My Little Elves

I got my picture of my kids in their Christmas Pj's in front of our tree. I know that the next couple days are going to be wild. I have to just remember one day at a time. Kylie and I has made hand print ornaments, baked and decorated sugar cookies, another ornament project, and wrapped some more presents. It was a great weekend. I love these two.

Christmas Program

Kylie had her preschool program last Thursday morning. She was ready to sing her two songs, but I guess she got a little excited by the crowd. All she could do was spin and squeal. It was funny to see her just stand up there and be so happy and excited. Santa came to say "hi" to the kids and ask them what they wanted for Christmas. Kylie told Santa that she wanted a Barbie. I will someday get the video uploaded, but for now these are the pictures to share.

Sick Boy

Grady has been battling a flu bug for the last week and two new teeth on top of it. He has not been feeling well, but has have turned the corner. He started to feel better today He has a big smile about eating Cheerios and water for dinner yesterday. We love our boy!

Preschool Pajama Day

Kylie with her favorite girl cousin Maddie.

Kylie in her elf jammies.

I got to help at Kylie's preschool this last Tuesday morning. It was pajama day and what a fun day we had. Kylie helped me make the snack the night before. We made Santa grahams. She was lots of helped and they turned out great. Kylie also made reindeer food for all the kids at preschool to take home. It was a very busy morning. I was able to help the kids make their Christmas presents. They has such a great time decorating their presents. They all wanted to add a lot of detail. They all enjoyed the Santa snack and cocoa while they listened to the "Polar Express." I loved it. I was able to meet each kid in her class and spend the morning with my girl. Thanks Ms. Katie for all your hard work. She has learned so much this year and all you extras are so special.

Stewart Christmas

Give Grady a box, wrapping paper, a bow, or ribbon and this boy is happy. He doesn't need presents.
Kylie was very excited about this present. She has played and played with her Aquadoodle.

Tripp working hard at the ribbon.

Jett tearing into a present.

Jace opened up a new game, so much fun.

Poor baby Sam. He was just sleeping away and all the presents just kept piling up around him.

Maddie and Kylie in their new dress ups from Nany and Ba.

Caden in a pile of wrap and gifts.

We celebrated Christmas early this year with Ryan's family. It was last Saturday evening. We has a wonderful dinner. The kids enjoyed the time together. It was a wonderful night. We are so blessed to be able to have such a wonderful Christmas with such a wonderful family.

Holiday Activites

Kylie made a gingerbread house with my dad. She was so proud of it. She had to come home and tell me to get my camera to take a picture. We have so much planned for this month, it will be so much fun. Kylie went to the Christmas Lights Parade last night in Sunnyside with my aunt and uncle and her cousin Danielle. She was so excited to tell me all about Santa and The Grinch. We are definitely in the Christmas spirit. We are working on getting some lights up today and then our Christmas Tree is our activity for tomorrow night. Happy Holidays!

November-Thanksgiving

Grady enjoying his turkey and mashed potatoes

Kylie could not get enough.

Kylie and Grandma with her chicken (turkey) hats she made.
Grady was crawling everywhere. He made it under the table and we lost him once.
Grady Ray at 8 months old.
Kylie posing with her turkey craft.
We had our first snow a couple weeks ago. It is all gone and it only lasted for a day.
Daddy and Grady sleeping.

This month has flown by for us. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Ellensburg with lots of my family. Kylie enjoyed all of the Chicken (Turkey) crafts that we completed through out the month. We got to enjoy a second Thanksgiving on Friday night with Ryan's family. I did do Black Friday shopping on Friday. It was fabulous and a lot of presents bought and wrapped. I am feeling more and more ready for the next holiday. Happy Chicken Day!

Happy Halloween

We had a great day, except Grady is sick with a really bad cough. He had to stay home and get some love from Grandma and Nany. Kylie got to go to daycare and have a party with her friends. She decided that she didn't really want to dress up. The school party was a huge success and all my kindergartners loved the carnival. When we got home today, she was ready to be a ballerina. We headed to Ms. Katie's and then down the creek for some Treats. She really got into it and was asking if we could stop at that house. She would tell me "the light is on mom you MUST stop." We went to a total of 8 houses and that was enough for us. Ryan and Grady stayed home to pass out candy to all 4 of our Trick or Treaters. Happy Halloween! I get to stay home with my kids tomorrow and enjoy a relaxing day. I hope Grady starts to feel better soon, poor boy.

New Cousin

We have a new cousin. Samuel Wells was born last Friday, October 21st at 7:54 a.m. He weighed 6 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19 inches long. We got to visit baby Sam on Sunday night. He is so sweet and such a cute little guy. Sam was great with all of the petting from Kylie. Congrats Allred family!

(Grady has a swollen lip in this picture, he was stung by a wasp that afternoon before we left to visit baby Sam. POOR BOY!)

Seven Months Old

Super Sisters Pumpkin Patch
Kylie cleaned out the three pumpkins for Dad to carve.
Grady helped by hanging out in his jumperoo.

Grady and Kylie before bed last week. This is Grady's face when Kylie given too much loves. They make us laugh.
Grady turned seventh months old. We have been busy the last couple weeks. We decorated for fall with corn stalks, and a wagon full of pumpkins, gourds, and Indian corn. We made a trip out to Super Sister's Pumpkin Patch. We have our pumpkins cleaned and now carved. We are so excited about Halloween this year. We are not sure what Kylie will be, she keeps changing her mind. Check back for our Halloween costumes and our jack o' lanterns.

Grady Six Month Doctor Appointment

Grady had his six month dr. appointment in Ellensburg on Monday. Grady weighed 19 lb and 10 oz. and he is 27 1/2 inches tall. He got five shots, including a flu shot. We have just been so busy and now Mommy is not feeling so hot. I am off to teach another day. I hope that today is the worst day of this cold and tomorrow will be better.

September Misc.

Grady turned six months on September 23rd. He is sitting up, crawling, and getting into everything. He has only his two bottom teeth. He is a happy, hungry, and sleepy boy. He loves attention and never misses a meal. Grady is a sweet baby boy who loves his mama, YEAH!
This is our EVERYnight. We have dinner and baths. The two of them are very funny in the tub. They love splishing and splashing!
This is what our playroom looks like everyday. It drives me crazy, but she is creating and loves to cut, glue, and color. She is working on her fine motor skills, right?
The Jumperoo and his high chair are the only two SAFE areas for him right now. It is a good thing that he loves doing his jumps.

We have had such a fun and busy month. I am in full swing with school. I love teaching, but the first month when they are learning all the routines, I always ask myself if I can make it through the day, week, or first month. Well I have made it, we are now in October, things are great and my kids are sweet. Kylie is in her routine of preschool and ballet. She had a great week and I think that she is now adjusted to the routine. They had a field trip to the apple orchard. (I will get a pic up soon.) She had a great time and picked a lot of apples. We have preschool pictures, Kylie's snack day, field trip to the pumpkin patch, and a Halloween party. It will be another fun and busy month. Grady has his 6 month check up on the 10th of October and we will be waiting to find out how much he has grown. He is just a big, strong boy.

Kylie's Ballet Class

Kylie had her second day of preschool. She had a much better day and she worked really hard on listening to the teacher. She told us all about her day at the dinner table tonight. Kylie painted with apples, sang a song about an apple tree, and did some coloring. She also had her first ballet class. Kylie did great until mom came to watch then she was done. The teacher is amazing and she loved it. Aunt Katie has a picture to come later.

Grady Sits Up

Caden, Kylie, Maddie, Uncle Ryan, Jace, and Grady
These cousins had a great afternoon with a lot of laughs. Maddie and Kylie put on a concert that was just too fun to watch, but they had to tell us to "shhhhhhhhhhh."
Grady was sitting up when I came to get him at Nany's house tonight. He is such a big boy and not even 6 month old yet. His cousin Jace thinks he is pretty cool. Thanks for all the help Jace.

First Day of Preschool

Kylie with her teacher, Mrs. Katie (aka Aunt Katie) If you cant see she has her little foot kicked up and posed for the picture.
Kylie on her very first day of school. She is getting so big.

Kylie had her first day of preschool in the 3 year old class at the Apple Country Preschool. Ryan dropped her off and she was very excited. She loved her new school and talked about her play dough happy face. Kylie loved her school so much that when I came to get her on my lunch break, I had a sad sad girl. I guess that I should be happy that she wants to learn and be at school.

Summer Time, Busy Time

We enjoyed an afternoon at the Moses Lake fair. Ryan and I tried a deep fried Twinkie with ice cream, YUMMY!
Kylie talked dad into playing all the games. She was fishing for a prize.
Then she won the parrot after she squirted the clowns mouth.
Then it was off to the rides and spinning strawberry with dad.
She rode the crocodile roller coaster, all by herself.
We spent the rest of the weekend at Suncadia, a resort by Cle Elum. This is Kylie taken a break from the swimming pool for some fruit snacks.
The weather was fabulous and it was so fun to have a get away before school.
Ky and Grady hanging out in the shade.
This was right after bath time. They both love splashing in a large tub.
Ry and Ky before they jumped off the back of the boat. The Columbia is freezing even in August.
Kylie helping Andy drive the boat. She scared her momma.
Kylie told us the other day she wants to be a trick rider when she grows up. She was practicing on Sarah last week.
Grady now how is bottom two teeth. That smile makes to laugh every time.
Daddy and Kylie watching the Ellensburg Parade.
This is a really neat act in the Rodeo. He is the "One Arm Bandit." She rides his donkey on the top of the trailer while it is going. He uses a bull whip to get two buffalo onto the top of the trailer. It is amazing.
Grandma, Kylie and Daddy enjoying the morning sun while watching the parade.
We stopped by to say "hi" to Uncle Nick and Uncle Matt. They were security at the beer garden at the rodeo all weekend.
Sunday we went for a quick trip to Pasco to visit two of my cousins that live on the east coast. They were in town for the long weekend. It was a great BBQ with lots of yummy food and good visiting. This is Jared with baby Grady. I love Labor Day weekend! Today was a great day to get caught up with everything including this post. Tomorrow I will be posting a picture of Kylie with her preschool teacher. She has her first day tomorrow. She can't wait. We got to visit and see the preschool today. We were invited to Open House. She was really excited about the reading corner. Both kids are having a great afternoon nap. I think that might be my next thing on my "To Do" list.