Spreading Out the Holidays

Thanks to the Stomach Bug of 2010, we weren't able to celebrate Christmas with my family on the day we originally planned. It ended up working out even better since Elizabeth and Brian were back from their week long trip to New Hampshire. The kids loved opening more presents and were super excited to get Pillow Pets! It was certainly a wonderful holiday season and it was the perfect way to ring in the New Year together!

Christian LOVED making Thomas laugh!

"I'll take a picture of you while you take a picture of me."

We TRIED to get one of the boys, but wiggly Nathan had other plans.

Thomas is Five and a Half!

On January 2nd, Thomas "celebrated" his half birthday. Only six months until he turns 6 years old. Gee, it's going so fast! We were at Nana's and Papa's to celebrate Christmas and we also celebrated Christian turning 15 (yikes). We sang only half the birthday song to Thomas but let him eat the whole cupcake. :)

Gadget from Santa

Thomas loves cheese. I mean....he only eats cheese! Cheese quesadillas are his absolute favorite. This year Santa brought the family a quesadilla maker! We have already used it a few times and everyone in the family LOVES it! Thomas and Nathan can have the simple cheese ones while Ken and I get to load chicken, onions, and peppers on ours. It's so nice to fix a meal the entire family will eat! Yay!

Time for a Bath

"Nathan, time for a bath." Well, he was very ready as we gathered his jammies and diaper. He's so quick! He loves getting a shower! Can you tell?!

Thomas Learns to Shave

Thomas' favorite Christmas gift was the Toy Story shaving kit that Ken and I got him. He thinks he is so grown up and literally shaves three times a day. He has already told me that he plans to wake up early on the mornings we have school so that he has time to shave. ha! Today I even let him wear a little bit of aftershave. He said he LOVES the way his face smells!

 

Thomas' First Camp Out

Thomas and Nathan got a tent with a detachable tunnel for Christmas and they have had a lot of fun with it in the house. (Not nearly as much as the shark tent.) On Tuesday night Thomas asked if he could camp out in the living room. Oh, he loves camping out now! Plus, he slept in his tent the whole night. :)

Christmas!

Our Christmas got started at 8am with Thomas coming to our bed giving us a full report of everything Santa brought. He was so excited about Christmas it was a miracle that he slept all night long! Santa made his stop at our house and the boys must have been very good this year! Nathan loved seeing so many Elmo and Blues Clues toys! He also loves the new car race track. Thomas got a new bike and Mario Cart, which was on his list. Amazingly, his favorite gift was a simple Toy Story shaving kit! I think he has shaved three times in 2 days! We also enjoyed the company of Ken's family Christmas morning and then saw more of his family for lunch in the afternoon. Here are some highlights from our fun filled Christmas!



Christmas Eve Church



Putting reindeer food outside



Santa arrived!









He loves the new Elmo slippers.
P.S. That's how he smiles when you say, "cheese!".



Race track

New shaving kit



It took only minutes for Nathan to figure out how to climb up onto Thomas' new bike!



The first of many competitions!