Potty Adventures

So we have been trying really hard to get mercedes potty trained so we spend alot of time in the bathroom. Well sometimes it takes her forever so I was off doing something and I hear mercedes calling me. I come hoping that she is going to tell me that she had gone but instead she is like look. Yup they both took the whole roll of toliet paper off.

This is when Geoff was mad that he could not move because he had piled it up all around him.

Playing with it after it was all off.

These are the joys of potty training and being a mother.

Climbing boy

Geoff has been into climbing alot. When he gets up he gets really mad because he can not get down. He just stands there and yells for me. Well he was not happy that I wanted to take a picture before I got him down.

Static Electricity

Don't you just love how your hair gets when you jump on a trampoline. This was when we went home to Canada in Oct. She loved that her hair was going all over the place Supper Hair

She thought that it was so funny she kept wanting to make it bigger.

Trying to get it to stand up higher.

Just having fun on the trampoline. We had a hard time getting her off of here.

Ice and Snow

Well the last couple of days have been cold here. We have had freezing rain which then turned into snow over night. Mercedes was so happy to see it. These are a couple pics that I took. This one of the branches in our front yard. I think that it looks really cool.

Another Branch

Here is all of the ice on the power lines

And here is the pitiful snow. Can you believe that school was cancelled for this.

So sweet

I always love it when the kids are asleep. They look so peaceful and it is when I usually get some peace and quiet. These are when Mercedes was sleeping.

Rocker Mercedes

So for christmas mercedes got a gift card to toys r us and she wanted a guitar. She has been talking about guitars for a long time now. Well when we got it home she was like look mom I'm a rocker.

Here she is with her with her microphone singing.

Christmas Number 2

Well this is our second Christmas and it was in Maryland with Geoff's family

This is Mercedes Christmas Eve. She loved to just sit and watch the Christmas tree. We were all running around getting ready to go to Geoff's Aunt and Uncles house and this is where I found Mercedes.

The Tree before we opened any of the gifts.

Mercedes and Little Geoff opening there stocking. Little Geoff thought that it was great that when he out his hand in there he would get stuff out after.

Geoff with his new ball. He really loves Balls and anything that looks like one. He loves to throw them. He even likes to throw oranges.

Geoff playing with his new Tomas the Train Set. Mercedes and Geoff got this for Christmas and it was a big hit. They loved playing with it.

Tri Bycicle

Grandma and Grandpa Redford got Mercedes a tricycle for Christmas and she was so excited. She kept calling it a bicycle and we were trying to explain to her that it was a tricycle because it had 3 wheels so then she started calling it a tri bycicle. We thought that that was cute. She was a little nervous at first but now she loves it. It is probably the prettiest tricycle that I have ever seen.

This was when she first got on it. She was not quite sure about it.

Ballerina

Mercedes loves to dance and for her birthday she got a ballerina costume and she loves it.
She is modeling her costume off.

Dancing

Doing the lift of the leg. She told me that this is part of dancing

She loves to spin and watch her tutu spin

Spinning again

Christmas Number 1

This year the kids were very spoiled they got 2 Christmas's we had one at our house before Geoff left and then we had one at Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's house. Mercedes was a little confused she kept asking if everyday was Christmas. I had to try and explain it to her.

Here is the tree with all of the presents.

Opening their stockings. We could have stopped there and they would have been just happy.

Geoff concentrating very much on what is in his stocking

Mercedes opening a present. She loved opening them.

Geoff with his very favorite present. Marzipan.

This is Mercedes and Little Geoff playing in the tent that Mercedes got for Christmas. This was a last minute buy the day before and it was probally the most favorite. She even had a nap in it that day. She really enjoyed playing in it.