Spoiled Rotten...by Me

I love kids. We all know it. While I am slightly bummed that I don't have little ones of my own, I am also super happy that I don't. I love the great kids I get to love and spoil regularly.

I have a collection of adorable and sweet kids who I just adore. I spoil them rotten and I know it. I am the best aunt you could ask for, money to spend and cute kids to spend it on! So, I spoil my little "nieces and nephews".

My girls are the most beautiful girls and I spoil them with puzzles, paints, books, make-up and clothes. Livy loves birds and is very into fashion. Kiki loves tigers and horses and loves to climb on things. Kayli is the most beautiful 9 month old in the universe. Seriously. She loves blocks and hugs.

My boys are pretty amazing, I won't lie. I have the best 2 1/2 year old in the universe with Kade. He babels about any and everything, loves trucks, blocks and gives the most wonderful hugs. Milo couldn't be more boy. Trucks, airplanes and trains are all the matter. Oh, and it is a requisite that at least 1/2 of everyday is spent jumping on the tramp with this 20 month old. I am always on the look out for new trucks and books about trucks and movies about trucks...my boys get them all.

So all in all I am the luckiest girl in the world. I get to adore 5 of the most amazing kids. I may not be related to one of them but they are my family and I have been adopted into theirs. Who could ask for more?

Masks

This week my girls and I made Masks. It was so much fun and they loved it. Livy got very elaborate with her and Kiki wanted hers to be basic. I thought they were both very cute.

Such beautiful butterflies and how cute are those Elephants?

Milo enjoyed just getting to play. He is always so happy playful with me. He is getting so good at his sign language. Whenever I leave he signs "bye, bye Car" and makes the car sound of vroom, vroom. It is so cute.

I couldn't love these kids more, and yet, I do everyday. I am just so happy that I love my job.

Endless Christmas

So my Christmas keeps coming and coming. I love it.

Today's gift was from my dear friend Liz. In an engraved case she gave me chopsticks engraved with my name (on the box and on the chopsticks themselves!)! I know it seems cheesy, but we have lunch once a week and one of the places we like to eat is a Chinese place. I complain about not getting chop sticks or the quality all the time. So, my dear friend gave me my own set and I love them!

I got this cute blanket from my kids, Livy, Kiki and Milo all helped make it, isn't it sweet? I love it, because it is from them.

Christmas keeps coming and coming. I am so blessed. Over and over again.

Christmas Spirit Day 1

I have decided that I am going to do something everyday until Christmas to get into the holiday spirit. I do realize that is a lot of stuff, but I am happy about it. Part of my own holiday tradition.

Today, I made a ginger bread house with my three favorite kids. I missed them a ton over thanksgiving but we made up for it today with all the details following the Arizona vacation and everything I missed including Milo getting 3 teeth in a week! Ouch! Two of those puppies being incisors.

So, I will have to blog everyday this month about how I celebrated the season. What a great way to remind myself of the wonder of the season as well as share a little of that wonder with you.

Cuteness

So I will freely admit it, I pick favorites. I do. I have favorite kids. Since I work with kids a lot I see a lot of them and there are some that I am more than happy to not see for a long time and some that makes me just happy to see!

These are two of my favorites. Milo who is just barely a year old and Livy who is 8 and half, thank you very much. Milo gets more excited to see me than his grandparents or aunts and uncles. That is what his parents told me the other day. How that warms my heart! He gets so happy and we have so much fun together. I just think he is adorable.

Livy says I am one of her best friends. Which, makes me laugh. Each week she tells me all about the new things going on in her life as we do a new craft project. We have done painting, drawing, clay, scrapbooks, aprons, hair things, stained glass and are gearing up for holiday activities. I love that I get to try out new stuff with her and that we get to enjoy creating together. Although I do have to listen to some Miley Cyrus on occasion, it is her favorite, and you have to make concessions for your best friends! haha!

On an outing to the park one afternoon Livy and Milo were experiencing the slides and Milo looked so completely unsure that I had to take a video. I love it.