Fingerprints

Fingerprints on tables used to make me crazy ... especially when they appeared just moments after I had dusted and waxed. Now ... well, now, they make me a little sad because those prints are still so tiny, but I know they won't be that little for long.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year frienda and family. Hope that 2011 and is a great one for you all. Here is some cute pictures of the kiddos have fun with hats and noisemakers!

Christmas 2011

I cannot believe that Christmas and for that matter, New Year's, has already come and gone. The entire month of December seemed to fly by. We had lots of fun on the big day - tho it was almost ruined by me having the stomach flu 2 days prior. Sadly, that kept Ryan and Suzie away for the main event, but they did make it down for New Year's.

Christmas morning was fun as always - especially with two little girls participating this year (Mal didn't do much present opening last year ;). The girls both got into the opening of the gifts, Keira of course knows the routine, Mallory figured it out pretty quickly. Keira's favorite thus far has been the Rapunzel tower. Though I think the Barbie Jeep will take over as soon as it is warm enough to ride it. Mallory seems to love anything Keira is playing with -- so we will keep this in mind for next year. :)

The super cute pajamas they are wearing are courtesy of Gram-Gram. Keira calls them her "Elf Pajamas".

Mallory's new tent! Wade went out with all the crazies on Black Friday, to Wal-Mart, at midnight no less, to pick this up. Love him! I was going at 4 AM and just couldn't do both -- and he volunteered for this shift!

Mallory enjoying Keira's present!

So excited to be opening presents.


Annual Christmas Socks Picture.




What Santa brought the girls!

We are looking forward to all that 2011 will bring. Hopefully, lottery winnings ;)

Lots of Holiday Fun!

We love Christmas time here at the Hacker House. Everybody has been busy with holiday related activities. Here is a few pictures of what we have been doing the past week:

Keira and I made cut out Christmas cookies. She used an ENTIRE thing of colored sugar to decorate them ... uuuhh, yum?!?

Wade and Keira built this lovely Gingerbread house. Wade said the frosting the kit came with was super gross ... Keira didn't seem to notice!

The Parks and Rec department here put on a Candy Cane Hunt. So Keira got to go outside and search for Candy Canes and then come back in for prizes! Santa also visited and their were crafts and cocoa and cookies. It was a lot of fun. This was Mallory's first visit with Santa. She wasn't too impressed. She was ok with looking at him and there were no tears, but she really wanted nothing to do with him holding here - In this pic she is trying to wiggle her way out of the chair.



This is Mallory being bashful with Santa - which is really ridiculous because she is not at all shy!

Keira and Daddy making Candy Cane Reindeer.

Mallory enjoying a cookie at the candy cane hunt. She somehow got ahold of an entire cookie and was NOT letting go! Hey, it's Christmas, right?!?

I hope you are all enjoying the season. I am thankful for no snow yet. Yippee! It has been quite chilly. I traded in my flip flops for a pair of those line crocs. For the record, yes, they are the most hideous things I have ever seen, but they keep my feet warm and I can just slide them on and go. Some days there just isn't even enough time to tie my shoes!

We have a school christmas program and a christmas ballet recital coming up, so those should produce some good pictures! Talk to you soon!

Painting, Painting, Painting.

We finally got the main area of the house painted -- it is really one large room that encompasses the kitchen, dining and family room. I hate painting. It took pretty much all the non-waking hours of the kids over two weekends for us to get it finished. I hate painting. It was complicated by the fact that the windows you see to the left (there are 5 of them) cannot be reached with a ladder because they are over the stairs. I hate painting. So Wade constructed a platform (we named it Matt) to span from the railing to the window sill. And yes, we did in fact check to make sure the life insurance and the disability were paid up. I just basically ignored what he was doing and did my stuff because the more I thought about it, the more I freaked out about it. Have I mentioned I hate painting??!!?? Anyhoo, the result was great - the color looks fab (SW Virtual Taupe). And the christmas decorations kinda complete the room!

Chocolate Turkeys!

Keira is super interested in crafts right now. So while Mallory napped on Thanksgiving and I worked on getting dinner on the table, Wade and Keira made chocolate turkeys from malted milk balls, reese cups, and oreo cookies. Yum! (well, sort of - I hate malted milk balls, bleck). They turned out really cute. They had a good time putting them together and Keira mostly loved eating them. :)

So many pictures!

Oh my have we been busy the last couple of weeks ... Mal's b-day, Halloween, Grandma visiting, Daddy out of town a bunch, Wonka's visiting, stomach flu, runny noses ... you name it, we've had it/done it lately! Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks. Also, sorry ... these are in crazy order, I can't get them to move!

Happy Birthday Mal! Have some cake!

Oh my goodness, Look at those presents! Really, she was more obsessed with the balloons, she could have cared less about the presents!

Sick Days - we moved the futon mattress in front of the tv, hung out in our pajamas, drank lots of fluids, and did very little else. Peanut was happy to join in.

Yum, cake!

Yum, more cake. I think we had 3 birthday cakes!

BFF Lexi visiting. I pretty much didn't see the girls all weekend - they ran off to play together as soon as Lexi walked in the door!

Bonding time with Grandma. Pink fingernails and toenails!

Snuggling with Mom.

My poor sick baby.

Sisters having fun!