Sledding at the cabin

The Pilcher way to go sledding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Ryan will only ride on the 4 wheeler, and Hailey would stay on the sled all day long if we would let her!!! Look at her face in the picture.......PRICELESS!!!!!!!)

Christmas Crafts

Our first craft for the season was making beaded candy canes and wreaths. The kids liked the candy canes...I made the wreaths!! :) Hailey had a lot of fun making these on Saturday when we were at the cabin. Even Ryan got into it for a little bit. It was fun to watch him concentrate so hard on getting the bead on the pipe cleaner! They were very proud of their finished products!! We then took the finished crafts and used them as our ornaments for our tree at the cabin! And it looks FANTASTIC! :) They were both asking to make more, so I think we will do that again soon! :) A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (and EASY and not messy at all) craft for any age group! :)

Hailey working on one.....and her first finished candy cane!

Ryan working on his........and a finished one too! :)

And, finally, them decorating the tree at the cabin.

Picking out the perfect tree

On Friday, Chris, Hailey, Ryan, Doug and I went to National Forest in Red Lodge (we stayed at the cabin from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon) to pick out our own Christmas tree. Clay, Marjie, Brian and the other guys were up there too. The kids were excited to put on their snow pants, hats, boots, etc. Hailey LOVED getting in the sled, but Ryan only lasted about 1 minute before he wanted to be held. He enjoyed going on the 4-wheeler much more!! Chris picked out our tree. There was too much snow for us to be walking in...so he went on his own while the kids and I went to the cabin for hot cocoa and popcorn (Ryan's choice!!). We still LOVE our first tree that we got from the Red Lodge forest...and cannot wait to put ornaments on it TONIGHT!

In the sled ... going to look for our tree ...

Hailey LOVES the sled........

Ryan LOVES the 4-wheeler..........

Look at our cute, little tree!!!!!! :)

And, here is the buck that Ryan and Chris are fighting over! :)

"New" rooms

One of the highlights of Thursday was showing Ryan his new "Big Boy Bed/Room"!! He was so excited!!! He immediately ran to his bed and got on top (only to hit his head on his headboard right away!!). After finding his stuffed animals on his bed, he was down on the floor doing a little dance! :) Very fun!! :) He took a good nap in his bed before the turkey was done...but took a while for him to stay PUT (he liked getting out and coming to the top of the stairs!!). We hope soon he will just stay in his bed like his sister!!

Ryan seeing his room/bed for the first time ->

Here is his room :

Here is one picture of Hailey's rearranged room as well! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving from Hailey & Ryan!!!

They WANTED to eat at a "kid's table" so we made sure it was fun! :)

And a little message from them to you....

Winter is HERE!!

Yesterday we got a little surprise....

I didn't know we would get THIS MUCH SNOW...but we did. Welcome Winter!! The kids were all excited to try out their new boots this morning, so I grabbed the camera after seeing how much fun it was for them. They didn't want to come in the car to go to daycare though! :) Remember how exciting it was to have new boots and go in the new, fresh snow?? :)

Yesterday was also a very busy day off for me! I rearranged and DEEP CLEANED Hailey's room. She got home not knowing I was doing that...and freaked out (in a good way). She was so confused that her bed used to be on that wall, but now it is on this wall...etc. It was fun. I thought she needed something special because Ryan's room is changing BIG TIME TOMORROW!!!!!! :)

Stone Soup

Sorry for lack of updating...but that is what happens when things are not so boring and I am off of work too! :)

Last Thursday I went to preschool with Hailey for a "Stone Soup" party. We had this last year too and it is always fun to watch her in "action" with her buddies! We had the soup, read the story, and did a few projects. Fun day...for mommy and Hailey! :)

Boring life...

Life has been kind of quiet right now and I am certainly NOT COMPLAINING!!! :) We still have been busy with Hailey having swimming lessons two nights a week and dance/gymnastics one night a week. And, can you believe Thanksgiving is one week away?!?! I am in denial of that! :) We did have a funny story from last night .....

Kids were in bed by 8:00, and Chris and I were both busy. Chris was talking on the phone (yap yap yap) and I was making cookies (for a scrapbooking event on Friday). A little before 9:00, Chris got off the phone and we were both in the kitchen and heard a noise from upstairs. We look up there to see a little shadow...Ryan is up! :) We go up there and he says "I wanna cookie!" So, we let him get up and enjoy a cookie! (shhh...don't tell Hailey...she was sleeping!!) He was half asleep while eating his cookie, but it was sure fun. And, believe it or not, he went right to sleep after sugar!!

FIRETRUCK!!!

Last night Ryan and Hailey were having a true sibling moment of fighting. I was on the phone, so I asked them to be quiet. Of course they didn't listen, so into two different time-out places they went!!! Then, I heard the famous fighting words....

Hailey : "You are a baby!"
Ryan : "Baby!"
Hailey : "BABY!!!"
Ryan : "BABY!!!!"
Hailey : "BABY BABY BABY!!!"
(this is where it gets REALLY GOOD!)
Ryan : "FIRETRUCK!!!"

Okay...how funny is that!! :) The poor little guy couldn't think of anything else, so called his sister a firetruck! :) Gotta love it! :)

New shoes

Remember how fun it was (and still is) to get NEW SHOES?!?!?! BOTH kids needed new shoes that will protect their toes and keep them warm on the fall and winter days when boots are not needed. I have been putting this off, not sure what size to get them or what shoes either. Last night I found a pair for each of them...so today was "New Shoe Monday!"

Hailey surprised me the most last night when she was trying them on. She TIED BOTH of them...with NO HELP...and FAST TOO!!!!!!! She is amazing! :) I looked at her with my mouth open, and she told me "See...I am ready for Kindergarten now Mommy." I guess so little girl! :)

Here are some action shots of her tying her shoes this morning. And one of Ryan... his shoes aren't that special, but he was still happy! :)

Halloween Day & Night

Well, this is a little late, but at least I am still posting! :) Halloween was of course a FUN, CANDY FILLED day and night for us!! The kids were excited to wear their jammies to their daycare. There they got to do Halloween crafts, paint pumpkins, and even have a swing at the pinata!! :)

Hailey had preschool on Halloween and they had a "Mask Parade" for the parents to come to. I signed up to bring treats (no surprise there) so I made these ghosts for the kids...

Here is Hailey showing off some "moves" during a fun time at preschool, and her in her mask. Sorry for the poor picture, but she started running when she saw me!

After our supper (pumpkin-shaped pizza!!), the kids were ready to get out for trick-or-treating!! First I had to have a picture by the pumpkins we carved the previous night ....

And finally, one action shot of them out and about! :) They had fun, and were finished after about 20 houses! :)