Black and Whites

I took some black and white pictures of Katelyn and Ryan for my bedroom. These are my favorites.
It is rare to get such a cute smile on Katelyn for pictures. She usually cheeses it.
Check out those cute dimples!

Valentine's Day

Katelyn enjoyed making Valentine's for her grandparents. She is singing a song about Valentine's Day.
We made sugar cookies. Katelyn rolled out the dough and cut out heart shapes.
Ryan even helped roll out the dough. He did very well.

Katelyn decorated her cookie with lots of frosting and sprinkles.

Yum, yum. She loved her cookies.
Ryan loved the cookies, too. He even learned to say cookie.
I gave Katelyn a pen with a plume for Valentines Day like in the Fancy Nancy book. She uses it all the time now. She is wearing her hat she made with hearts.

I gave the kids balloons. They love playing with them.

Katelyn and Ryan at Play

Katelyn loves her dress up clothes she got for Christmas. Here she is dressed up as a fairy.
Katelyn dressed Ryan up with a cape. He went running around with the cape flying behind him.
I let Katelyn play with shaving cream in the bathtub. She smeared it every where and loved it.
More and more shaving cream.
She also decided to put the shaving cream on her face.
Ryan loves his blankets. These are his two favorite ones. He has to have his blanket to go to sleep. Ryan now goes to sleep on his own all the time and sleeps through the night. Hurray!
Katelyn and Ryan were playing in their room one afternoon. I checked on them and Katelyn was reading to Ryan. She knows Brown Bear Brown Bear by heart. They both love books.
Adam made boxes and mazes and they had fun playing with them.
Oops, out of order. Here is Ryan playing with the shaving cream, too. Katelyn helped Ryan put it on his body.
Katelyn is quite the little helper these days. She likes to help me with the laundry. She puts it in the washer for me. She will also help me transfer it to the dryer and then to the laundry basket when dry. She even folds all the towels for me. She does a great job.
Ryan loves spaghetti. What a mess! He loved every bite.
Ryan is such a climber. He climbs on everything! Here he is up on the coffee table turning the light on and off in the hall way.
He is pointing at me because I pointed at him and told him to get down. His favorite thing is to climb up on one couch, then get on the coffee table and then throw himself onto the other couch. He only does this when he thinks I'm not looking. He does get in trouble for it. I just hope he doesn't get hurt.

Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum in Portland. Ryan is grocery shopping in the market. He took food off the shelves and put it in his basket.
Katelyn is being a doctor and checking her baby.
There was a Bob the Builder exhibit. Katelyn is standing next to Bob.
Katelyn and Ryan are grocery shopping.
Ryan is talking on the phone in the doctor office.

Ryan and Katelyn digging.
Ryan is enjoying the water!!
Katelyn liked putting water in different objects and watching it go up and over.
Ryan loved playing with this dump truck.

Christmas and Snow

Katelyn was so excited for Santa to come. She left cookies and chocolate milk for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer. This is Katelyn checking the plate on Christmas morning.
Ryan is playing with his animal train he got for Christmas. He loves it.
Ryan is opening a book he got in his stocking.
Katelyn asked Santa for a Dr. Kit. She was extremely happy when she opened it. Her reaction was great.
Here is Dr. Katelyn checking Daddy out to see if he is ok.
Ryan is opening a fun ball that lights up.
Katelyn is rocking out with her new quitar.
Katelyn is dancing with her new dress up clothes.
This is Ryan's first time playing in the snow. He kept saying "Brr" and "Wow."
He fell down in the snow and did not like it. I just had to take a picture of it.
Katelyn is playing in the 3 feet of snow at Grandma and Grandpa Hayball's back yard. The amount of snow was amazing.
Katleyn played in the snow with her cousins Ethan and Jack.
Katelyn and Adam made a snowman. It was the best snowman. Katelyn loves to give her snowman a hug.

The Elves at Gardner Village

I took Katelyn and Ryan to Gardner Village to see the Elves. They are sitting under some mistletoe.
It was hard to get a picture of both of them. Every time I would move back to take the picture, Ryan was on the move.
Katelyn is standing by Santa's Naughty and Nice list. Was she naughty or nice this year? Hmm...I might have to think about that one.
Ryan is headed off again.
Katelyn is trying to mail a letter to Santa.

Cute kids sitting with an elf.