ok so this is not the first time I have caught her doing this, but I did brave the deep snow to take a picture because as Abby now says "It's all about the blog!"
I tried to be stern with her and told her to get in bed, but it is hard not to laugh at this child of mine!
So the other night I put Roc in a bath seat in the regular tub rather than the infant tub. He seemed to enjoy it. 
Last night I bathed the little ones together. I am hoping this is ok, at least for a little while.
So to all of you who voted that it is ok to decorate for Christmas before we celebrate Thanksgiving... Shame on you!!! :)
Ok so we had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. Rachael and Mike came home. Much to Ella's
delight. She loves Uncle Mike and he had her wound up all day on Thursday! Ella loves her auntie Rach too. Rachael has taught all the nieces to say Rachael is the Best! However when she asked Ella who her favorite Auntie was she immediately replied "Stella!"
On Friday Abby, Scott and the girls came down and we hung out at my parents and Hannah led the girls in a felt craft. Which was pretty fun. Ella made a gingerbread and I made a snowflake.
They turned out pretty good. This week Hannah and I are going to attempt felt stockings for the children. So be on the look out for pictures of these. 
Katie is feeling a bit better, so she even got to join us for a while!
I have been wanting a Kone Dustbuster for quite sometime now and finally decided to buy it with the 20% linens and things coupon I had. It finally came yesterday as I of course had to get the purple color so it had to be special ordered, but they shipped it to my house for free! What a deal. I think it looks quite nice if I do say so myself.
So when Ella turned one I had Hannah do a one year photo shoot. Isn't she a doll. Then did nothing with all these wonderful pictures. I decided to frame some and finally found a collage frame that I liked (not easy for some reason as most of them out there have plastic instead of glass). I got a frame for Roc too and I am planning on doing a six month photo shoot for Roc and then when he is a year do that. So be looking for these. Hannah you are probably surprised that I actually did this:)
So Roc is now four months old. Do Ella and Roc look alike? I get mixed reviews from people, what do you think? Here is a picture of both of them at four months old.
Also our amazing child learned to ride a bike last night.
I sound and look like a dork, but she is sure cute. See this A Night of Fires in Yakima!
So tonight Kevin's work had a party at the skating rink. Ella has been talking about going skating all week. She enjoyed her first time but did not quite get the hang of it, so she did not last that long, but did enjoy watching all the other "Children". Roc actually really enjoyed himself too. I had him in the baby bjorn and he did not squawk once but just looked around at everyone and chewed on the sleeve of his fuzzy bear jacket:)
So it all started last Christmas, when Rachael (who drew our name) gave me a picture for Ella's room. I decided I really liked it and wanted to do it as the theme for her room. I found some wallpaper that went really well with the picture. The picture she gave us is one in a series of four, and I bought a second one a while back but have never seemed to find the other two. (they carry them at Target). Kevin painted her room purple and pink and then Hannah came over to help me hang the wallpaper. I ordered two rolls, which was plenty, but when the rolls met they were not the same size. Just slightly off but also slightly different colors and it was too noticeable to ignore. I special ordered it from Lowe's and they said they would replace it, but I had to take it off the wall and bring it back so they could send to the manufacture. I did this and got two new rolls, which they did not make me pay for and they also credited me my original purchase! But these two rolls did not match either and there was no way to get around having the rolls meet, so I did end up buying one more roll, but three for the price of one was a really good deal. ( if anyone needs wall paper Lowe's was very customer friendly and I recommend using them. They ship it for free (the stores I found online all had a fee to mail and process your order) so you don't have to go down to the store to pick it up) . So since I had all this extra wall paper and could not find the last two pictures, I decided to make my own. I am not a really crafty person so these picture took me a lot of time but I think they turned out ok and Ella seems to like them. I got 4 white shelves for a great deal at Shopko and painted them pink. I also got letters at Walmat (which they no longer carry, bummer cuz I wanted some for Roc) and painted those pink too. I also bought white frames at Shopko for my pictures. I finished making these pictures last week, so after all this the other day, what do I find at Target, the last two pictures. Yeah. I finally got all of them up this morning and now I just need to find one small thing for the small shelf. I am thinking a candle in the shape of a butterfly, dragonfly, lady bug or bee. If anyone sees a cute one let em know!. Know I just need to think of a theme for Roc's room....
My mom got Roc this darling soft coat for the winter. Isn't he adorable. He loves to chew on the sleeves of it so they are permanently wet:) , but it is lined so he is still warm and comfortable.
Yesterday Ella the doggie and Roc Mr. Eeyore and I started out the day at Grandma Ruby's house along with Emmett the Lion and Hannah. Grandma Ruby gave Ella not one piece of candy but a whole bag of Peanut Butter M &M's. What a treat. Then we went on down to my mom's house. After that Hannah and Emmett went home and we headed to Kevin's office. He works at City Hall so we made the rounds there to the people he knows. Ella practiced saying Trick or Treat, but then would not say it to anyone. Then we headed over to my Dad's office a bit. That evening we went to Hannah and Brent's' house for pizza and a little trick or treating around their neighborhood. Ella enjoyed handing out candy at their house and was delighted with all the children and kept shouting "Children". It was a fun day!.
