Audrey Turns Two!

One thing that happens right after Christmas, is that my Audrey has a birthday. So excited that this little being has come into our home. I do feel for her though. With Christmas being so close to her birthday, it's hard to not to feel like that for her, it is Christmas part two. I hope it will feel less like this as she grows up, but for now, we will savor this little girl for as long as we can!
Her special day started with pancakes shaped like number twos.
I also like to help my kids feel like their day is special from the get go, so we also have a tradition that they get a new shirt to wear on their birthdays. I got this one for Audrey on clearance at Target. She looked so grown up in it!



We had a family party with just us. I am liking these close family parties. The kids are not so overwhelmed by lots of people, and they can just be themselves.
Audrey loved her new tea set:






So much so, that we couldn't get her to open anything else.



Grant was just as interested in Audrey's presents even more than Audrey was:


This alphabet train is such a cute toy for them. It teaches them their letters and sings, all the while they can even ride on it. They are having soooo much fun with this toy.




Notice Audrey's shoes. She loves her pretty shiny church shoes, and got these new black ones for her birthday. She had to put them on right away. This girl loves her shoes...she also loves to take them off!
We had a funfetti cake for Audrey. It looks like is partly on fire in the picture, but it really wasn't!


I love this thoughtful expression on Audrey. She looks like she doesn't quite know where to begin on eating her giant piece of cake.






So she just shoved a bite in. That's my girl!








The kids are way into Mickey Mouse so we had some Mickey Mouse party things for Audrey. I love these Mickey Mouse ears, and James was a good sport to wear them! We couldn't get Audrey to want to wear hers, which is funny, because on Halloween, that's all she wanted to do was put on the ears. She wouldn't put on either:






This lasted for a few seconds. Oh well!










I think the kids had a great time at our little family party. We love you, Audrey!

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A Killpack Christmas

Christmas at the Killpack household was such a fun time this year. Grant is three and Audrey is just shy of two. We had fun on Christmas Eve making Santa Claus masks:

Grant actually cut out his triangle and pasted his cotton balls on. No interest at all about putting it up to his face.

Audrey on the other hand:

Couldn't.




Get.



Enough.

Our favorite Christmas activities this year included reading 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. Every single night.

Listening to Christmas music on the ipod.

Watching Mickey Mouse Christmas Carol and Charlie Brown Christmas over and over. I do have to say though that Mickey Mouse received a lot more play than Charlie Brown.

We made Christmas Cookies together.

And then Audrey put her hand in most of them and ruined them.

She managed to miss just enough to give our neighbors a handful.

Absolutely had to take pics in their new pajamas for Christmas.

Grant's last day of wearing diapers was Christmas Day. He was in the process of potty training the day after Christmas.

And fully trained six days later.

Christmas morning brought excited little ones:

Santa had set out a Mickey Mouse for Grant and a Minnie Mouse for Audrey. That is all he could have brought, and they would have been just fine. James and I had to gather them back up to come and open the rest. They were soooo very excited about their Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Spoiled kids:

Tired...

But content!

Since Christmas was on a Sunday this year, and our church starts at nine, we got the kids ready first, and managed to eat Christmas breakfast before heading out. Since our tree was in our basement, we could pull this off. Must say, that I liked the reminder of Christ's birthday early in the day. It put a nice feeling in my heart that stayed there, and didn't leave in the midst of all the Christmas hoopla.

A very Merry Christmas this year.