Christmas 2012

 On Christmas Eve we did our traditional re-enactment of the nativity story.  Kian graduated to a shepherd this year, and we had to do it twice to Lily and Kate could both be Mary and the angel.

 Our ingenious solution to our yearly problem of where to put the stockings.

 And the traditional Parkinson family photo of the kids on the stairs Christmas morning.  Lily and Kate surprised us by getting dressed first.

  

 Kian shaking his Tic-tacs that he got in his stocking. 

 My present from Chris:  and electric griddle.  Yay!  I used it to make our Christmas morning french toast.

Lily trying out Kate's roller skates.

Kian sporting his new bow-tie.

Photos of the kids before church one Sunday

 And that's all I think I need to say.

 

Museum at Thanksgiving Point

Chris's sister and brother-in-law came to visit in December, and we got to go with them to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, or as it is known at our house, the other dinosaur museum.  We are lucky to have 2 so close to home.

 There are lots of play areas for kids, which was a good break for our girls.

 And lots of big dinosaur bones.  And lots of little bones, too.

 They had a special exhibit there on sound with lots of fun hands-on activities that we all really enjoyed, too.

Halloween and beyond

 Lily's 1st grade school picture.

Halloween 2012.  Kian is a bear.  Again.  It was either that or a ladybug.  Kate is a cheerleader.  Her bag was big enough, by the way.  Lily is a unicorn.  She was a fairy princess for her school costume.

 A magnet board I made thanks to inspiration from Pinterest.  Kian really likes it.  Even still.

Kate loved the one snowstorm we've had this year.  She was outside most of the next day.

We went to Discovery Gateway children's museum with my brother's family.

We ended up buying a family pass because of the good therapy opportunities for Kian.  He loved playing in the water.

We went to City Creek and Temple Square to get in the holiday mood.  We can't pass up the play area when we are there.  The kids love it.

Happy Holidays!

Walking?

Kian has started taking steps, although at this point its more like his feet are trying to keep up with his leaning top half.  But at least he is bending his knees and starting to balance.  To help with that, he just got some injections (like botox, but called Dysport) in his calves today to try to help loosen his ankles and keep his body in alignment.