Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,
Hi, this is Landon, mommy asked me if I was good this year so that I can get presents and I said, mmm huh! So, for Christmas I want a soccer ball, bawoons (balloons), a Santa (toy?), Mommy, Dora toy and goldfish (crackers). Umm I want slippers, a baseball for outside, and an Elmo to sleep with in my bed. In my stocking I want, a cupcake, chips and M-in-M-as (M&M’s).

Love, Landon

Dear Santa,
Hi, this is Lilli-bean Burt, I told mommy that I was really, really, really good this year…almost and she said I wasn’t on the naughty list so I can get toys! I do know what I want. I want a dollhouse for tiny dolls, and a Dora and Boots. I also want a tiny, tiny mommy, daddy and two tiny babies that will fit in my house. I think they need a tiny bed for the babies and a really small, tiny bed for the little mommy and daddy. I want my little pony too and a puppy to sleep with. I also want a little bitty toy phone. I also want like, little, little, little girl cars, pink ones to play with that Carson can’t take from me and make me cry. Mommy has a pretty watch and I want one that is pink for me and little, pretty bows for my hair, and socks…pretty ones, and princess movies. In my stocking I want a little tiny cake and little tiny fries.
Santa, thank you!
Lilli-bean


Santa! I LOVE YOU!!!
This is Carson, hi! You are really far away mommy said. But Grandpa Gary is not as far as you and Heavenly Father is really, really, really far away up in the sky! Mommy said to see you we have to take a plane and a sleigh…we don’t have a sleigh…so we can’t go.  Mommy said to be good so we can get presents and not a rock like Carlo, and she told me that you said I was being good. I know that I want a baseball and new slippers for Christmas. I also want a transformer and a game thing for my hands so I can play games, because mommy said I can’t have a phone to play games. I also want new cars, and a big boy bike and a helmet so I can be safe! I also want an octagon, legos, games and puzzles and toy rain. (when asked to clarify what this was he said, “toy rain that dumps from dark clouds”). I also want new, cool shoes and my own Halo game so I can play with Giovanni @ my house when he comes and doesn’t go for a while…No, bring it to grandma’s house, because that’s where I can get Giovanni to play I think. Santa, mommy said you know when I am yelling, and so does Heavenly Father…he gave my mommy a lot of patience, Heavenly Father did, not you Santa. In my stocking I want cotton candy, pretzels, and chocolate candies.
Thank you Santa!
Carson

More Halloween fun

Halloween Day was nice because it landed on a Saturday and Chris was home from work, also it turned out to be an absolute lovely day here in TX (not too cold not too hot...very rare stuff here). We decided to take the kids to the park in the morning and have fun, and then we came home and decorated halloween cookies and watched a little college ball untill it was time for trick or treating. It was such a wonderful day...you gotta love days like that!





We had some fun on the tire swing and the kids took turns pushing.

A time out for a family photo-op (minus daddy who was the camera man)


Then the kids decided it was mommy's turn...and they'd push.



Slide Races...Landon was weighing me down...



Swinging like monkeys...


Daddy decided he was missing out on all the fun...so he gave it a go.

Carson got to have a turn as the camera man...not a bad shot!

Halloween 2009

Halloween...what can I say, it was a fun night! The kids, especially Carson had been looking forward to it for weeks. Lilli was pretty excited to finally be able to wear her costume! We had a transformer (Optimus Prime), tinker bell, and a scarecrow at our house! The kids had actually gotten dressed up a few times, once for our playgroup Halloween party, and the ward trunk or treat. still they were pretty excited to finally get to go trick or treating. We hit a few neighborhoods closer to my mom's house and the kids scored pretty good! Carson did so much better about going up to the door, he was our designated door bell ringer and I did actually hear him say "Trick or Treat, and thank you" a few times. Landon and Lilli were both still a little cautious about the whole thing, but they had fun! We did miss having chili and Grandma Leslie's house, and the kids were pretty bummed that they weren't' able to show off their costumes for all of their grandparents It was nice to end our trick or treating at Grandma Lilli's and the kids were excited to show off their loot. It was a fun night!!

Birthday Bows

Sunday was my birthday and it was a great day! My mom took the kids for the weekend (Friday through Saturday...I KNOW!!!) So Chris and I had a fun-filled weekend of eating out and shopping and of course sleeping in late! On Sunday it was our Primary Program (Carson's 1st) and I was soooo excited to see how my little shy boy would do up there in front of the whole congregation. He had done really good in practice, but with the room full of people I knew he'd have to muster up some courage. I teach the 7 and 8 year olds in primary so I think it helped that he knew he had me up there with him. He did terrific though! He got up there and mumbled through his part which was, "I came to earth as part of a family." He was hard to hear and a little hard to understand, but he DID IT, which made us sooo proud! He said that he did it because it was my birthday and because Grandma and Grandpa came to watch! I was bummed that I actually missed his part. I have a little girl in my class who is handicapped and I had to step out with her for a bit and I missed his part. :-(. I was bummed but Chris and his sunbeams teacher said he did great!

As if that wasn't enough of a birthday present, my mom and dad made me a fabulous dinner of brisket, potatoes and the works with of course a birthday cheesecake! It was wonderful! I got a bunch of great gifts from all of my wonderful family (thanks everyone!!!), but I think I would have to say that my favorite gift of all was from Carson. He told my mom and Chris that he wanted to a Pink hair bow for me for my birthday! (So sweet!) So Chris searched a few stores until he found a pink hair bow that was perfect, and Carson was so excited to give it to me! I wear it proudly and Carson tells me it makes him happy when I put it in my hair! I love my sweet, sweet, thoughtful boy! and I love bows and I of course love PINK so it was a fabulous gift all around!

Halloween video

Check out this cute Halloween video my brother and Carson made of our family.

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Visit to the pumpkin patch

For one of our playgroup activities this month we went to a local pumpkin patch to take pics with the kids. It was so much fun. Landon was hilarious (as usual), he was so excited to see all of the pumpkins, he'd grab one and walk around with it refusing to let it go...until he'd find another one he thought was cooler and he'd ditch the previous one and get the new one. He would sit and pose however he was asked to, and he loved having his picture taken with all of the pumpkins. Carson and Lilli had fun too, but they were a little more reserved with excitement. After the mom's tortured the kids enough with endless pictures we each grabbed a pumpkin and started decorating. I had gone to JoAnns earlier and found these cute foam stickers to decorate pumpkins which worked great with all the little kids. They had fun which was great, and we got a few cute pics which was also great!

Dora and Diego Party

Ok finally, because it was only like a month ago...are the pics from Lilliana and Landon's birthday party! It was so cute, we did a Dora and Diego theme, my mom of course made the cake, there wad a pinata, food, friends, and although it was super hot outside (as is evidence from all the pics of kids dripping in sweat)the kids had a lot of fun! I can't believe my babies are growing up so fast! Landon talks so much now and everyday he gets funnier and funnier. Lilli's getting so big and so grown up, so beautiful and lovely! I love it, but I sure does make me a little sad sometimes. Oh, and there is also a few from Lilli's actual birthday and her little family party! Thanks to all of our super Wonderful family who sent gifts and called or sent cards and helped to make Lilli and Landon's birthday so special!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLIANA :-D

Happy Birthday my sweet, sweet baby Girl! It's been a whirlwind of a day but don't' worry mommy didn't forget about you...better late then never right? My sweet darlilng, you are so very special to your daddy and me I hope and pray that you will always know that! You are so beautiful and you often remind me so much of your beautiful Grandma Lilly. I knew when I found out that I was pregnant with you that no test would have to confirm what I already knew in my heart...that I was finally getting my baby girl! I also knew that you would be a loving and strong-willed little girl if you in any way took after your mommy or your Grandma...so needless to say I knew early on I had my work cut out for me with you! :-)It's been a wild ride, and we do but heads now and again (because we are so alike), but you have always brought so much joy, so much love, so much innocence and loveliness to our lives. You came into this world in a slightly dramatic fashion and knowing you like I do now, it shouldn't have happened any other way. :-D. You brighten up my day with your beautifully dimpled smiles, and your funny stories. I love to watch how you manage to wrap every man in your life around your tiny, chubby, little finger! I love to see how your eyes light up when you see your daddy, or grandpa, your brothers or your uncle Carlo. I love how you've got a mind of your own. Your strong-willed, and opinionated but you have a joy for life! You are so loving and so sweet, so funny, so smart and so adorable. I love to watch you get down and wrestle with the boys one minute and then get all dressed up the next! I love how you tell me on a daily basis that Carson is your best friend! But most of all I love how much you love to shop and I love how you always tell me how pretty I look when I take you in the dressing room with me to try on clothes! You are my shopping mate. You are my lilli-vanilli-bean. My sweet baby girl, and today you are 3! I love that you woke me up this morning jumping up and down beside my bed with excitement that "today is my birthday and now I am BIG!" I love that on your own you've decided that with turning 3 came new responsibilities as well as new privileges. You always seem to make us smile and you know just how to brighten our days! I can not believe that 3 years have gone by since you came into our beautiful family! We wouldn't be complete without you, you hold such a special place in our lives and we love you so very much! So I hope you had a fantastic 3rd birthday my lovely, little, darling, girl!