New "Backyardigans" hat.
New ornament from Aunt Krista
Attempting to open her first gift
This was Christmas morning right before we started opening up our gifts. 
Rhaegan and Marlee enjoying their stockings from Santa
Marlee thought the whole experience was great!
Rhaegan's new princess slippers. Santa really knows my little girl.
Rhaegan of course woke up at 6 am and ran downstairs to see what was waiting for her. She was so excited to find a plethora of princess stuff.
I can't believe how big they both are now. Rhaegan is 4 going on 21 and Marlee seems to be skipping the complete baby phase. She is growing up way too quickly.
I love my little monkeys. 
We had our ward Christmas party last Friday and Rhaegan was super excited when she found out that Santa was going to be making a special trip all the way from the North Pole to see her. Marlee on the other hand was not as excited. The minute I set her on his lap the waterworks began. It's always fun to see the true spirit of Christmas in a little kids eyes.
I can't believe Rhaegan is already 4 years old. I feel like just yesterday she was learning how to walk. Now she's riding bikes, writing letters, singing songs, negotiating her way out of trouble and on her way to being a teenager. She is a joy to have around and we love her to pieces. Here are a few of things Rhaegan is enjoying at age 4:
Rhaegan was a natural. It took her ball about 3 minutes to get down the lane.
These two cuties have so much fun together. It's a bummer we don't live closer to them.
Thanks Grandma and Papa for a great "family night."
Marlee on the other hand did not like it at first. In fact she screamed the first time she saw Rhaegan riding it. Fortunately she warmed up to it and now thinks it's fantastic.
Rhaegan loves the hot tub and wants to be in it all day. I keep having to tell her her hair will turn green if she stays in too long. She of course freaks out about that possibility.
Marlee and her adorable little cousin, Memsel. They are so cute together.
Rhaegan and Atalya with their matching Tinker Bell pjs. 
Rhaegan says a lot of funny things and I try to remember the majority of them, but of course my brain doesn't hold that much information these days. However, this past Tuesday Shae let me in on a little something Rhaegan said while I was at a baby shower and Dad was in charge of "bedtime." Now keep in mind she is a very nice girl but an incredible sponge, remembering pretty much everything I have ever said to her, around her, from a different room. Here's the story:As I've posted before Marlee loves the bath. She sometimes can't control her excitement. Here is a perfect portrayal of that.
Grandma Cupps made the girls these adorable little aprons
Rhaegan is our little "mom." She always wants to help (and by help I mean do it all by herself) me with Marlee, the house work, making dinner. Pretty much anything I do she wants to do also. She loves princesses and everything that may even remotely resemble a princess. She loves "twirly skirts" as she calls them. You pretty much have to be able to see her underwear when she spins around or the skirt isn't twirly enough. She has developed a love for my computer and can navigate around until she finds a Dora game to play. We love her curiosity and zest for life. She makes us smile everyday.
Rhaegan heard me say several weeks ago that it was going to snow. She ran to the closet, pulled out her snowsuit and prepared herself for the storm. When I came back out to the living room this is what I found. She said mom I'm ready to go play in the snow. I said you might be a little cold 
Bath time!!!
This is Marlee's famous face. It's almost like she's trying to say, "really, Mom? You think you know me so well." 
Marlee didn't seem to mind. She was smiling the whole time.
We went up to Braden and Kimmie's house so we could go trick or treating with their kids. We of course had to have a quick photo shoot before the real fun started.
Marlee as a flower.
Rhaegan as a ballerina
Rhaegan with her two cousins.Marlee has still never laughed. Instead of laughing she has invented a new way to express her excitement. She squeals and flaps her arms as if she's trying to fly. It's hilarious to watch. Well I introduced her to a balloon the other day and her flying imitation came out in full force.
My sweet husband was trying to help me Sunday morning by getting the girls dressed while I showered and did my hair. When I came back out to the living room I was so happy to see both of my girls in their dresses all ready to go. But wait....something was a little off. I looked a little bit closer at Marlee and noticed she was wearing Rhaegan's dress! I had set two dresses out for Rhaegan so she could choose which one she wanted but I forgot to mention that to Shae so he thought one was for Rhaegan and the other one was Marlee's. I laughed for about 20 minutes.
My two little ladies enjoying the door stops in the hallway. Marlee thinks they're great.
I love you, Rhaegan and Marlee.
One of my friends told me that there was a coupon for $10.00 off!!!! You had to buy the DVD/Blue Ray combo edition to get the discount, but Walmart was selling it for $19.96 for the first week only. This made my final price $9.96 (for those math-impaired folks out there)!! I was so excited. So I headed out to the store today to pick up our copy. Rhaegan has been watching it all day. I love Disney movies. they bring back such fun childhood memories. 
However, with the weather being so hot that day and Rhaegan being only 3, her attention span wasn't lasting as long as I hoped. At 4:30 I get a text from Shae saying, "Rhaegan wants to come home."
I told him a couple of ideas to keep her occupied and said that if after 30 minutes she was still wanting to leave then I would come and pick them up. They lasted until 5:30, which I guess is better than nothing.
(Rhaegan with Uncle Darin and cousin Seth. She absolutely adores these two guys)
I still have a couple of shows to watch so my must see list might change a little bit. As of now, though, "Modern Family" is number one.
Yes I know what you're thinking, I deserve the "Mother of the Year" award!
The only setback we had was Marlee toppling over every once in a while.
She was actually pretty brave about the whole thing. She of course needed some ice to put on it because apparently ice heals everything.
Marlee's hair actually tends to look like this all day but we'll just say it's her "morning-do"
I know, Rhaegan's hair doesn't look too bad in this picture, but if you were to attempt running a brush through it, well I'm here to tell you it wouldn't work. I love my little munchkins. 
A Little bit about Marlee at 6 months:
