Another Half Brithday

Today Nathan is 18 months old (or one and a half)! It seems like only yesterday we were having his monkey birthday party and now in only 6 months we'll be celebrating again. Time is passing so quickly! He goes for his 18 month check up tomorrow and we are anxious to see how much he grew since our last visit! Nathan continues to climb on all the furniture. He also learned to jump like a frog, which is so fun to watch. He loves Blues Clues and Elmo. And his new found hobby is coloring. He cut 6 teeth in 6 weeks, including 4 molars. He is starting to say more sounds which represent words, which is a great improvement. It amazes us how well he keeps up with Thomas and how much he is changing from a baby into a sweet little boy!

It's Snowing....well, sort of!

After seeing Santa we already had plans to go to Oviedo's Snow Mountain. It was very cold so we didn't stay long since Nathan wasn't feeling his best. We stood in line for about an hour for the kids to play in a big snow mound. The lines we incredibly long and after you play in snow you get wet and even colder. After such a long day, Thomas was on the verge of a meltdown of his own, so we decided to cut our night of snow short. It was still fun, but I think playing in the real stuff is more fun, plus you don't have to wait in line! :)

Seeing Santa

After we took our holiday pictures, we went to Bass Pro for Ken to pick up something and decided that since the boys were still in their cute shirts we would have them see Santa while we were there. Apparently we weren't the only ones with that idea! We waited in line for an hour and a half and briefly saw Santa. Nathan was petrified! Thomas told Santa about all the animals he wants and even asked, "You can bring real pets right or no?" The smart Santa replied, "We'll see."

Holiday Pictures

When we visited Great Day in the Country this year, a girl had a booth that made hand made shirts for boys and girls. I ordered matching "tie" shirts for the boys and a necklace for myself to wear for some family holiday photos. Since the days seem to pass quicker than I plan, we didn't get to have a family photo taken...yet, but we decided to go to Lake Mills to take pictures of the boys for our holiday cards. Here are some. The out takes are rather funny since Nathan refused to be still or smile!

Yes, Nathan was making this face on purpose! Such a stinker!

Buzz's Return From the North Pole

Last year, one of Santa's elves, whom we named "Buzz", came to our house to help watch the boys have great behavior. Everynight he flies back to the North Pole and reports to Santa about how the day was. Buzz returns in the morning, but not in the same place where he once was. Every morning Thomas rushes out of bed to be the first one to find where Buzz is hiding. We are happy to report that Buzz has returned to our house and I'm sure he is very pleased with all the great choices Thomas and Nathan are making. They are making Santa very proud.

 

Thanksgiving Art

Our house was very decorated with Thomas' wonderful artwork and writing. It's amazing how much progress he has made in his writing in just one year. Hanging up all his beautiful work is one of my favorite traditions!

"I like Thanksgiving because you celebrate being together. I will eat turkey."

"Hooray For Thanksgiving"

Today was Thomas' Thanksgiving Show at school called "Hoory for Thanksgiving". It was so nice that Ken, Papa and Aunt Emily came to the show. Thomas was an Indian in the show and made his costume from a pillow case. The children sang about 6 songs, performed the play and we saw a movie that the children created in their computer lab class. Thomas' picture shows that he is thankful for "his guinea pig, his rabbit, angry birds, and his dog". Mind you, we have NO pets at home, so when I asked him about it, he said that he wants to have a guinea pig one day and when it dies he's going to get a rabbit to eat all the carrots off his plate! He said that the angry bird was about the video game that is on my I-Touch. Oh how this kid cracks me up! I had to get back to my class, so I was thankful that Emily took pictures of Thomas with some of his holiday artwork. It was such a cute show! What a fun way to start off celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday!