Here is January in a nutshell

We have had quite a few new adventure's this month ,and so rather than spending all day blogging each different one you get them all together. I love collages, can you tell?!?

Well first off Paige started tap and ballet dancing, which honestly I think I was more excited for than her. After her first class, we were driving home and I said, so what did you think of your dance class , she says" It was soooo hard I can't do the dances". I was trying not to chuckle because she has this unrealistic veiw lately that the first time you try anything it should be perfect (no exceptions). She has however been to three classes now, and is getting better and loving it more each time that she goes. I cannot wait till her first debut!!! It is so fun to watch them practice beacause they all have their own interpretation of what the instructor is trying to teach them and it can get quite humorous:)

As you can see from the pictures above, we have spent a lot of time just being plain goofy. Payden is into taking pictures lately of whoever whenever. He will ask us to take his picture and then he pulls funny or scary faces. He then immediatly after wants to see the pics and just laughs at himself. He is getting so big and is loving pre-school. His teacher was telling me that he just cracks her up every day. He is still a wild child and out of control most days but can be the sweetest child also. He is looking forward to starting T-ball in the next couple of months and I cannot wait:) We love you Payden!!!

Mara is now 5 months old and has graduated to a saucer. She loves it!!! We call her "smiles" beacuse no matter when she wakes up that is the first thing that she does. What a way to start the day. If only all of us could start the day with a smile:) She is on the verge of rolling over and probably would be if she didn't have a sister who holds her 24/7. Mara loves her sister and laughs when she does silly things, which is often.

Paige also just cut 10 inches off her hair and donated it to Locks of Love. We are so proud of her decision to do this. We have always had a love/hate battle with doing her hair! Does anyone else have this problem??? I kept threatening to cut it shorter and she would say "NO WAY". Well just in the past couple of weeks, she out of nowhere decided that she wanted to cut her hair. I have to admit that the more I thought about it the more reservations I had with it. I love her long hair! I finally after about a week of hoping she would forget about it made the appt and let her cut it. I think that it turned out adorable. She was sooo excited to donate her hair and wants to grow it long and donate it again. I think, what an amazing example she is at such a young age. We love you Paige!!! oh and by the way grandpa, Paige says you cannot have her hair for a wig for yourself!!!

We have also had lots of fun with our friends the Adams'. We do a lot with them and love them to death!!!!:) I hope that your month of January was just as good as ours and hope all is well with your families.