A trip back to prehistoric times...

Or, maybe just a trip to the Legends to T-Rex Cafe. Lawson was in awe...

Landen sneaked in his DS.













And here's more of what we see constantly...













Lawson's new smile, in front of Triceratops.



















And now "Open your eyes really wide!" Lawson did ask if the dinosaurs are plugged in and could we unplug them.













Can you spot the four things that don't look like the others?













Our little ham...

Lawson doing his best dinosaur impression.
An out-of-focus picture of the dinosaur and my three junior dinos.

This is the dino that Lawson was in awe of...he refused the picture.

Don't you love Lily's new smile, too? MY.KIDS. :)

And, the big guy DID in fact visit...

And, he DID in fact leave DS's for the big kids. And, they in fact have hardly put them down since they got them...especially Landen.
Lawson was ecstatic to receive his "Hondy Monny wuk bench". He's possibly been heard saying "Iss MY Hondy Monny wuk bench dat I got fo Cwismis!!!" He figured out, though, that his big brother is awfully handy in helping him make the projects. I think they finally reached a happy medium.

Lawson gave Lily's fur real dog a quick workin' over.

Lily asked me, darn near daily, after she spotted this doll in the store, if I'd bought it for her. No I did not...but Landen did. ;)

Our puzzle man...he may have received 8 or 10.

Lawson loves his "little puter" that Gamma got him.

Did I mention the DS's were a hit? COM-PLETE with headphones. YES!!!

We had a blessed Christmas, here at the Hay home. And we hope all of you did, too! :)

Hay, Hay! Merry Christmas!

This is perhaps, one of my favorite shots of the Christmas season...the kids in their footie p.j.s, on Christmas Eve. Whatcha think of L3's new smile? Sorry about the glare on the fireplace. Gotta love gold accents!

The kids and I made brownies for Santa. L2 and L3 have bug eyed smiles...otherwise, they close their eyes. Goofballs.

And, feeding the reindeer food...this year's recipe came straight from Michelle's kitchen - she even made it for us. Thanks Michelle! The reindeer loved it! As you can tell, this shot is from the OUTSIDE. What a mom will do for the sake of photography.

Then, off to bed for a quick slumber, while anxiously awaiting some small sign of the big guy in red. :)

Christmas Kick-off

Friday marked the beginning of the Christmas season! Lily danced at the Christmas tree lighting festivities in Osawatomie.

We met up with Santa after the dancing. Santa insisted on a picture with "Little Jimmy".

The clan with Santa for a picture. They had been at Grandma's. Hence, the beauty of a hat on Lawson's head.

This is Lawson's new smile. He's such a goofball. The girl he's strangling, er, hugging, is cousin Brianna.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lil's is hard to read. It says "I'm the middle kid and the princess at the Hay house."

I just had to include this one.

Kaleidescope

Yesterday, I went with Landen on his 2nd grade field trip, to Kaleidescope, at Crown Center. It was a good time. There were about 140 2nd graders, and probably 30 adults. I survived the bus ride...it was actually even semi-enjoyable!

It was right up Landen’s alley, since he loves drawing and crafts. Myself and another mom were in charge of the puzzle machine, which is a really fun time. UNTIL, the kid with 8 squares of “art” (read, scribbles) comes through and wants to make them all into puzzles. I let it slide the first time. But the second time? Seriously! Go paint with some melted crayons or something, kid! :)

At any rate, it was a fun time.

Halloween night

Ahhhh, Halloween...probably one of our family faves as far as holidays go. We don't celebrate ghosts and goblins and witches...we just like to dress up our kids in something cute and fun, and spend time with family and friends. This year, we went with a cowboy theme. I didn't get a good picture of all FOUR of my cow-people, but you can look at my previous blog update to get a look at the cow-daddy.

The kids were waiting for the parade to start. Doesn't every cowgirl pass a little time, playing a harmonica?
I got several of Lawson...just because his little expressions were priceless.

You can't tell, but they're riding on a haybale, in a wagon, with a bull head on the front.

My eldest cowboy.

More of sweet Lawson's expressions.

Lawson was watching a "monster"...it was the cutest thing to watch his expressions.

My lone cowgirl...pretty sweet.