Pile Up

Love this picture of my boys and me.

Kids in Christmas PJs

There is just nothing cuter than a bunch of kiddos in their Christmas PJs, if only they would all sit in one place long enough to capture the cuteness.

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent our Thanksgiving at my Aunt Becky's house this year. This was the first time we have had a family gathering there and it was great. We ate lots and played more. A great day.

Todd's Day

Since it is Todd's vacation, he chose our activities for the day. We started our adventure at Sushi Land where he can choose his food off the conveyor belt which he loves. Next was bowling where he beat me fair and square which would be embarrassing if Wylie hadn't been on my team. And finally, a trip to Half Price Books for the 5 chapter books that will get him through the weekend. A great day for Todd and me too.

IKEA Exhaustion

Jacy and I have been discussing how much time we spend at IKEA, a lot. I took Wylie last week for lunch and a wrapping paper purchase and took this funny picture of him outside the store. He loves this display of couches because there is a Christmas tree in it and he likes to sit and ooh and aah at the lights. He was pretending to be asleep so we wouldn't leave quite yet.

It's Picture Day!

It's Picture Day, which is why Wylie just had a soup pot fall on his nose! Grandma scheduled fancy pics for Todd, Wylie and Marisa weeks ago and we have been prepping. This is very exciting! My kids have their outfits all ready, their fruit snack selections made and a bribe treat in the bag for afterward. Of course, no family photo is complete without one facial injury so now we are really ready.

Poor Wylie, he has a nice cut on the bridge of his nose, which was made better by 20 minutes of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, a fruit cup and snuggles from Mommy and Daddy (who came home from running errands because Mommy second guesses her first aid mojo since the broken finger fiasco of '07).

Let's hope the pictures turn out well.

Day Off

Todd had the day off from school yesterday to observe Veteran's Day. Every year I say, "we should thank a vet today" and yesterday I finally had my act together in time to do it. Todd made a really cute card for our friend George who served in WW2. It was our small way of say ing thanks to him for his service to our country. After our project was complete we headed to Bell Square to play in their new play area for kids. We arrived excited to play and then found that Todd is too big for the area so we headed to all the kiddo stores in the mall to play and dream. We also hit Jamba Juice for smoothies and McDonalds for Happy Meals. It was so fun to have Todd with Wylie and me all day. We really miss him when he is at school. The Boys were very amusing to me yesterday so I took a few cute pics of them on our adventure.

Jason Mraz Concert at the Paramount

Jacy and I went to see Jason Mraz last night at the Paramount. I am a lousy person to go to concerts with and I will be the first to admit this fact about myself and Jacy will second that emotion I am sure. I am not an audience participation kind of girl, I like to listen to the music and enjoy the human interest aspect of seeing an artist live BUT I don't like the crowd. Not my thing. That being said I really enjoyed Lisa Hannigan, the opening act and I loved hearing 2 or 3 of my favorite Mraz songs live ("I'm Yours" in particular, such a good version last night with a guest from the audience). Here are some pics of Mr. A-Z showing off his skills and my cutie getting ready for the concert.

Wild Wylie

I know two things for sure about this photo!

#1 It was dangerous in some way.

#2 Wylie enjoyed it.

Sunday Morning Hockey

Jacy took Todd to stick and puck yesterday morning just for the fun of it. Todd is enjoying ice skating and hockey more and more and is getting better at it too. It's fun to see them go off to do man stuff together. Check out a few pics of Todd, crashed on our floor eating an ice cream cone in all his gear.

We Voted

I took the kids with me to the voting poll this afternoon. Wylie slept through the event, thankfully, but Todd was tuned in for the adventure. I chose a paper ballot so that he could really see everything well and talked to him about what I was voting for. I was amused when I voted for the Governor and Todd said, "don't vote for Dino Rossi, he takes kid's health care away from them". Is he the only one still listening to campaign ads at this point? I really love voting and appreciate that I am able to. I hope my kids understand the importance of making their voice heard in that way and will look forward to their right to vote.

A Quiet Weekend

I just sat down to write about our lovely, quiet weekend and realized that it wasn't very quiet but it was very relaxing. We did a lot of stuff, just no six year old birthday parties, traveling or school obligations. Nice and busy, but just the stuff we chose to do, like date night at H&G Bistro and some serious Lego construction.