We were so lucky to have Aunt Julie, Uncle Andy, Caitlin and David come and visit after Christmas! We had so much fun. We got to have yet another Christmas and most importantly we got to spend time together. Will and Jeanne and Jillian all love and adore their Aunt, Uncle and especially their cousins. They were absolutely in heaven having new playmates at the house 24/7. Every morning Will would wake up and ask how many more nights could they stay? He kept trying to make the number bigger.
The Cox Family was able to join us for yet another successful Mai
Tai Fest! Even though we did not win this year...we all had fun...and the Buckeyes won the Rose Bowl..which helped Brian cope with the Mai
Tai Fest defeat.
Hot Tub! Since the cousins were in from Ohio and our cold spell of 50 degrees or so seemed like a heat wave...we spent quite a bit of time in the hot tub. The kids had a ball...and even the grown ups did too:) Not all at the same time as that would have to be a really big hot tub!
Yes...they all humored me while I took pictures of the
hottubbing!
CC and Jillian...Jillian loved all of the excitement and extra attention she got from her cousins, Aunt and Uncle. Uncle Andy still has the baby whisperer thing going for him that is for sure.
Jillian and her Aunt Julie who can always make her laugh!
"The Baby Whisperer"
Christmas Part 2: Taylor/ Cox Style
Will and Jeanne could not rip through their presents fast enough..so they
offerred to help Jillian who took her time.
Is she done yet?
We had a legitimate snow storm in Dallas this weekend. We got about 10 to 12 inches of snow and it even lasted for 2 days! That never happens in Texas. It was a lot of fun. All the kids and parents in the neighborhood were out playing in the snow. It is funny when it snows here..no one really has the right clothes..hence the kids outfits. They had a ball though and I remembered what it was like to live in a place with snow..only now I am the mom and got to clean up the melted snow that was everywhere in the house and wash all the clothes that we changed in and out of each time the kids came in and went back out. Thanks mom...now I get it!
Trying to make a snowball!
Jeanne was not so sure about these "snow clothes"...she could not figure out why she could now wear a dress...and why nothing I was putting on her was pink...
Will and Christian took the Star Wars outdoors...
May the force be with you...on ice?
Texas snow outfit..sad I know...he did not even have a hat, because he lost it at school when it was cold one day. I had to make Brian stop at the sporting goods store on the way home from work and buy the poor kid some gloves! He had lost those as well....and I did not think it was that important to replace them. Ooops...
Playing with Uncle Mike....
Don't worry...no children were hurt in the making of this action sequence..
Her first snowball!
Cousin Charlie came out to enjoy the fun with the kids!
Fighting over the sled!
A Texas Sized Snowball!
The snow fort makers!
Crawling through the fort....
Fighting with her mittens....
Snow is fun!
It was so nice of the boys to build them this fort to climb on.
