a wonderful Christmas time, however I'm glad it is over. Is there such thing as too much Christmas? My boys may have experienced this, we started our Christmas adventures on Sunday the 23rd with Grandpa Tim's family Christmas. It was great to see everyone and Gabe had a great time opening his presents. He loved everything and still loves to get clothes,
Just a bunch of Iowans on an extended adventure in The Lone Star State.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Simply having...
a wonderful Christmas time, however I'm glad it is over. Is there such thing as too much Christmas? My boys may have experienced this, we started our Christmas adventures on Sunday the 23rd with Grandpa Tim's family Christmas. It was great to see everyone and Gabe had a great time opening his presents. He loved everything and still loves to get clothes,
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
For Unto You is Born This Day...
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Hilton Magic
We were adventurous last night and took both boys to the basketball game at Hilton. My mom and dad came with so we had some extra hands. I found you really don't watch too much of the game when you have a 2 year old around. Gabe was funny doing the cheers and clapping with the fight song but mostly he wanted to give Cy high 5's. Ty found the game to be somewhat boring apparently as he fell asleep on Grandma's lap. When he was awake he would just look around at all the lights, he did a great job. As Gabe would say "we had fun at the baketball place."
Monday, December 17, 2007
Snowy Days
Gabe loves the snow, it could be -30 and the kid would still want to play outside in the snow. I finally found him
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Out of the Mouths of Gabes
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
This and That
This December has not been a pleasant weather month. It is hard to keep a 2 year old entertained in the house everyday. To add to the problem I went to Target to buy Gabe some snow pants and they were all out of boy colors. They had 2 pairs of pretty pink pants left but that was it, I didn't think his Daddy would approve of that color so I refrained from buying him any. To keep him somewhat entertained I bought him bubble bath. He has not liked taking baths lately but will play for a long time if there are bubbles in the tub. To add to our stir crazy mood Gabe decided to fall asl
Monday, December 10, 2007
Toothy Grin
It's official, Ty now has 2 teeth. Just like big brother Gabe he got them both right about the same time and at 3 1/2 months. I have been trying to get a picture of them but I have been rather unsuccessful. I have one where you can kind of see them but it is blurry. I'll just post one of him smiling and you can use your imagination, trust me they're there. This past week and weekend we were able to go to the Christmas production at our church, Carl went 3 times and I went twice, the first time with his work, the 2nd with my parents and Carl went with some friends. It was absolutely amazing. I'm so glad I was able to see it more then once. So much time, hard work and dedication went into this production and it showed, it was fabulous. While Carl went with our friends I stayed home with our kids and their little girl Olivia. It was fun for her and Gabe to play together, it always brings a different dynamic to the mix when you throw in a little girl, while still playing tractors and blocks Olivia played dress up and Gabe was her model once with her putting her pr
Friday, December 7, 2007
Adventures in Cookie Making
Today was cookie making day at our house. Gabe's friend Brady and his mommy and baby sister came over and we made roll out sugar cookies. Brave you might say, with 2 two year olds and two infants ages 6 months and 4 months but it actually turned out pretty good. There were a few tears and moments of frustration and the boys got a little frustrated at times too, but for the most part they did a good job. Gabe did much better this year then last. Last year he was afraid to touch the dough and didn't quite get the gist of the sprinkle thing. This year he wasn't at all afraid of the dough as some of it ended up in his mouth and the sprinkles were the best part. As I cleaned up the mess I thought why did I want to do this again, but even just sitting here now I realize that this is part of making Christmas Memories, I'm sure the day is coming sooner then I want to think about, when my boys won't want to help their old mom make cookies anymore and when that day comes I will look back on today and smile thinking of my flour covered little boy and how much fun he had eating, I mean making cookies with his Mommy.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Christmas Jammies
On a non-Christmas note this is one of the projects we got done on Saturday, the lettering had been sitting in our house for quite awhile and it finally was put up above our dining room. We love it.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful
Wow what a bad weather weekend. We ended up not going to the tree farm on Saturday because of all the snow/ice. We just stayed home that day and got some Christmas shopping done and a few things around the house as well. Sunday morning my mom and dad watched the boys and we headed up to the tree farm since the weather was better and we were fearing a large crowd since Saturday was so bad. It was a good thing we went, we did end up selling lots of trees Sunday afternoon. I posted a few pics, Ty fell asleep in his bouncy seat still hanging onto his butterfly(he loves those things) I finally put the boys in their matching pj's the other day and remembered to take a picture and I am trying out putting up a video. Gabe is doing the Go Cyclones cheer he learned at the games and also helping me sing Twinkle, Twinkle(please no one be jealous of my insanely good singing voice :)
Friday, November 30, 2007
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
I forgot to mention in my last post we put up our Christmas tree on Monday. Gabe was super excited, he kept saying "Bismas Tree in da House" and then he would laugh. We had him put the star on top. When he went to bed that night there were only lights on so when he woke up the next morning and came out to find a decorated tree, complete with pine cones, he was super excited(the kid loves pines cones for some reason.) He has already called Grandpa and Grandma to come over to see his Bismas Tree.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
So why the switch?
So I decided to switch our website with a little prodding from my husband. He said this is a better layout so we are giving it a try. We have had a busy past couple of weeks. We traveled up to Algona for the Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate with the Mawdsley's and to help out at the tree farm. It was a busy weekend but it went well. Gabe enjoyed helping to run the tractor to shake tree's and Ty kept Grandma Nancy busy in the house. Ty got to meet Aunt Em for the first time this week as well(see picture). I think she kind of liked him as she joked she was going to take him back with her in her carry on! Gabe had a great time being on the farm. He was able to visit Uncle Bone one day and he got 2 tractor rides, as well as the tractor rides he received everyday on Grandpa Matt's blue tractor, he was in 7th heaven! Gabe also loved Purdy (Andrea and Alan's dog who Grandpa Matt adopted) she was a patient dog who endured many Gabe hugs during the week(the picture didn't capture the hugs but we did get a few good ones with the two of them). We were also able to get the boy's Christmas Card picture taken, it is extremely difficult to get a 2 year old and a 3 month old to look at the camera at the same time, let alone smile, but we did get a few good ones. We will head up to the farm again this weekend, as it will be a busy one. We hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving.