Hide and seek is a popular game around our house. Mommy and Daddy can still play the slow counting scam but it only lasts so long before we HAVE to go find them.
THIS is what I found last night.
I got to laughing so hard TJ couldn’t understand what I was trying to tell him. I finally just had to wave him into Tuck’s room.
Tuck was not happy that Kora gave up his good hiding place so quickly.
How many times can I say “Silly kids”? I sure do love them and all the laughs they generate.
I love this little sled. It’s got a metal base and a little Longaberger basket that sits on top. I usually add some pinecones and add it to some little ensemble.
I just love it.
But Tucker got ahold of it and gave it a whole new decorating spin.
He was so proud. And I was so proud of his creativity and context. He was giving all of his “guys” a carriage ride. He has about a million horses but he picked all of the ones that were the same size.
Is this not funny or what?
How can two children turn this…
Into this…
And how is it that it takes 3 times as long to return it to this?
It’s a never ending fight.
Kora will not keep her clothes on. She’d rather play while wearing just her diaper. And lately she has insisted upon wearing Tucker’s hat. It has been loved hard.
Do you remember having one of these Fisher Price xylophones? I know we had one when we were little. Kora loves it. It makes quite a racket in close quarters. She will make laps around the house.
Tucker got this Jump-a-lene for Christmas. It looks like a kissy pool with extra tall sides. They enjoy jumping in it but lately it has turned into a fort. They turn it upside down and prop it on chairs and the couch. Here is Kora and Daddy hiding from the bad guys. Tuck is on lookout behind the couch.
Tonight was haircut night for Tucker, Kora and I. This is Kora’s first haircut. The last time we got ours cut, Kora got to sit in the seat in preparation for this day. And it worked; she sat so well and did so good. Of course, she had a good example from her big brother.
This is the before shot. You can’t really tell it but I think every hair on her head was a different length. Some of it was getting long and starting to curl. Others were hardly long enough to get ahold of.
It looks like the cape is eating her alive.
Then Aunt Rita found a ponytail holder so Kora got her very first piggy tail. Oh it was SO CUTE!!!!! I can only hope she will let me continue to do them. I have had the bands for months just waiting for this day.
She got Skittles as an Atta Girl. Thanks Uncle Chuck for providing the treats.
What a Sweet Little Thang!
Tucker got his hair cut too. It was getting really long. Normally Aunt Rita keeps it a little longer on top but this time she buzzed it with the clippers. How he has a really big forehead.
Thanks Aunt Rita.
Christmas Eve is always the annual Hole Family Christmas. Long ago we outgrew Nanny’s house and now have it at the Clubhouse at the golf course. Nanny, the eternal matriarch of the family feels obligated to host. She is just starting to accept help, at age 95.
This is Nanny and her brood of 9 grandchildren (2 were missing), 13 great-grandchildren (2 were missing) and 3 great-great grandchildren.
(One day Nanny was lamenting that she was so old that she was a Great-great Grandma. I told her it had nothing to do it with age, but rather that she was just doubly great.)
I know I am biased but I think she has done well and has reason to be so proud of the family that she reigns over.
You are one in a million, Nanny, and we all love you so much.
Have I ever told of how Nanny got her nickname: Nanny Hoo Hoo? When we were little, whenever she would come over, she would poke her head in the door and holler “Hoo Hoo, is anyone home?” And so that translated into our young lives as “Nanny Hoo Hoo”. And we always differentiated our Grandmothers as Grandma Dora and Grandma Nanny. It wasn’t until I was well into my 20’s that I came to realize the redundancy of the title. It was always just the way it was.
I have been so blessed to have such wonderful women to model and look up to. Thank you Nanny Hoo Hoo for all that you have done and taught us.
I love you so much!!!
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