I Love to See the Temple

The kids get so excited when they see the temple, or pictures of the temple. They're always thinking fancy churches are temples, and Reilly asks often if we can go to the temple. Jeremy went down to Nauvoo Thursday after school and got some beautiful night shots of the temple. Jaina was very excited to see them! (She hasn't been to the temple in a while, since she didn't go last month with Jeremy and the other kids) Hopefully we'll get to see a few temples on our drive home for Christmas.

This last week was also our ward Christmas party. It was a lot of fun, and Reilly and Jaina loved running around the cultural hall for hours with all the other kids. They did a little nativity thing, and Reilly was asked to play a shepherd. He was so cute in his costume. He performed well, not counting the nose-picking and trying to escape the head shepherd. We were singing in the choir, so we didn't get many pictures, but at least we could see him. :)

The kiddos got haircuts the other day. Reilly's was getting shaggy and he really needed one, but I had been putting it off, partially because he's so difficult about it. We got it done though. Then I was about to toss them both in the bath anyways, so I decided to trim up Jaina's little mullet. I got carried away (and kept trying to get it even, with her moving all over) and ended up cutting off more than I wanted. :( Before that, I had just wrangled her hair into some "back" pigtails, and they were so cute. (This is no easy feat, with the way her hair grows):

I'm kind of sad I cut it, but it looks a little neater now. You can see the "after" look in this picture, and in the post or two below:

And here's a bonus picture of one of Jaina's better morning hair styles:

I don't remember it, but Jeremy said Reilly definitely had a "terrible two's." I'm beginning to wonder, though, if his "three's" aren't worse in some ways. He is so neat, and is learning so much sometimes (he recently started using the computer, and loves his game!) but then other times he is such a pill! He's freaks out half the time when we tell him "no." Does this ever go away? (this is the face we're seeing a lot around here):

Of course this little almost-2-year-old tease doesn't help. She delights in driving him crazy with her sweet little "no!"s to things he's trying to tell her or get her to do...

For some reason she doesn't bother me quite as much when she's being difficult, because he communicates, understands, and can do so much more! (When he wants to)