I'm not Bob

This is the conversation that Andrew and Kalin had last night while I was trying to dry them off after bath and get their pajamas on them.

Andrew: "Don't mess up my hair Mom."
Kalin trying to be funny: "You don't have hair, your bald."
Andrew: "I not Bob, I have hair."
Kalin laughing uncontrolably: "No your not Bob, your bald...you have no hair"
Andrew: "I not Bob, I have hair."
Kailn laughing even harder: "No not Bob, your a baldy....you have no hair."
Andrew starting to get mad: "I not a Bobby, I have hair."

Andrew the Christmas tree

While we were undecorating the Christmas tree, Andrew decided that he wanted to be a Christmas tree, so we did what every great parent would do...said, "Sure" and then got the camera. We put the star on his head, and ornaments on his ears and hands!

Kelly Christmas

Kalin and Hannah playing on the horse that Melissa (my sister) and I use to ride.
Andrew just makes us laugh!

We gave Hannah some cool Dora swim goggles.

Kalin got the game Trouble and LOVES it. She plays it everyday. She loves this game so much, that most days she plays by herself.

Aunt Melissa and Uncle Vath got Andrew some Transformer PJ with a robe that lights up, it is a hit at our house.

Christmas Cookies

As you can see we made beautiful Christmas cookies this year. From Kalin and Andrew's faces you can see that they were also tasty. The last picture is of Andrew after the sugar high!

Our Christmas

This year was the first year that both kids really got into the Christmas thing. We tried to remind them that it wasn't all about the presents, that we were celebrating the birth of Jesus. That God gave us the gift of Jesus and now we share gifts with others. Well we broke down and got both kids guitars for Christmas, and they rocked songs to Jesus for HOURS, and they still are rocking out!!

Gingerbread house

Last year (2007) while doing after Christmas sale shopping, I picked up a gingerbread house kit very cheap. I stuck in away and got it out one evening. The kids loved helping to decorate it. We would discuss our game plan, I would put the frosting on, and the kids would take turns putting on the candy. I kept warning them that the candy was really old and they shouldn't eat it. (It was so old that I had to use scissors to cut the gum drops and it wasn't easy.) Anyway a couple of days later, I noticed that some gum drops were off of the roof line, I just figured they had fallen off (it didn't dawn on me I would have found them if they fell off.) Needless to say, Andrew is a candy thief and by Christmas our gingerbread house was pretty bare. (Again, I forgot to take a picture of the after.)

Andrew's Christmas Program

Country Kidds Daycare had their annual Christmas program this year. Andrew is now in the 2 year old room, he is getting to be such a big boy. Their class did two Christmas poems. Andrew didn't do much during the first poem, he just kind of sat and stared at the parents. Then he spotted me and that put him and ease, we saw a little action during the last poem.

Rotzoll Christmas

Our first Christmas was with Bob's family. We had a wonderful time at Aunt Becky and Uncle Randy's house. We were able to spend two nights there, and the kids love spending time with the cousins. It is so fun watching the kids grow together, they loved all of their presents and were spoiled by Grandma and Papa as usual.

Trimming the tree

After last year's disaster (bought real tree, real tree fell down twice, new tree stand, and then real tree threw in backyard) we got out our lovely fake tree and the kids had just as much fun decorating it. They loved looking at the ornaments and hearing stories as to where we got them. It took a lot of restraint not to rearrange them, some branches had three ornaments. I forgot to take a picture of the final project, but it was decorated with love and was beautiful.

My birthday

I guess it has been a while since I actually put pictures on the blog!! This is from my birthday back in November. In true Mom form, I had forgotten that it was my birthday and scheduled a laboratory survey in northern Iowa...so it was a very long day. I got home from work after 6:00, and Bob had the grill going, potatoes cooking, and a salad waiting. Yep that is right, Bob did the cooking and it was wonderful!! The kids, with Bob's help, made be a beautiful cake and it turned out to be a very special day. (I left before the kids were up and Kalin did her own hair.)

Quick Update!

ALL POTTY TRAINING EFFORTS HAVE STOPPED!! Andrew refuses to even look at the toilet. We've tried bribery (gum and candy), big boy undies (Spiderman and Thomas), and now pull-ups. Needless to say we had one brief week of hope and will now wait a few more months to try again. ERRRR!!!!