Sensory Tubs and Button Snake

This Christmas tub is the first sensory tub I've made for Avery.  It has small ornaments, miniature Christmas trees, green and red pom poms, pretend lights, small stockings, fake candycanes, and "cookie" letters that spell out "Merry Christmas". 

 This is her new button snake.  Each end of the ribbon has a button sewn on to it, and Avery uses her little fingers to push the button through the hole in each felt Christmas tree.  (I plan on making more felt shapes for different holidays.)  This activity works on her fine motor skills along with color recognition.

Here is the new sensory tub for winter.  I still want to find a few more things to add to it, but this is what I already had on hand.  It has blue and white pom poms, and fake ice cubes.  Each tub also has a pair of tongs and different types of scoops for Avery to pick the items up with.

Happy New Year!

We went to Jami's surprise birthday party on the 30th and got to meet Landon, and see Emily and Will again!  I'm so excited about all these new babies!


Will and Jake

Birthday presents from my hubby!  He new that if he went to my favorite store (Rusty Bugs and Roosters) he could pretty much pick up anything in there, and I would be thrilled!!  He also got my certificates to get my car washed!!  Getting my car washed is something I always talk about doing, but am too cheap to pay someone else to do for me!!

Jake was not very excited about the New Year's hat!

New Year's Day Avery, Jake, and I met my parents and my sister Monica's family again in San Antonio.

On the Riverwalk

At the Market, waiting to eat Mexican food at Mi Tierra's.
Since Avery's other guitar broke, my mom bought her a new one so we enjoy many more concerts.

Another Rusty Bugs and Roosters find!

Avery scaring Jake (turn off the music on the side of the blog so you can hear the sound in the videos!)

Avery thinks it's very funny to walk up to us and speak in her made-up language.  I'm pretty sure she knows we can't understand her, and she thinks it's hilarious!  (If you're wondering why it's January and she has a pumpkin and a spider painted on her face, all I can say is she is 2 and has a mind of her own!  Ever since Halloween she has been in love with spiders and face painting!)

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!!!Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday.  I love all the decorations and music!  I wish I had taken pictures of all our decorations this year.  We didn't have very many visitors at our house, so not many people got to see them all, but our little family definitely enjoyed them!

For the Grandparents, I decorated Avery and Jake's footprints like snowmen.  (I had to make one for myself also!)

Jake had a lot of fun his first Christmas.

Avery and I made gluten free sugar cookies at my mom's house.

Christmas Eve we all went over to my Aunt Karen and Uncle David's house to get together with the whole family.

Aunt Karen volunteered to take pictures of each family.  I'm so glad she did, this is the first "official" picture of our family together!

The whole Kallus family

Presents from Santa!

The kids had the most fun crawling through the wrapping paper!

Kensie and Avery each got their own pretend makeup.

Jake absolutely LOVES his new rocking horse.  It plays a song when you squeeze it's ear, and he will only rock while the song is playing.  As soon as the songs stops, he starts fussing wanting it to play again so he can rock more!

Morgan, Monica, and me

Many of my friends from home have started having babies (finally!!)  Allie, and Hallie are both close to Jake's age, and Julie is expecting her baby girl in March!