Piano Recital, Skyler turned 18 Months, and a Wrecked Car

I'm finally getting around to writing about December and it's almost the end of January.  Kaitlyn performed in her first piano recital.  She was really nervous but did a great job.  The Christmas recital is always so fun in spite of the busy time of year.

Just before we were walking out the door for the recital it was the typical craziness of getting ready.  Everyone is asking where their pants, shoes, ect. are.  I told the boys their pants were in the dryer.  When they came back downstairs Andrew said, "Mom, I think you shrunk my pants in the dryer."

Then Grandpa said, "I think you and Jared have on the wrong pants!"

In December Skyler was 18 months old. He's really changing from a baby into a little boy right before our eyes.  He was 21 1/2 pounds and finally back on the growth chart at 3rd percentile.  

Do these two look like brothers or what?

Nap time with his blankets.

Skyler loves to smile for the camera now.

One day Kaitlyn wanted to help me with some Christmas baking.

I would love to say it was all picture perfect but she decided Skyler needed to wear her apron.  He didn't appreciate that so much.

A few days before Christmas, I thought I was almost ready.  The kids had just finished their last day of school and we hurried out to pick up a few last minute things so we could enjoy the holiday break.  Our outing turned out not so good when a driver in a  parking lot wasn't looking where he was going and ran into us.  It certainly wasn't the way I wanted to start the holiday break. But aside from being annoying and time consuming no one was hurt and after a few weeks in the shop my car looked as good as new.