We're Still Here!!

Its been a while. Hope y'all are doing well. We've been BUSY.
April and I decided a few weeks before Christmas that we were going to put our house on the market and start looking for a new one. So, Christmas vacation was no vacation. I was ready to get back to work so I could relax! We got a storage facility and proceeded to fill it up! 12' x 12' and stuffed to the gills. The next step was painting the bathrooms and repairing all of the areas of our house which were destroyed by Mya when she was a puppy and chewing everything. Then came new carpet throughout the house. As of Friday 1/23, our house is officially for sale. Anyone want to buy it? :)
The kids have been busy. Alyssa is back to school after Christmas break. She still loves going to school and learning. They learned to sing "God Bless America" for Inauguration Tuesday. Last week she got to wear her PJ's to school! She thought that was lots of fun.
Big news for Cayden...no more mullet. He got his first haircut yesterday. Our little baby is no longer a baby. He looks like a big boy. April is trying to use this as ammunition for another baby. Its not working...yet.
Here are a bunch of pics of the kids. Enjoy!

Alyssa playing with her dress up clothes - Princess Ballerina!!

Cayden & Alyssa feeding themselves Chocolate Pudding!

Alyssa cuddling her baby!

PJ Day at Preschool!!

Baby Mullet
Baby Mullet no more!!
Isn't he handsome?!
Alyssa didn't want a haircut at first, but couldn't miss out on the fun!!

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!

Happy Birthday Jesus!!! And Aunt Angela too!

From our family to yours,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

We love you all and hope today is a great day for each of you. God Bless you.

Love,

The Harless Family

Funny things

One of Alyssa's favorite songs is "If all the raindrops." For those of you not well versed in childrens music, it goes like this:

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh what a rain that would be.

Standing outside with my mouth open wide.

Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aa - aah ah.

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh what a rain that would be.

Well, the other day, Alyssa asked me to sing: Father Raindrops. I told her I had no clue what song that was. She said: "It goes like this: "Father raindrops were lemon drops..."

April and I told her that it was "if all" because there was no such thing as "father raindrops". She informed us that the big ones were Father raindrops and the little ones were the mommy and baby raindrops! Seems logical to me. :)

The other funny thing is not so funny to me as a dad. It seems that a four year old boy who is the son of some good friends has confiscated our family picture so that "Alyssa can sleep with him at night." I'm going to have to keep a close watch on that kid at church!!

Winter Wonderland

Tomball College offers an annual Winter Wonderland complete with "snow", train rides, hay rides, pictures with Santa, etc.

Alyssa was so cute with Santa. She wasn't too thrilled about having to sit on his lap, but she needed to make sure he knew what she wanted for Christmas. Daddy tried to get her to ask for an x-box, but she stuck with her goal of getting a Handy Manny Talking Toolbox. I'm still unsure of why she wants that...but Santa better get it or we'll have a tough morning!

Cayden screamed within seconds of hitting Santa's lap. He didn't ask for an x-box either. :( I guess we'll have to wait another year.

This is becoming an annual kid picture. We had a hard time getting Cayden out of the chairs! He wanted to rock-rock all night!

Mommy, Alyssa, PawPaw and Cayden riding the train!

ThanksMas in Baton Rouge!

We spent Thanksgiving weekend in Baton Rouge with the Harless family celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas! We had a lot of fun visiting with mom and dad, and brought them some luck!! They finally sold their house to someone who came to view it while we were there. Sorry that we didn't come earlier so you didn't have to wait so long!!

Anyhow...on to the pictures. The first two are of shirts that April and the kids made. My little "turkeys" used their handprints to make some cute Thanksgiving shirts! My wife is becoming a regular Martha Stewart - minus the tax evasion and insider trading.

Cayden was having a blast in ColdStone after our family pictures. I love this picture...he looks like a big kid with his baggy jeans, untucked shirt and unkempt hair.

Alyssa tried so hard to catch some dinner.

Holiday Parade!

Today was the Annual Holiday Parade in Tomball. Daddy and Alyssa were very excited because they got to ride in the stagecoach!! Cayden, Mommy, MawMaw and PawPaw got to watch all the fun floats, horses, Shriners cars, etc go by. Daddy and Alyssa were very early in the parade, so we got to watch a lot of the floats near the end. It was a beautiful (and cold) morning.

Cayden is watching intently to see what float is next!!

Alyssa and Daddy riding in the parade!!

What Holiday Parade is complete without Santa & Mrs. Claus? Mrs. Claus must be checking up on things at the North Pole...if you can see, she's on a cell phone!!

Cute Story

I'm going to try and be a better blogger and provide you with classic stories of childhood. Particularly the things my kids do that crack me up!

Tonight, at dinner, we were sitting around and I said to Cayden: "I love you Bear."
Alyssa looked at me very seriously and said: "Dad, can you tell me - I love you Goldilocks?"

I wasn't even thinking that he was a little Bear for Halloween, so it caught me off guard for a second. April started cracking up and I realized what she had just said! So - I love you Goldilocks!!