We went to see the light show in Frisco, but this year they added many more attractions. Here's Jack enjoying a bounce house...

That poor, flattened, kid...

Mommy and Jack

It was time to go and Jack saw some girls spinning and falling. He had to give it a try before we left...

Falling.......the best part!

Daddy and Jack

Lyla is literally doing something new every day. She started waving, then clapping, and now she shakes her head no. Jack thinks it's hilarious and will shake his head to get her to do it OVER and OVER again. Here's a clip of some of her new "tricks" and of her trying to pull up to stand at the couch. I can never seem to catch it on camera....oh well.

church clothes

The kids looked so cute in their Christmas church clothes that I HAD to take their picture! They will probably wear them again at the Christmas eve service, but I never know when they'll cooperate for a picture so I had to take it while I could!

Lyla's face is a little chapped since she sleeps on her tummy in a pool of drool, but I think most of the reddish color in this picture is being reflected off her dress.

Jack giving Lylie ZERBERTS!

Finally -- our Christmas lights are up!

I had to post these pictures for a comparison... This first one of Jack and Frosty was Dec. 2006 (he was just over 1 year old)

Jack, at 2 years old -Dec. 2007 (baby Lyla in my tummy)

WOW! Jack , now age 3 -- I took this picture last night.

Me and my babies!

Some Holiday pics

Our homeowners association did a visit with Santa thingy. We took the kids -- Lyla screamed the whole time and Jack was "politely" afraid of Santa. Here's the best photo I got.

We had some warm evening weather so we went to drop off toys for a local outreach program and visit the reindeer again. You can sort of see one over Jack's shoulder...

We were going to write a letter to Santa, since Jack could pretty much write it by himself, but he doesn't really understand the concept of wanting something and asking Santa for it?? Maybe next year.

What a happy girl!

I was trying to get a picture of the whole tree so I actually laid ( lay, lied?? whatever) down on the grass and looked up at the tree.

Trip to San Antonio

We finally took our vacation to San Antonio last week. We got a portable DVD player so Jack got to watch "Cars" on the way there and after we stopped for lunch, he took a nap. Lyla took two naps before and after lunch. It was a nice drive and we're so lucky the kids did so well. When we got to our hotel, they didn't have our 1 bedroom suite so they had to put us in a TWO bedroom suite! Here are some hotel pics: This is Jack and Daddy's room. After buying him a kid-sized sleeping bag and air mattress, he didn't want to sleep on it. Luckily, we had THREE queen sized beds!

Daddy feeding Lyla in the living room (watching football on one of the 3 LG flatscreens)

The girls' room...Lyla had a pack 'n' play to sleep in.

...the kitchen

...eating area

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

Our first full day in San Antonio it was only about 55 degrees. We decided to visit the wildlife ranch since we'd be in the car anyway. It was a great day to visit. Not very crowded and TONS of animals out eating and hanging out. I LOVED this part! One of the "cows" (not sure exactly what breed it was) was licking the door handle outside Jack's door. He thought it was pretty funny. When the ostriches got close and pecked at the windows -- Jack was not as thrilled. Those suckers are agressive! I made friends with a zebra who kept holding his mouth open for me to throw food in. When I took too long to feed him, he stuck his head in my window and sneezed grassy goo all over the inside of my windshield and dashboard. EWWWW! After lunch we went over to the petting zoo. I have decided that my next pet will be a goat. They're so cute! Jack thought the goats butting each other were funny. I think it reminded him of Kirby and Lucy playing. What a great day!

The Alamo

The weather warmed up a bit on day two of our vacation-- so we went to the Alamo. We were surprised at how much there was to see. We could've spent a lot more time here if we didn't have two sleepy/hungry kids with us. This Christmas tree was right in front of the Alamo and I thought it was pretty. A nice lady saw me taking pictures of Matt with the kids and offered to take one of all of us. People can be so nice! We walked across the street to eat at Fuddrucker's and stopped at a gazebo to feed (or chase, in Jack's case...) pigeons. Surprisingly, they enjoyed Lyla's Gerber fruit puffs.

The Riverwalk

After lunch and the Alamo, we went home for naps but went back downtown to see the Riverwalk at night. There were Christmas lights up everywhere. It was so pretty. Boatloads of carolers were floating by singing, too (literally). For some reason, I didn't realize that if we wanted to cruise the river we'd be waiting for a few hours in line first. We changed our plans and just walked around a bit instead. On the way back to our car, we found horse-drawn carriages and decided to give that a try. It was a little chillly, but a great and festive view of downtown at Christmas time. Sorry for the blurry pictures.

San Antonio Zoo

On Sunday, the weather got up to about 70 and we went to the San Antonio Zoo. It is probably my new favorite zoo. The atmosphere is so beautiful and I love that multiple animals share the same space. If I had to live in a zoo -- I think I'd be happy there! After the zoo, we went back to the hotel for naps and to swim one last time. We left Monday morning and made pretty good time. No major catastrophes on the trip home, however, we arrived at our house to find our smoke detectors (all of them!) going off LOUDLY, discovered that Lyla had a temperature of 103, and we couldn't find the cat for a while. Poor guy was hiding upstairs in the only room that didn't have a smoke detector going off. I'm glad the craziness happened when we got home instead of on our trip.