January 09 in Review- Part 2

A few more January happenings . . .

Cal brought home this worksheet from school. I see that the hen is marked "hon" so I ask him what is this picture. He says chicken first and the quickly, "It is Han Solo, Mom". That cracked me up. I am still not sure why it says "Apl" on the top of the page. It usually says "Cal". I was just so happy to see more than just the usual blue scribble on the picture -- see the cat next to Han Solo.

This one's definitely going in the scrapbook. Its Cal's artistic rendering of our family.

We had our friends Tom and Erica over for dinner and The Office trivia. It was really fun. Our kids love their kids so we weren't even interrupted during the game except by these two sweet girls bringing dinner up from the playroom kitchen.

We were also invited to Burns supper with the Steph and John and other Denver area Augers. What is a Burns supper you might ask? It is a very common celebration in Scotland of the life and poetry of Robert Burns. We have so much fun together I am looking forward to our big family vacation in May. I'll never forget Paul's toast to Lassie and how much Cal loved his meatloaf, ahhemm haggis.

Cal playing the pipes for the ceremonial entrance of the haggis

Winner of best Scottish accent

Happy Heart Day

Here are a few photos from a Valentine's shoot of my kiddos. Cal refused to wear his handsome sweater and they both refused to take pics together.

January 09 in Review- Part 1

One night Cammie woke up screaming about her shoes and that she needed shoes on. These calmed her down. I wonder if any other 2-year olds have nightmares about shoes. We let her wear them for a couple of nights and then broke the habit.

She also continues to revolutionize the fashion world. Her newest item is the gingham scarf (really a curtain tieback). She got many compliments at Costco.

We went as a family to the Super Dogs show at the National Western Stock Show. The kids loved every second. Even Cammie loved it and she has a horrible fear of dogs. I guess they were far enough away. Cal yelled out that this one tall dog was a giraffe and everyone around us cracked up. Choruses of "Let me hear your super dog: woof woof. Let me hear your super dog: bow wow" have been heard in our house daily since then.

I finally got around to taking Cal's 5 year old pics, but I forgot to do his hair. I take his picture every year in this Avalanche sweater to record his growth. Wish I could slow him down or just keep him at 5.

Cammie in my heels. Need to slow her down too.Cammie continues to be my assistant in the kitchen on a daily (maybe even more than that) basis. She has literally spent hours reading her first cookbook that Granny got her for Christmas.
Cal practices guitar a lot with dad and is getting pretty good at it.

Cal continues to learn the ways of the force. I saw this on a blog and had to make it for him. My first real solo sewing project, so it was simple and way far from perfect but he loves it.