"Ode to Cheerios"

The kiddos have gotten so fiesty lately! Wyatt is starting to throw things that you give him and he doesn't want - like mini temper-tantums! He pushed my face away when I picked him up to give him love. I was so sad! They are learning that they can control what they want versus what they don't and it's opened my eyes to a whole new dimension of mommahood. My sweet and innocents are starting to grow a little stank on them!

Wyatt scaled the stairs today for the first time. I lost sight of him for about 20 seconds and when I found him, I freaked because he was about 5 stairs up! I've been dreading the whole stairs infatuation thing that every baby seems pre-wired for and visions of ambulances now dance in my head.

Cal is squealing at the top of her lungs to announce her presence as she enters a room. She's also fallen in love with Wyatt this week and thinks he's hilarious. She loves watching what he's doing and sometimes gets so tickled by him that she'll belly laugh hysterically.

I think it's my favorite sound in the whole world!!!!

Today we finally decorated our gingerbread house that Brent dubbed "Ode to Cheerios" as a dedication to the kids. He decorated the back of the house... the side that's my favorite!

I love Brent's artistry. He's a modern day Rembrant. Let me give you the rundown... The red thing is a crab. He sits on top of a pile of water. The blue balls in the pile of water are "undetermined" while the red balls in the water are "obviously crabettes!" Then the Christmas tree outlined in yellow belongs to Mr. Crab's family, I guess. A true masterpiece! Hahaha!

In all honesty, Brent's art can make me smile even when I'm supa sad. I think the crab and the crabettes even give "Big Toothed Willie" a run for his money!

The kids contributed by eating some gingerbread snowmen. It was only slightly less gooey than the spaghetti.