I love the days following Christmas! We have all had so much fun spending time together and playing with all the new toys. Before the big snow storm, we were able to get some outside time with the new bikes and cozy coupe. Hannah got a new bike, (which she repeatedly asked for) but once she got it, she wanted nothing to do with it-she decided that she likes the cozy coupe that Ben got better. This has caused all sorts of fights. I'm thinking about exchanging the bike for another cozy coupe!
She has also reverted back to riding her little bike:
Today has been a little too cold to go outside so we decided to stay in and bake. Caitlin got a cupcake set for Christmas and wanted to make cupcakes, so I let her go with minimal supervision. She did really well at following directions-I got some pictures of the process:
Preheating the oven
Checking the recipe
Scraping the bowl
Carefully measuring
Pouring the batter
Hannah had the very important job of sampling the batter
Matthew helped too
Icing with 'from scratch' icing! Caitlin wanted to make it green.
The finished product!
And finally time to taste- They were yummy!
It was a great way to spend the afternoon, but we did make quite a mess. I think we'll wait a few days to try out the brownie kit!
One of Hannah's favorite presents is her play-doh set. She loves to get it out and make the animal shapes:
I've taken so many pictures with my new camera...but this is one of my favorites. One of Ben's latest tricks is knocking on the door (which he gets to practice a lot because the big kids are constantly closing doors on him). Daddy was outside grilling and Ben wanted to come out:
I'm off to make dinner...more soon!
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