Monday, February 10, 2014

Christmas 2013

I am trying to catch up on my blogging and finally am able to write about Christmas!

We spent Christmas this year with Nana and Papa and EVERYONE was there.  It was so nice for all of the cousins to get to play together for a whole week.  They are all getting old enough to start playing together without having to be constantly watched.

Morgan and Riley still didn't quite understand Christmas and opening presents...but they sure loved new toys!

Nana and Papa got all of the grand-kids Nabi  tablets which was a huge hit!  Santa brought Evan a matchbox dinosaur set (which ended up being junk!) and Morgan and Riley got ride on mega block construction vehicles.

The most fun was just spending time together! We spent time at the mall and rode the kiddie train.  We went to the lights of Christmas at warm beach. We saw a couple of movies (walking with Dinosaurs and Evan and Nana and Papa saw Frozen) and we hung out at Nana and Papas and played.

Riley loved his Mickey Mouse from Auntie Stefanie
Train ride!
Christmas lights at Warm Beach
Christmas Eve
Morgan loved the boxes
Evan got a lot of dinosaurs!
Santas gifts for Morgan and Riley
Santas gift for Evan
Catching Evan coming down the stairs before he sees his presents.
Morgan LOVES his new guitar!

 I love Christmas time!


Monday, February 3, 2014

What's Happening Right Now

Our lives feel like they have been so busy!  Our calendar is full before we even flip it to a new month!

 What is happening now....

I have been subbing. Albeit, not as much as I'd like, but I am hoping to get a job in this school in the next year or 2....so I will keep at it! I have been keeping busy raising my 3 boys and also occasionally watching Evan's best friend Lilly and her brother.

Tony has been playing Mr. mom while I am away and sometimes loving it and sometimes not.  Our boys are EXHAUSTING right now!  He also has been working on a lot of projects.  He built me a laundry table.  He built a stacker/organizer for our tablets.  He is planning a train table for the boys and a workshop for himself.

Evan still continues to amaze us in preschool. His name writing gets better every day.  He is obsessed with dinosaurs and Godzilla and recently when I took him to the book fair he skipped over every "story" book and went straight to the non-fiction. He is a fact based boy and only wants the real stuff!

Morgan is learning more every day.  He is trying to say new words and trying to repeat what we ask him to.  He is doing a great job and really taking off.  He loves to climb, jump, sing and dance.  He knows how to strum a guitar and place his hands on a piano....he LOVES music.

Riley is a thinker.  He is putting together 3 words sentences now, like I love you and I'm gonna get you! It is so fun to watch him soak everything up.  He is constantly watching and listening.  When I say it is night night time he finds his cup and Morgans and even Evan's blanket.  When we say it's time to go he is the first one to get shoes for everyone.  He love to jump and dance and wrestle!

It sure is crazy around here and we are drained at the end of the day, but we really wouldn't have it any other way!