Football at Thanksgiving

Grammie has an old football helmet at her house from when the boys were growing up. Asher and Giya love to put it on and play football. Although, Giya likes to wear it backwards and there aren't any pics that show how often they make mom and dad put it on.....

Jam Session - Love Session

This began as any normal kid jam session with guitars, records, and shakers and ended up an adorable love session (see they do get along sometimes!)

Our Family Picture

These really don't need much comment, except that they are all take one of the Fairbairn family Christmas picture. You'll get your Christmas card that has the better one that happened in take two.....we tried everything to get them "in the mood" and to no avail. But they are way tooo entertaining to pass up not showing off our misery.

The "Shocker"

For those of you who don't live in Kansas - the Wichita State University mascot is the Wooo Shock or the "Shocker". If you are still confused, then that is where I was for the better part of the first 5 years living here. He is supposed to be a "shock" of wheat. Clear as mud, right? Anyway, we've taken the kids to a few of the women's volleyball games this year. Asher is still a little sports confused, as you can see from the photo - he just had to wear his "number" shirt to the game which is a KU basketball jersey. Oh, well....so much to learn about Kansas University sports rivalries.

The Birdhouse

For Giya's birthday (as a distraction) Asher painted and made a birdhouse for our backyard. We also took some pinecones, slathered them with peanut butter and birdseed and hung them from one of our trees. We then spent the next two days watching three mad bandit squirrels chew down the string to haul off the pinecones. Believe me, the dinner conversation for weeks after this event always included the bandit squirrels.

Giya is 2 Years Old

It has really gone by so fast, I can't believe my youngest little baby is two. She is soooo grown up and has been talking for so long, she seems even older (and potty trained herself). She is now in a big girl bed and loves picking out her own clothes to wear. When we put on a dress or a bow in her hair or something, she can't wait to run out and show her brother. Today we were out running errands and going to the gym to play while Asher was in preschool. She sighed really big from the backseat and said "I'm so sad mommy, I miss bubba." Her other favorite phrase is "great idea, let's do that."

Making Cookies

I had both Asher and Giya help me make cookies for her birthday party. We were going to make sugar cookies, roll them out and make shapes and put icing on them. Sounds simple, right? Well, apparently when making the cookies with 2 small children you have to concentrate really hard to follow the recipe. These cookies turned into giant flat blobs on the cookie sheet....so I guess I need more practice, right? It will only make it seem worse when I tell you that Lance AND his mom were home to help and we still didn't get it right.