At the zoo

Paige absolutely LOVED the horses on the carousel. I wasn't sure if she would since the last time she rode the penny horse at Meijer, she flipped out once it started to move. She didn't do that on these horses, though, as you can see from the picture. :0) I think she had a smile on her face the entire time!







There was a lone peacock roaming through the zoo and Paige about died with excitement. She wanted to follow the "ceacop", as she calls it, throughout the entire zoo. When we went to ride the carousel, the peacock realized that it was his chance to get away. When the ride was over, Paige immediately asked where the "ceacop" was. I can't get over how much Paige loves any type of animal. She hasn't been afraid of any animal that we've come across so far. I wonder if we're going to have a future vet on our hands! :0)

Not sure about Santa

We had our Ward Christmas party on the 2nd of this month and of course Santa came at the end of it all. This is really the first time that Paige has had the opportunity to see a "real, live Santa". She loved watching all of the other kids get onto his lap, but when she was next in line, she wasn't so sure of it all. We walked up and I set her on his lap. I could tell she was on the verge of losing it and Santa and I had the same thought, give the girl the candy cane ASAP. When he did, she sat there on his lap, but refused to look at him or smile for the camera. This is the best shot we took! The rest of the night, she'd sneak a look at Santa with the other kids, but she refused to get too close to him after that. Unless, of course, he gave her another candy cane!

COSI fun

Here are a couple cute pictures we took at COSI, a science activity center here in downtown Columbus. We had so much fun there. We played in the toddler area for most of the time (Grandma Buhler can tell you about the rats that can play basketball) then we ate lunch and took these pics. I absolutely love the picture of my mom and grandma!! Good times, good times.

Our wonderful family!!

We had such a great time with my mom and grandma this last week!! I think the best part was seeing how Paige interacted with them. Everytime she wanted something, whether it was a snack, a toy, etc., she had to make sure that her grandmas had it too. We were able to go to the Columbus temple, COSI, the zoo, Kirtland, and of course shopping with them, also. We made a lot of great memories on this trip, that's for sure! The saddest part was saying goodbye, of course. Paige saw her grandmas walking away at the airport and she started crying and saying, "Gandma, gandma" over and over! It was so sweet, but sad. Luckily it didn't last very long, or else it would have got me going! At least I understand that "Gandma" will be coming back in 3 months when the baby's born!


This is one of my favorite pictures that we took at Kirtland. We had a great time seeing the sites and feeling the spirit there. I wish we would have been able to go into the Kirtland temple, but Paige (and Mommy) weren't going to last much longer without a real lunch! My mom took some great pictures of the temple from the outside, though, and hopefully she'll be able to go in when she's out here for Brian's graduation in June. Thanks Mom and Grandma for taking me up on the offer to come out. We enjoyed every moment and Paige still talks about her "Gandmas". :0)

The tale of the Christmas Tree

We set up the tree after the BYU/Utah game on Saturday. We wanted Paige to help put the ornaments on the tree, so we taught her how to put the hooks on the ornaments, find the perfect "spot" for it, and place it on the branch. She did so well and as you can see in the first picture, she was quite proud of herself. She especially liked the ornament we got for her last year which has her picture in it (it's the blue square right in the middle of the tree.) All was well in the Adair household until Paige decided that she wanted to take a couple ornaments off the tree and move them to a different spot. As she did this, the tree tipped over and crashed down to the floor. It didn't hit Paige, but we did have a few casualties. One of my favorite snowman ornaments was broken into bits and a few gold balls. I was very surprised more damaged wasn't done. I think Paige has learned her lesson, at least for now, because every time she gets close to the tree to look at the lights and the ornaments we ask her what happens if we play with the tree and she says in her sweet, angelic voice..."tree fall down".

Go Bucks!!!

As most of you know, The Ohio State University Buckeyes are the #1 college football team in the nation. (We are very happy about this, by the way!) When we played the "school up north" on November 18th we went to our friends' house to watch the game. We had so much fun! Paige, Kate, and Jack all had their Good Luck Buckeye necklaces on and they seemed to help in the outcome of the game. :0) You should hear Paige say "Go Bucks" whenever she sees a football game on TV. (She now has added "Go Cougars" to her vocabulary also since she was able to watch the BYU vs. Utah game on Saturday.) Brainwashing our child, you ask....No way!!!

The latest trip to the Columbus Zoo

Instead of sliding down the orangutan statue like her friend, Kate, Paige decided she wanted to give it a kiss instead! She definitely is a loving girl. (We wouldn't want her any other way!!)







Paige, Kate, and Jack had to try to get on the replica of the "World's stinkiest flower" at the same time. We always have so much fun at the zoo, especially when we go with our friends! We're hoping to go again this week before the weather changes for the worse.

Can you guess what we're having?

Just a couple of Paige's "boyfriends"

Paige loves to give Sammy (Cookie Monster) hugs! Too bad he was more interested in his sucker!










Our little bunny cheesing it with Baby Bear (aka Zachary).

Playgroup buddies

We had playgroup today with Sammy, Tyler, Zach, Emaline, and Paige. It was a lot of fun, even if a bit crazy. I had one 5 minute period where it was quiet...and this was it. SNACKTIME!! You have to love the dinosaur crackers the have out now!! :0)











Emaline is the only girl around Paige's age. They became fast friends at playgroup today. They read books, danced, colored and ate snack together...while the boys went crazy with the toys. Who knew that the differences between boys and girls would be so evident at this age! :0)

Pumpkin Pickin' cont.

I tried to put these on earlier, but it wasn't working. I'm so glad it's working now because I absolutely LOVE this picture of Paige and Daddy on the giant pumpkins!


Paige was so funny picking out the pumpkins. She would go to each one and say, "this one, this one". I do have to say, though, I'm not sure who had more fun picking the best pumpkins...Paige or Brian!

Pumpkin Pickin'

Brian had the day off today, so we decided to go to a great place called Circle S Farms. We were able to see goats, ducks, chickens (a noisy rooster mostly), and rabbits. After that, we played in a barn full of straw and slides, went on a hayride and picked our own pumpkins, ate pumpkin doughnuts and drank cider. It was a fun-filled morning, that's for sure. We are so happy that we could take advantage of the beautiful weather we've been having and spend quality time together as a family!!Paige chose the pig out of that, a horse, cow, sheep and a goat. I personally don't think she could get any cuter!!
See how tall I'm getting!!!
You can see that we can finally get Paige's hair in a tiny ponytail right on top of her head. At least it's something!!