HANGIN' AT HOME!

Just a few pictures of us hanging around at home, which we've been doing a lot of lately because it's been cold outside!!!

One of my favorite recent pictures of Brady!!!

This boy LOVES the drums, well music in general, but especially drums!!! Notice that he's sitting on one drum while actually using the other drum! He also uses the drum he's sitting on to help him get up on the couch...pretty clever, I think!!

Just looking cute before bedtime.

Playing with Daddy.
Sitting on Daddy is SO much fun!!!

BOWLING FUN!!!

Last weekend we went to a Birthday Party for our friend Andy who turned 4!!! When I learned that it was going to be a bowling party I was a bit worried about how much fun Brady would actually have, but my worries were quickly put to rest!!! Of course there were bumpers, which are no longer the padded things, now they are metal things that come right up from the sides of the alley, and they also gave us ramps so the kids could just push the ball down and let it roll. Oh, and yes, they do have bowling shoes small enough to fit an almost 2 year old!! Brady really seemed to have a good time and I KNOW that Andy did too!!!! Thanks for including us!!!

Brady giving the "thumbs up" which I had never seen him do until today!!!!

Clapping for one the kids!

Daddy helping Brady bowl!!

Checking out all the balls when we first got there!

The Birthday Boy Andy, and his mom, my friend Katherine! FYI, this picture was supposed to be first, but I forgot to change the order so they'd upload in the right order....sorry!!! Thanks again, we had a great time!

DINNER WITH FRIENDS!

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of going out to dinner with our friends Norman and Shelly and their two kids Nyah and Ewan! It was so nice to be able to go to dinner and catch up since we haven't been able to spend a ton of time together since we got back. I see Shelly regularly at soccer and at our monthly "Girls Night Out', but the 4 (well, 7) of us haven't all been together as much as we'd like. We went to a fun pizza place called Generous George's, and I've decided the name comes from the portion sizes!!!  We all had a great time and the kids enjoyed the clown we came by to make balloon animals for them best!!!! 

Ewan and his dinosaur

Nyah and her dog (poodle)

Brady and his tiger

Brady giving his tiger a drink!

Daddy and Brady!

NEW YEAR'S EVE!

We had a nice New Year's Eve at home with our friends Mark and Margi and their two boys, Ty and Blake, as well as my brother. We missed our friends Ken and Kristi and their two kids as they were home with sick kiddos!! We just hung out and ordered pizza and let the kids play Wii before putting them bed so that the adults could enjoy some fun times!!! It was a really fun way to spend New Year's Eve since we didn't have to worry about anyone driving home and I think it may become an annual event!!!

Alan's Avatar on Wii!(it's a pretty close likeness, don't ya think?)

Ty celebrating a strike!

Blake lookin' cute!

Brady cheering for a good shot by one of the boys! We were pretty amazed at how well both boys bowled, since they're only 6 and 3...they both got scores well over 100!!!!

I'LL HELP MYSELF, THANKS!!

Tonight we went over to our friends house for a little get together where there were 10 adults and 6 kids from 6 years old down to 12 months, so there was a lot going on as you can imagine. We had been hanging out for awhile playing and talking and then the pizza guy showed up. So I'm getting Brady settled with his pizza and he's saying he doesn't want it which is a bit odd for him so I was trying to figure out what else he might want. With that, he then said, "milk" and I told him I had juice for him, but he insisted on milk, so I think I was just about to ask Alan to get him some when I noticed that Brady is walking over to the refrigerator where he then opened it up, got the milk carton out and came back to the table and put it down at his place!!!! Kind of like he was saying, "well, if you're not going to help me, then I'll help myself, thanks!" Of course I apologized to our friends, but we all agreed it was pretty darn funny!!!! 

GINGERBREAD HOUSE!

This year was the second year I have ever made a gingerbread house and I have to say it went quite well. Sure I have LOTS to learn, but all things considered, especially the fact that I had a more than willing 22 month old helping, we got through it with no catastrophes and actually had a good time!!! I will say that I think they should give you more than one thing of the icing since you have to make it, then let it sit while the house "sets up". Just my two cents and it certainly won't keep us from making another house next year and the year after and the year after that!!! Enjoy the pics!

One for me....

one for the house!

I like these gum drops!!

Look at that concentration!

the finished project!

OKAY, I LIED (sorry!!)

In my previous post, I said I didn't take pictures of Christmas Eve, well, the truth is I forgot that I changed memory cards in my camera....oops!!! Anyway, here are a few pictures of our evening with Uncle Eric and Aunt Pam (and the kids). Again, my pictures were posted in reverse order, so we're starting at the end of the night and working back to the beginning... sorry about that.

Brady sharing Cisco's new bed!!


Checking out the family photo that we gave to Eric and Pam!

Looking at his nice new outfit from Janie and Jack!

Uncle Eric helping with Brady's new puzzle.

Opening presents.