It’s Christmas!

Here’s Adam with the Playmobile Nativity set.

I LOVE this picture. I think it’s the cutest thing ever, and very sweet!

Merry Christmas :)

Perry the Platypus

I don’t know if any of you out there are familiar with Phineas and Ferb, on the Disney channel. It’s a silly fun little show that Alex, Erik, and Adam, (and me too to be perfectly honest) have enjoyed watching ever since last summer. I surprised them all a couple of weeks ago, with this ornament of Perry the platypus. Perry is Phineas and Ferbs’ pet and also a secret agent. I know it sounds strange but it works in the show…really it does…really. ;)

Before I gave it to them all, Alex was so confused as to what I could have gotten from the Disney store that I was keeping a secret from him. I felt quite sneaky and secretive…it was fun! So Perry is our new ornament for the year, in addition to some cute Christmas tree ornaments the kids made out of popsicle sticks, pompoms, and such.

Santa!

Last Saturday we had a Christmas party at church.

And guess who was there…Santa!

 

A couple weeks ago my kid's didn't really think Santa was real...or at least they weren't sure. Now they are totally convinced there really is a Santa! It's so funny!

We have actually seen two Santas in the last week and a half. After the first one Adam said, “There really is a Santa on earth! I didn’t know there was a Santa on earth!” Now that he’s seen two he says “There are two Santa's on earth”! He doesn’t seem to see any conflict in that. That’s the beauty of being three I guess.

Erik was also surprised and thrilled to find out there really is a Santa. Now, I didn’t tell them anything about these Santas being real or not…I just left them up to their own ideas and asked them what they thought. And they bought it hook, line, and sinker! It’s pretty fun though :)

Tyler was not so happy to see Santa. I figured he wouldn’t be, but it was worth a try. And he’s still cute, even if he is crying.

We took a picture before church on Sunday. It was another one of our - balance the camera on top of the tv and set the timer – ones. So not great, but it’s better than nothing. The boys were so cute in their sweaters. Erik and Adam can wear the same size sweater vests, so they are taking turns with the red one with the snowman on it. Adam wore it last week and Erik is going to wear it next week I think.

Christmas cookies and a pumpkin for Christmas!

Last week we made some Christmas cookies.

Here’s Erik waiting for them to come out of the oven. He was watching the timer very intently!

And Adam surveying the aftermath.

I noticed I haven’t posted very many pictures of Erik lately…So here’s another one of Erik!

On another topic…Adam has been asking me to get out his pumpkin costume. He says he wants to be a pumpkin for Christmas :)

I tried to explain that we dress up for Halloween, not Christmas. But he still keeps saying he wants to be a pumpkin, so eventually I got out the costume. After Adam wore it, Tyler wanted to try it on too. I wanted to get a picture of Tyler the pumpkin…but he always seemed to be running away. I got lots of pictures of the back of him.

Except for this one where he was distracted by a book :)

So here’s to my two little Christmas pumpkins!

Laundry cart = vehicle?

Three weeks ago Tyler had croup, and was in the hospital for a day and a half. Not fun at all for baby or parents, but Tyler did have a good time getting into every bit of mischief he could find in that room ;)

Did you know a laundry cart makes a pretty fun vehicle if you’re one? He pushed it all over the room.

Hanging out on a chair.

See the bright red electrical outlets in the picture below. They were “conveniently” located all around the room. And bright red…just perfect for catching a babies’ attention…lovely.

Sucking on a toothpaste tube and checking out the crib he wouldn’t sleep in…that was a looong night!

He is such a good sleeper at home, but he does not know how to sleep when I am in the room with him. He freaked out when I tried to lay him down next to me on the fold out couch. He would wiggle away from me, run across the room, and then stand there screaming at me. This scene repeated many times. Finally I put him in the crib for 5 minutes and hid in the corner of the room where he couldn’t see me. He screamed of course, but when I picked him up again after that he did better and actually laid down next to me. He slept for maybe an hour and then was up for another hour or two. Eventually he fell asleep again and got about 6 hours of sleep. Too bad I didn’t sleep nearly that long. The fold out couch was very nice and big (for a couch), but still I couldn’t sleep very well on it. Plus it doesn’t help that my mind always knows some random person could walk into our room at any moment…just not conducive to a good sleep environment.

I was grateful though, that our biggest problems that night were just lack of sleep and getting into mischief…not actual problems because Tyler was sick. He was doing much better at that point and acting pretty normal, aside from his noisy breathing.

And, of course, more playing with the laundry cart…over here…

and now over there…

and climbing up to the sink to get a toothbrush.

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving

Finally a Thanksgiving post! But better late than never I guess :)

My family from CA came to visit again this year for Thanksgiving. It was great to spend time with them and my kids LOVED playing with their uncles and Grandparents!

Tyler and Adam had fun in the sandbox while my brothers dug a stump out of our yard. That was a huge help to us, especially because our bulk trash pickup day was coming, and we wanted to get it out of the ground before then so we could get rid of it.

Adam built a “volcano” in a bucket. Here he is showing it off.

And here are my wonderful brothers removing the remains of our tree that had sadly died in the past several months.

The little girl you don’t recognize is a friend of Erik’s from school, who recently moved onto our street. Now Erik and Adam are often busy playing with her and her sisters. Fun times…a bit crazy when we have an extra 5, and 7 year-old running around…but fun for the kids.

Tyler in my brother’s hat…

and Adam in his boots…

and hat.

Who said girls are the ones who like to wear each other’s clothes. hehe ;)

And Alex making tasty rolls…and putting the table he made to good use. When he was building the table he always imagined kneading dough on it! And now he is :)

Tyler’s Haircut

I finally cut Tyler’s hair yesterday. It’s amazing how different he looks!

Before:

After:

  ~

And who is this?

Tyler? 

No – Adam!

They do look very similar, especially now with the haircut.

Super Sandal

Tyler likes to put Alex’s sandals on his arms. He’ll put his arms out in front of himself like a super hero (although I couldn’t get a picture of him doing this maneuver). 

What do you call a baby super hero with sandals on his arms?

It’s a bird it’s a plane, it’s Super Sandal!

One Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Hi, this is Alex. I just went to use the bathroom and found the following on my bed.  Just thought everyone could appreciate this photo.

Tyler is asleep in the other room too.  I’m the only one awake.  The house is so quiet.