Jade

Jade will be three in May, and it seems like we haven't really had to deal with her and the "terrible two's" until now (but I don't think that it's too bad). She has started to throw tantrums where she cries and cries for like fifteen minutes or so when she gets mad for whatever reason. Those are kind of annoying, but she has been saying some pretty funny (though sassy) things lately. In the car a few days ago she told me something to the effect of, "You're not the boss. I'm the boss, and I'm going to fire you." Being fired for a day or two actually sounds kind of appealling. The only problem is that Trent is out of town, and I don't think that Jade or Brooke could adequately take over being "mom" for a day. Then yesterday, right as we were sitting down to eat dinner, Brooke commented on Jade's dress-up outfit saying, "Jade, you look so cute and beautiful" to which Jade responded, "I am so beautiful. Now leave me alone." It's so amusing to hear some of these things that she has come-up with lately!

Christmas

Well, I guess that it has been almost a month since Christmas, but I still wanted to post some pictures from our Christmas. This year we decided not to buy a lot because our kids already have way too many toys in my opinion. So instead we set a small budget for each child and each other and the rest of the present was that we went to Disneyland.

I made stuffed beef tenderloin (filet mignon) for our Christmas dinner. It was pretty good, but it's also pretty expensive meat. I know some of the pieces look very pink, but that meat is supposed to be kind of rare.

I made triple chocolate mousse cake for dessert. It was really yummy and actually not very difficult to make -- a lot easier than one would probably think.

Jade with her Pucci Puppy; Brooke has a similar one and didn't like to share it with Jade.

Brooke's helping Bristol open her gifts.

A little Christmas morning meltdown.

Brooke was very tired from Christmas and fell asleep on the floor around 5 pm -- very unlike her.

Pictures

Alright, here is a cute picture of Bristol smiling. She smiles a lot now. She seems to be pretty social. She'll often start staring at someone and then smile at them.


Jade wanted me to take some pictures of her again; apparently she is mentally preparing...And then it's the many faces of Jade:

Brooke's little structure made from some cards that go to a Winnie the Pooh game.