Kate's Husband

So over the past week or so Kate has been talking a lot about getting married and having a husband. I am not quite sure she knows what that means because she continues to ask Annie to marry her and has even asked Brian a few times. We have had the joy of listening in on two of her phone calls with her husband, Jacob over the past week. The conversations went as follows:

Call #1: Hi husband! It is me. We have 25 birthdays to go to and you are coming to the ball with me. OK? I have to go now. I will talk to you in an hour and a half.

Call #2: Yes, we are going to go on a date. A date is where two people go to dinner and talk about themselves. OK, so come and pick me up and we will go on a date.

I wondered where she got her information on the concept of a date. The next morning we were watching Enchanted and I had to laugh when I heard Patrick Dempsey explaining to Amy Adams about what a date is! Man, are they sponges at this age or what!

Oh what fun it is to hear the imaginations of little ones! :)

Busy Season!

It has been a busy week at the Clemens' household this past week! Katelin got tubes put back into her ears on Monday. She was a STAR patient! The doctors and nurses kept telling me how mature she was for her age! Kate never cried or complained once, even when she threw up after the procedure from having the drugs in her system. No worries though, by that night she was chasing Annie around the house like her usual self! We are praying this will help her stay off the antibiotics every month now.

Then I had the pleasure of taking the girls to the dentist this week. It was a complete flip flop from our last experience there. Annie was amazing last time and this time she was scared stiff! Lots of screaming took place. By the time they were done with her exam, her pig tails had fallen out from moving around so much! Kate on the other hand was again, a star patient! She even got x-rays! She was very proud of herself and so were we! Good news is that the dentist said we are doing a good job brushing!

Last night the girls had their Holiday Show (Kate told me it is NOT a Christmas show) at school. Annie's class all decided they were too shy to actually sing their songs so they just stood there, ringing bells and smiling while their teacher sung. The minute we got home after the show, Annie was singing her songs like crazy! Kate's class did an amazing job with their songs. Kate smiled and sang all four songs like a pro! Below are some pics and a video of the evening. Fun times.

Oh, and I can't forgot to mention that we are considering Annie officially potty-trained! She has successfully been going potty on the toilet now for a few weeks. She just goes into the bathroom when she has to go and does her thing! The only downside though is now she has discovered that if she says she has to go potty while she is in bed at night, it allows her to get out of her bed. The past few nights we had to drag her off the potty and back into bed. Little stinker! I must say that I am very excited about not having to clean dirty diapers or pants anymore. YAY ANNIE! :)

Well, I am off to wrap some presents. Brian is at Avatar 3D and I am trying to get some stuff done around the house to get ready for Christmas next week...crazy!

First official snow of the season!

The girls were beyond ecstatic when I picked them up from school yesterday and told them they got to wear their boots home because it was snowing. Annie was jumping up and down telling everyone that passed to look at her boots! When we walked outside, they ran and screamed all the way to the car. Of course when we got home they had to walk around in the snow for a few minutes. Kate was pretty disappointed when I told her we couldn't make a snowman. Can't wait for sledding season to begin!

Kate's 1st Kid Birthday Party!

This past Saturday was a big event for Katelin...her first kid's birthday party! We had 14 kids come which was a very good turn-out and made Katelin sooo happy (and us)! There is nothing like seeing pure joy and excitement on your child's face! Her party was held at The Little Gym. A great place where kids can run around on gymnastics-type equipment, jump on a jumper, play with a parachute, and so much more! It was great for us because all we had to do was show up with Katelin and a cake :) She had a fabulous time and all the kids were so well behaved and I am pretty sure had a lot of fun! She also got a ton of great gifts! I asked her if this meant that I did not need to buy her any Christmas presents and she said "yes"! Aahhh, she has been a pretty good girl this year so I think Santa will still make a visit ;) Here are a few pics of the great day!

Happy Birthday Katelin!

Ho Ho Ho!

Well we went to see Santa this past weekend and for the first time in 4 years there was NO LINE!! Whoohoo! The girls wore their new dresses for the occasion and were on their best behavior - it couldn't have went any better. Annie told Santa she wanted 'a Tinker Bell first' (later that day we found out she didn't like any of the Tinker Bell shows or movies we had at home! go figure!) and Katelin told Santa that the wanted 'a horse'.......and then 'a horn'....which was interpreted as 'a horse with a horn' - aka a Unicorn! News to us!! But it was short lived once we learned that she wanted 'a horn for her bike' so she made sure we told Santa that she didn't really want a Unicorn.....though it would be kinda cool to have the only Unicorn on the block! We also took our Christmas photos that day and man it feels good to have them out of the way. The girls were great and as a result I think we ended up with some great photos. Here are a couple of the girls being silly.....well, actually normal. :)