sledding in the front yard

Today was one of those weird weather days that I love in Colorado. It's been really nice so there isn't any snow in the backyard but then there was a little left in the front. Harry and Nate and I played out back for a bit and blew bubbles. Then, we went in the front and I got Nate's new sled out. We haven't had a lot of snow this winter to use it and I'm expecting it to be gone after today. There's just enough of a slant so the boys could slide down...and then I didn't have far to walk it back up for them.

A hit this Christmas

Ted and Harry got toy razors with foaming soap and shampoo from us. Ted got Transformers and Harry got Thomas the tank engine. We went to Target yesterday and found a Cars set so we got that also so all 3 boys would have one. Nate loved sharing with Harry so he was happy to have his own tonight. Harry wanted the Cars one. Nate loves Thomas so he was happy to have that one.

They grow up so fast!

Dec. 4, 2007

Jan. 2, 2009

We had a playdate at a new play place called Bloomba this morning. We met a friend and her mom there for 1 1/2 hours. I had taken the boys on Monday afternoon this week and they all had a fun time. We had the place to ourselves for over an hour then so it was great to try it out that way. I purchased a membership for a month since that seemed like the better deal for us. Bloomba has a lot of fun toys and seems geared toward the 18 mos-5 yrs crowd so I'm sure we'll go a couple more times while Ted is at school. Ted has a great time there but I think he'll be outgrowing it soon.

After Nate's nap, we went outside for a while since it was relatively warm today. All 3 boys and I played Ring Around the Rosie and Nate loved it. He's at such a fun age for that and wanted to do it again and again. Then he wanted to swing. I'm amazed at how much he has grown in the last year. You can see the comparison between shortly after receiving the swing and today.

Blastoff!

As I was getting dinner made tonight, the boys were all up in Ted and Harry's room playing. When we sat down to eat, they told me what they were doing. They were trying to blast off into space. Harry thought they could do it in the closet. They gave it a shot and Ted said he tried to keep Nate out just in case it worked. I'm not sure if he was trying to protect him or just plain didn't want his baby brother tagging along. I found a laundry basket in the closet which I think was supposed to be the rocket ship. I'm guessing some of this is coming from a movie we watched a couple weeks ago called The Astronaut Farmer. Harry has still been trying to get to Dogland too.

Merry Christmas!

I always go back and forth between taking pictures and just enjoying the moment. This year was spent just enjoying the time with the kids. We went to mass yesterday afternoon at 3 pm, came home and the boys opened gifts from us, and then had dinner, and played some more. Ted got out of school last Friday so they felt like they were waiting forever to open gifts. Bob and I didn't finish shopping until Saturday when we dropped the kids off at the church to play while we shopped together. We didn't put any gifts under the tree because the temptation would be too great. I was mostly worried about Nate but I wouldn't be surprised if Harry would have opened something and then claimed to forget. Our tree is in the basement and I realized after I got down there that I forgot to take the camera down. Bob went down and wasn't too worried about pictures. I thought maybe we could get pictures in the morning while they were opening gifts from Santa.

Ted and Harry got up first this morning. They checked things out in the basement and then came upstairs to tell us it was the best Christmas ever. Ted and Harry each had a soccer ball under the tree from Santa and Nate got a sled. They also had stockings filled with goodies and a couple more presents under the tree each. Nate got up and I heard them say that they brought Nate's sled up to the main floor. As I was coming out of the bedroom, Nate was opening one of his gifts too so I almost missed it. We decided to let Bob sleep and see what Santa brought later. We spent the day playing with the new toys. Ted and Harry also each got a new game. Harry got a WordWorld matching game and Ted got travel sized Battleship. Both seem to be big hits with them.

Longest day ever for kids

The boys have been wanting to open presents for days now so I knew I had to be prepared this morning. I printed off a Christmas codeword puzzle for Ted and a couple coloring sheets. We also had a gingerbread train kit that I had bought. The gingerbread train wasn't too bad to put together. The biggest challenge was keeping Nate off the table when my hands were busy putting the train together. Nate just wanted to help and he actually did better than I expected when it was time to put the candy on. He put the pieces on one at a time and was gentle with it. The train worked well for us to keep the kids busy before we went to lunch and then church.

1st Haircut

Bob had been cutting Ted and Harry's hair since they were little. Bob was cutting Ted's hair today and Nate went in and decided it was time to get his hair cut too. He did really well and stayed still enough for Bob. He didn't have a lot of hair yet but maybe this will help it grow back thicker. You can see Harry trying to decide which length he was going with this time.