Dance Family: January 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My cute kiddos

We were talking about everyone's name in the family one night and we asked Jordan what his middle name is and he said his middle name was nater. Jordan Nater Dance.

Jordan (and now Kenzie copying him) says "I really, really, really, really love you." and "Yep-a-doo-da"

Jordan likes to say "mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy" over and over and over again until I say "what?" looking at him isn't even good enough. I have to ask what. and sometimes I say it in an annoyed voice, since he just repeated my name a bunch of times and then he usually says "I love you" or "I really love you." And then I feel extra bad for not talking nice like I try to teach my kids to do.

When I forget to give the kids their waters or vitamins Kenzie likes to remind me by saying with huge eyes and a huge smile "waters!" or "vitamins!"

When Jackson makes a lot of good choices during the day he likes to say "I've been a good boy today, huh, mommy?" and then he usually like to compare him being a good boy to Jordan's non-listening and Kenzie tantrums. He likes to compare when it makes him look good :)

Kenzie was calling herself piggy for awhile, but doesn't seem to as much. She also calls herself Princess Peach, Dora, and Cindy Lou Who. Recently we had a conversation for several minutes about how she's Cindy Lou Who and Jordan is the Dog (from the Grinch) and Jackson is the Grinch. She was telling me about what Cindy Lou Who does in the movie.

When Jackson and Jordan were playing Jack said his name was John and Jordan started calling him John the Baptist. It's always interesting to me the things Jordan knows because most the time it doesn't seem like he's really paying attention when I'm trying to teach him something.

Jackson's words for wii things: He says level 1 for player 1. He says stage or station for someone's saved game on the wii. (I don't know what to call it either...).

7 months

Coleman is 7 months old today!

He's been getting the hang of eating this past month. He seems to be pretty picky though. He likes pears and applesauce. He's okay with me mixing oatmeal in them too.

Coleman got his first tooth the week before Christmas and his second one the week after. They are his bottom 2 teeth.

This is his bear suit. He wears it everyday when we take Jack to school. He looks really cute in it:)

The next ones are all from today:

Here's somethings about him this month:
He can roll over both ways really well now.
Because of rolling he gets all over now, but I don't think he knows how to get where he wants. He just ends up different places.
He smiles a lot.
He loves being held and doesn't usually last too long on the floor.
He loves being in the baby carrier.
He makes lots of cute baby noises and laughs sometimes.
He usually wakes up between 8 and 9 then takes a nap 2-2.5 hours later and then sleeps for 2-3 hours and then does the same pattern again, except he usually sleeps 1-2 hours for his second nap and then goes to bed about 2 hours later between 7 and 8.
He still wakes up usually once a night.
He likes to reach for toys and play with them.
He really loves trying to play with my water bottles.
He's cute.
He's growing up fast.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

What does a W say?

Christmas

We had a great Christmas as always. We had 9:00 church so we decided to open presents after church. We didn't let the kids look at their presents before either. Jordan woke up first at 7. Jack woke up about a half hour later and we had to wake Kenzie up. I think Coleman woke up at 7 too. We just kept the boys in our room until breakfast. Then we had them eat upstairs so they wouldn't see anything downstairs. We covered their presents with sheets anyways so they wouldn't have been able to see them... After breakfast we went to church and enjoyed a mostly music sacrament meeting then headed home. We put back on are pajamas and then opened presents. The kids were all so fun this year. Well, I guess Coleman didn't care about what was going on, but he was still cute :). My parents were there for most of the present opening and my sister and her family came for some of it too before they all headed to my sister's ward. We put Kenzie down for a nap and then Doug and I opened presents. After Kenzie woke up we went to Ashlee's house and ate dinner and played games with them and my parents and grandma and grandpa Crabtree. It was a great day! I just love Christmas.

Kenzie's Christmas dress.

Jordan and Jackson's new Christmas outfits.

I think I look really tired... That's what happens when you go to bed after 2 and are up before 7. I do think Coleman slept until around 7 though so it was at least uninterrupted sleep.

Jordan's big Santa present. When he saw it he was so excited and said "Santa did come!

Kenzie was just excited to find some real Lucky Charms with all the play food she got in her shopping cart. She didn't eat much breakfast before church so she was extra hungry. And add that to a girl who already loves sugar and you have a very happy camper. She later went to the table and dumped them all out so she could just eat the marshmallows.

Jackson's Santa present. It's a Mariokart knex race track. It's what he most wanted and was so excited when he saw he got it. I didn't know it was going to be as huge as it is. Or that it would be so time-consuming to put together. It wasn't put together all the way and kept falling apart so we eventually just moved it out of the way until later. It is pretty cool though and Jack loves playing with the Mario and Luigi cars.

Jordan was super cute while he opened presents. With a lot of them he said "This is just what I always wanted!"

Coleman loved his new toy from Santa.

My sister made these crayon roll up things for the kids. They are so cute and my kids love them.

Jordan's pillowcase. I made Jack and Jordan each one. A couple days ago they saw the extra fabric and Jordan said it was his blanket so I let him have for a blanket. Jack giggled and said it was really just fabric not a blanket. Jack got a fleece cars blanket for Christmas that was also just a piece of fabric and so I told him his was also just a piece of fabric. He just said "oh." :)

The other most wanted thing on Jack's wishlist was hotwheels. My parents gave 2 sets to him. He was very excited.

Kenzie found some candy after finishing her Lucky Charms marshmallows. Can you tell that she still has all her presents waiting to be opened and the boys were completely done and had moved on to opening Coleman's presents and the family presents?

Finally she started opening presents. After each present she just wanted to play with it and didn't care about the other presents.

Dora was a big theme to her presents.

My parents kept Colie happy by holding him a lot. He definitely loves being held.

Coleman loves his new toys. I think this one is pretty fun too. You pull the duck down then it shakes and goes up. It's entertaining...

This is his new favorite toy though. It lights up and plays music. It keeps him happy when no other toy will.

This is Kenzie's new Dora doll house. My sister found it at a garage sale she was doing with her friends and new Kenzie would love it. And Kenzie does love it. She plays with it often and loves pushing the buttons that make noise. There's a boombox that plays music and Kenzie likes dancing to it. It's really cute. My dad helped Kenzie open the rest of her presents by handing her new ones and convincing her to open it instead of playing with her new fun toys.

Kenzie was so excited to get these Dora blocks. My dad handed her a new present shortly after she opened it and she opened the other present which was clothes inside an Amazon box. When she saw the Amazon box she said it was daddy's. I told her it wasn't and helped her see what was inside. She looked at the clothes and pulled one out. Then turned back to the Dora blocks and I told her there were more clothes so she pulled one out and we did that pattern a couple times until she just grabbed all the clothes out of the box and through them on the carpet and then said "open it!" It was pretty funny. I have it all on video. I might put it on the blog.

Kenzie got some dress up clothes and necklaces. She loves her crown and princess shoes (which she calls crocs) and wears them often.

Alli, Konrad, Ashlee, and Grandma Riding.

I don't know what they are doing in this picture, but I think it's a really cute picture for some reason.

Kenzie eating some Froot Loops.

The boys were so sweet about sharing their cereal with her.

The aftermath. Our house was a disaster for awhile after. But that's okay. Because it was for Christmas.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve we let the kids open their Christmas jammies that they get every year and then we headed to my parents' house for the day. Ashlee and her family were there for some of the day. We played games and decorated cookies. My mom cooked a fabulous dinner, as always, and then we read the real Christmas story and sang carols. The kids (and us...) were so excited it was finally Christmas Eve.

Coleman wore this cute Santa costume. He's looks pretty cute in it, don't you think?

Kenzie opening her Christmas jammies. Aren't they cute? I think they're the best pants I've made so far. I was going to try to make shirts this year, but I didn't have enough fabric to even attempt to make them. But I found some cute Grinch shirts that matched really well.

Jackson decorating a star.

Jordan looking cute.

Kenzie concentrating pretty hard on decorating her tree.

Jordan decorating a cookie.

Cute Colie.

Jordan got to his the pinata first this year because Mackenzie was to scared to at the beginning.

Jackson taking his turn.

After seeing that it wasn't so scary Kenzie gave it a try.

Getting the candy.

Coleman watching the action.

Here's some picture of the kids in their Christmas jammies. There are several, but I couldn't narrow it down any further :)

Jordan with his arms around Jack and Kenzie. Jordan and Kenzie are looking at Coleman. Jackson did amazing during these pictures. I think for everyone he is looking at the camera and smiling. That never happens!