Lucas is approaching his 100th day of school. For his project, he wanted to do 100 stickers. The are all animal stickers. We quickly realized that he could not fit them all on 1 paper. And had to glue a 2nd page. The boys are working on their Valentine's Day present for the teachers, so stay tuned. The each came up with their own idea, so be prepared to be impressed!
April Showers is having a giveaway. Go to her blog and check it out. She has a lot of cool prizes, including a gift basket that I have my eyes on. Entering is easy so go check it out!
Noah and Eli had a music program tonight. It is hard to see them but Noah is on the left side of the bleachers. He is on the 3rd row up and in a blue plaid shirt. Eli is at the xylophone on the right. He is the farthest left in the 2nd row. You really can't see him. Both boys want me to post a video on their blogs. So, for those of you who have their address's go check them out.
He wanted to make sure you saw the uniform from the back.
And for the finale. His high kick!
Alot of times the boys forget to throw away empty boxes, so my pantry gets crowded with half full boxes. The last pick is the snack box, so you can see what I mean.
The boys and I went over to Andrew/Jen's house this weekend to play with the cousins. But really to play on the wii fit. The boys were surprised how hard it was. They were always laughing and saying it was easy when they were watching me do it at my mom's. Unfortunately my kids have my GREAT balance. *wink*wink*. Their wii fit ages ranged from 11 (Eli's 1st attempt) to 26. Eli gained some years when he attempted a 2nd fit test and gained 4.5lbs in 1.5 hrs. Which answers Jeanie's ? (how accurate is the wii weight on carpet- not very!) They all had fun. And Noah is hoping that if they show Nana they can be responsible on Andrew/Jen's wii fit board, so she will let them play wii fit at her house. Nana said it was a possiblity so cross your fingers.
Jordan impressed us all with a little free concert in the living room. I know he was nervous playing in front of us all, but he did a great job. He and Andrew played Jingle Bells, and then Jordan played other songs that he knew.
We had to wait for the grandparents to open the presents, so we all sat and waited. But not all were very patient.
All the grandkids were trying to figure out which were their presents. But at Nana's house, no names are on the presents. In the stockings are a card with your name and the pic of your stamp. You have to look at the stamp on the presents to see if the stamp matches. However, we couldn't even open stockings until the grandparents arrived.
So, we took the opportunity to get some pics of the family.
When the grandparents arrived, we quickly got onto the task of opening gifts.
I got a great pic of Eli and Scott posing with their stamp cards.
I think the kids were getting tired of having to stop to pose for pics. So, they started to get silly. Not sure what kind of face Scott is making, but he is being goofy.
The kids waiting for it to be time to open the next gifts.
Noah got a circuit set. And Lucas got the batman laptop that he had been wanting.
Trevor picked this gift as his fav. It was one of the first presents that he opened, so he wasn't too interested in opening anymore. He just kept pointing at the helicopter on the box and waited for someone to open it for him.
Eli and Scott got these remote controlled trucks. But they are too big to get both in the pic.
Grandpa/Grandma enjoyed their photobook from the grandkids. Nana and Papa got one too. Rumor has it Dad got a little emotional looking through it, however he had no comment. But many witnessed him laughing when looking through the old pics of the family.
We played pass the baby through out the day with Tyler. Many people put him to sleep and cuddled with him during the day. Jordan was caught playing with him.
I held him while we were waiting to open gifts. Not sure why he is so orange. I didn't take the pic. I haven't fully mastered my camera yet.
Fred holding Tyler while we were opening gifts.
Jen was the biggest baby hog. I think someone has a little baby fever. Maybe she will be dipping into the baby pool next.
I did my fair share of holding Tyler. Julie was enjoying having everyone hold Tyler. He got tired after this pic was taken and we took a little nap on the sofa.
Break out the toys. Lucas got Trevor some match box cars that he LOVED. He cracks me up when he lays on the floor to play.
Jordan also got a circut set. So, the boys took over the kitchen for a while building different circuts that made the light bulb light up, different noises, and even made a wheel spin. Noah really enjoyed this gift.
Finally, Trevor got to play with his new garage. He was found playing with it most of the day.
I wonder if Noah and Jordan asked Tyler if they could play with his train?
The usually shy Trevor, began to feel more comfortable with all the cousins as the day went on.
New games and accessories for the wii were the big gifts for all the grandboys. So, everyone made it down through out the day to play on the wii.
Even the grandparents got in on some bowling action.
Grandma finally got the hang of it and Junie Bear beat Fritzy (their wii names). But Fritzy is still sticking to the theory that she cheated.
Tyler was getting hungry from watching everyone play the wii, so he was trying to eat Papa's fingers.
Cheers!
And we ended the day with a big Christmas dinner.
Merry Christmas!
