Success!

It was an unbelievable 67 degrees today!  We took advantage of the nice weather and got out the bikes.  I was expecting to have to push both him and Lyla, (she was riding the hot wheels) but was pleasantly surprised when Lincoln got more then a few feet pedaling himself!  Within a couple minutes he had pedaled down the street and back all by himself!

Sick!

Well, we ended up spreading the stomach flu to everyone at Matt's parents house.  Pam, Michaela, Zeb, Joel, and I think Ed got it the day we left!   Since that stuff spread so fast, Steph and Andy and the kids couldn't come over from her parents house to have Christmas with us Sunday.  We decided to reschedule our Christmas for New Year's, so we will be driving back this Thursday for another try.  I am quarantining us to the house in hopes of keeping us well for this weekend.  Unfortunately now Matt has a cold/sore throat, and little voice, so well see...:(

 

 

Anyway, it was definitely a strange Christmas, but we made the best of it.  I had alot of fun playing games, and since we were the first ones sick, our family was well in time to go to Grandpa and Grandma Schroeders Christmas, as well as the Flesner Christmas.  Not true for eveyone else..I obviously felt very bad about this!

A not so merry Christmas

We opened up presents Monday night before we left for NE on Tuesday. The kids had fun opening their presents, but I think they liked the popcorn and hot chocolate we had even more!

Now your probably wondering about the title...I am actually typing this post while we are at Matt's parents in NE. Last night while driving up here Lincoln threw up in the car THREE TIMES! I don't think I have ever been so grossed out before! (Let's just say the second time we left his shirt in the ditch somewhere between Salina and York). Like Matt says, now we can really say we are parents, because we haven't dealt with this yet since neither of the kids have had the stomach flu before! (I realize I have been very lucky with this, just sad to see it end.:) Anyway, now we all have it together and I am praying we don't spread it around to everyone else here! We were up most the night with the kids, and I forget how hard it is to take care of them when I am sick too! Thank you Pam for helping us out today so we could catch up on some sleep.

"Santa and A Clown"

I took the kids to see Santa at the Park City Library. They were taking pictures for free, and I didn't think at least Lincoln would have a problem sitting on Santa's lap. Boy was I wrong! They were both terrified, and refused to go near Santa and his elf, what Lincoln later called "Santa and a clown." In the end, they agreed to sit down with me on the floor for a picture, a safe distance in front of Santa. Great picture isn't it? The funny thing is, Lincoln keeps asking to see this. He calls it "my picture," and when he looks at it, he smiles and says, "ah...that's nice." He obviously feels no shame for the nose-picking!

"Licks"

Matt and I were downstairs when we heard Lyla cry out in her usual way that meant Lincoln had been pestering her. I yelled, "Lincoln, what is wrong with Lyla?!" With a half eaten sucker in his hand, he calmly explained, "well...Lyla wanted a lick of my sucker, so I gave her one. Now she is done with licks." (Meaning, she wanted more and he was done sharing!) I just get a kick out of the way he explains things sometimes!
This reminds me of a couple of weeks ago when Lincoln was sitting at the kitchen table eating a candy cane. When Matt and I walked in, we saw Lyla standing tiptoed on the floor right by Lincoln's chair, looking up at him. She had her back to us, but when we looked closer, we saw she was straining her neck with her tounge out as far as she could to try and get a lick of the bottom of his candy cane! I think she got several tastes in before he figured out what she was doing.!:)

Part 1- Lincoln's 1st Performance

Part 2-Lincoln's 1st Performance

Lincoln's 1st Perfomance!

Lincolns Sunday School class sang three songs a few weeks ago in church. He didn't seem to mind being on stage, and smiled and waved at his proud parents with the cameras in the audience.  I am definitely beginning to better understand the crazed parents I saw at the elementary school progams I directed:).

Lincoln enjoyed licking the frosting off of his spatula as he was frosting the cookies. The first night we tried this Lyla threw a fit because she wanted to eat them! The second night we tried letting her frost, and she actualy sat and did it without eating them! I was very surprised by this!

The kids "helped" me decorate the tree this year. Lincoln was actually truly helpful this year, as he helped me hang the ornaments. He liked to hang them all in one spot so I had to encourage him to spread them out a little. Their favorite ornament was the Rudolph ornament that sang "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." That meant some arguments over who got to push the button of course.

December Fun

Inspired my sister-in-law Steph, I have decided to attempt starting up the blog again. Lincoln is now 3, and of couse Lyla (who wasn't in the other posts because she wasn't here yet:), will be 20 months at the end of this month. It has been a fun month getting ready for Christmas. Lincoln has asked me about every day; "is Christmas TODAY?" I am trying to explain to him that we celebrate it the whole month long, but it seems to be a tricky concept to get. Here are some pictures of some of the fun things we have done. The one by the tree was taken while we waited at Bradley Fair for the carriage ride. Lyla loved the horses, and this was the first time I heard her say the word.  It sounded like "horsh," with a very strong "sh" sound!