Playing in the backyard today...

Since it was so nice outside today the kids decided to take over the backyard. Claire was sporting her leopard best and pearls. They both wanted to play in this boat. We have had this boat for basically their entire lives and they NEVER really show interest in it. Today was a different story as you will see.. Here they are playing pretty nicely..
Here they are playing on the slide. Claire is so brave. She has no fear at all. She goes head first down all slides.. no problem. She just pushed her pearls to the side and down she went.
Here Corbin decided he should get a turn in the boat. He took it upon himself to get Claire out.
And there she lands. What a nice brother! Pretty soon she will be picking him up and putting him where she wants him. I tell you what, she is a strong little DIVA! When he got her out of the boat she thought it was a new game. So she kept going back for more..
Pretty little leopard girl. She was picking up all the whipper snappers that she was finding on the ground from new Years Eve!

Corby Turns anything and everything into a gun. Not sure where he learned this from. Maybe all little boys do this, that is what I am going to keep telling myself. In this pic he is using a used sparkler as a gun and saying "POW POW"!

Nana birthday pics

Corby and I went to the store to buy stuff to make Nana's birthday cakes. He was insistent on getting stuff to make a pink cake. Nana wanted a vanilla cake so Corby make pink cupcakes for himself. He LOVES to cook! Here he is eating two cupcakes! He was proud of how well they turned out! Good work Chef Corbs!
We had a great time celebrating Nana's birthday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR & Happy Birthday Nana!!!

Happy New Year & Happy Birthday Nana. We are getting together for Nana's birthday today so I will post pics later. This is a picture that my super talented sister in law Natalie painted me for Christmas of Claire. I love it so very much, it is so special to me. She has painted me a few pictures of Corbin and now I have Claire too. I really do cherish them so much. I am so lucky to have such a sweet, talented sister in law that paints these priceless pictures for us. Thanks Natalie! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She did one of Corbin in his Aggie gear that is hanging in my kitchen. As soon as I frame this one it will be right next to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a picture of Corbin and Keyosha doing sparklers!!!!!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Years Eve 2008!

We had my family come over tonight for burgers and fireworks. it was low key and we celebrate New Years on baby time. So.. we did fireworks as soon as it got dark. Claire is all decked out on her winter best to watch the fireworks in the backyard..

Corby sat in Daddy's lap while Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Natalie and Keyosha did the fireworks. He did not like the loud ones at ALL!
Claire would not sit still. She was on the move. She just ran around the front yard the whole time they were doing fireworks.
Corbin liked doing the sparklers....
This was my Christmas gift from Chris. He got canvas's made of the kids for our den wall. They were done in black and white and look so awesome! We got a wall quote to make it complete. I love it.

A lot of Christmas pics!!!!!!!

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. Corbin was really excited about all his awesome presents and Claire was too. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day spending time with both sides of the family. Here are a few of the pics. I will try to add more later!! Here is Claire with her new ball pit Bus
Corbin playing in the kitchen with his new boots and guns
Look what a mess
Claire and her baby
Nana and Claire
This is Claire with her new Barbie and Corbin with his new truck!
Corbin got a lot of trucks! He loves them!
Corbin and his new drill! Just like Daddy!!!
Aunt Natalie gave Corbin his first paint set. He thinks it is great!!!
Claire thinks her Barbie is beautiful!
Corbin got like a 5 million piece play doh set. We set it up outside Christmas morning at Grammy's house. One of his favorite presents for sure.
Claire sneaking in the liquor cabinet. The lock broke. Might need to get that one fixed.
This is one of Claire's presents. Corbin opened everyone's presents.
Claire was tired! She decided to roll around the floor at Nana and Paw Paw's house.. She loved the ribbon.....
Uncle Brian and Claire..
Wow... A firetruck
Claire got 3 baby dolls for Christmas. She loves them!!!

Uncle Brian got Claire this HUGE dog for Christmas. She thinks it is super cool!!
Singing Happy Birthday to Paw Paw. His birthday is Christmas Eve...
Katy and Claire
Corbin getting cookies off the table....
Grammy giving Claire a sucker at Christmas dinner....
Maw Maw with her great grandkids
Celine and Sophie
Jimmy, Nat and June... Jimmy loves pictures as you can see..

Cousin Anna and Claire
Maw Maw and the girls

Christmas Cooking with Corby and Mommy!

Tonight Corbin and I had some Christmas cooking to do. He loves to help. He is actually a good little helper. We had to make a dessert. He LOVES to make cakes. He ate quite a bit of it. I know you have all heard "never trust a skinny cook". How about a naked one?




As you can see Corby lost his diaper along the way.... When you make a cake with Corbs he loves to pick what he calls the the rocks out of the cake mix. They are really just the clumps of mix. He eats them all.





















Yesterday morning Jack came over to play. They were all in their jammies and had a good time. Corby and Jack love to play trucks. They were driving around play doh and play doh containers. In this pic you can see that Corbin was driving around the playdoh and all Jack got to drive around was a bunch of lids to the containers. What a nice job sharing Corby did!




Here Claire joines in the fun! She ate quite a bit of play doh yesterday. I am sure we will eventually see it in her diaper. There was just no point in fighting her to get it away. She really thinks it is pretty delicious.









Claire loves phones. Cell phones are her favorite. I give it to her often to let her play. I am sure many of you have gotten random calls from her. She just wants to say hi!
Corbin is so ready for Christmas. He keeps saying BIG Santa is comign and bringing BIG presents because I am a good boy! This morning Uncle Brian, Paw- Paw the kids and I went to Chuck E Cheese. It was a lot of fun! This afternoon I took Claire to the Dr. b/c she had a 101.5 fever after her nap. She had no symptoms of being sick but i wanted them to check her out since the offices will be closed for Christmas. They could not find anything wrong other than her fever....