer!

Halloween trick-or-treat!

Once again this year, the Cooper-Leavitts invited us over for dinner and trick-or-treating. I love this little tradition because Niles and Jeremy get to bundle up and walk around with the kids, while Tamara and I get to stay nice and warm inside! The kids had a great time. Lovey was a "princess" bumblebee (I had already bought the bee outfit when she decided she was going to be a princess....so I convinced her she was a princess bumble bee. She loved it, has no idea I fooled her, and corrected anyone who assumed she was only a bumble bee.) Soren was Batman and played a great superhero! He's worn his costume every minute possible since I would let him. He's probably sleep in it and wear it to preschool daily if permitted!