Christmas 2012

We had a good Christmas this year. 

Well, that's not totally true.  We had a good Christmas considering everyone had the flu and Nathan doesn't yet understand the "barf bucket" concept.

Seriously.

Sorry. I'll spare you any more details, promise. But really, we had some great moments leading up to Christmas.  So let's just focus on that, shall we? 

Looking at the lights...

 

Christmas pajamas...

Preschool program...

Christmas Eve...

Feeling good enough to color a picture for Santa and dictate a letter.

"Joy Baby"

Christmas morning



 

 



 

 

Here's to a healthy New Year. :-)

Eli Update

Eli is almost 10 months old now.  TEN months!

He is growing up too, too fast. Stop it!!!!

He's doing all the big baby stuff.  Like pulling up in his crib.

And eating.  Lots of eating.  He loves baby puffs.  He also loves peas, lasagna, eggs and sweet potatoes.

Likes: swinging at the park, getting teeth (7 and counting!), eating stuff off the carpet, army crawling, Brooke, reading books, playing ball, being tickled and splashing in the bathtub. 

Dislikes: getting his nose wiped, riding in the car, staying up past 6:30, sleeping through the night, and holding still.  And he's on the fence about Santa.

 

As for me, I'm just enjoying and hoping this first year doesn't fly by too fast. 

 

 

Stay little.  Okay?  :-)   

O Christmas Tree

We got a real, live tree this year! 

Scot aspires to be Clark Griswald, I think.  We couldn't just go to Lowe's and get a tree like everybody else.  We were going to cut down our own.

The kids were all business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we found it.  Cutting it down was a 3-man job.  

 

 

 

What did Eli do while Scot cut and I took pictures? Grazed on pine needles and practiced his baby yoga. We're really good parents like that.

 

So now we have a Christmas tree. 

 



 

We also have 3 broken ornaments (and counting) and a broken advent calandar courtesy of curious little hands. 

 

Ah, well. 'Tis the season.  

Halloween...A Little Late.

You know how a holiday comes and goes, and the very next day you're sick of that holiday? Take Halloween. 

October 31:  I'm so glad we carved little jack-o-lanterns! They're so festive all lit up on the porch! 

November 1: Can someone please get this half-rotten fruit off the porch?  Halloween is OVER!

So, anyway, excuse me as I go back in time and do a Halloween post, even though you're sooooo over Halloween and already wondering where you put the Christmas lights.

We have so much fun on Halloween around here.  It's all about friends, fall and, of course, candy. 

Here we have a peacock, Spiderman, and a tiger.

 

Here's a close-up of my face painting handiwork.  Know what's harder than painting straight lines on an excited 3-year-old?  Nothing, that's what. 

 

And away we go.

Some of the friends we found as we went down the street.

Happy Halloween...five days ago!!!! 

30 Day Photo Challenge, Part III

Hey, I did it!!  Here are the last of my pictures.  By the way, that was fun.  The best part is that I have a variety of pictures that I probably wouldn't have taken otherwise.

Day 18: Getting dressed

Day 19: Looking out the window

Day 20: Laughing

Day 21: Hugging a loved one.  Note to self: don't forget to take a picture all day and then drag out the camera when everyone's tired and cranky.

 

Day 22: Little hands at work.  Here we have Rapunzel with Pascal sitting on her head.  :-) 

 

Day 23: Brushing teeth.  There's Nathan.  Yup, he's brushing his teeth.  I couldn't come up with anything interesting for this shot.

Day 24: Catch them not paying attention to the camera.  They are in their own little world.  They drew nests and eggs and were pretending to be birds. 

Day 25: In low lighting.  How's that for a jack-o-lantern shot?

Day 26:  Telling you a story.  Brooke has taken over a devotional of mine.  She loves that it has gold rimmed pages and a ribbon bookmark.

Day 27: With a prop that represents them.  Nate is SO into Spiderman right now.  This was a no-brainer.  He looooooved that I wanted to take pictures of him in his Spiderman mask.

Web shooter close-up.

Day 28: Helping with a household task.  I submitted a different one for the challenge, but on second thought,  I like this one better.

 

Day 29: Playing in the leaves.  This shot is the result of a 5-minute outdoor playing session at the park.  The 55-degree weather seemed so cold after the 85-degree days we had earlier that week. 

Day 30: Self portrait.  Eli was cracking up and having a ball, and we were all laughing.  This was a fun little moment.