conglomeration

Slavery. But Joey likes it! I hope he keeps his enthusiasm for mopping. He's always seemed to have it:

You wouldn't think it of Daniel from this picture, but these boys LOVE their showers.

Most recent snowman model.

Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, the garbage truck comes. It has become a ritual to watch it.

They think it's funny to look at each other from either end of the couch.

The boys think it's so cool to shovel snow. Just wait till they're 16, right?

How you sleep when you're a jail bird

I never considered M&Ms to be a messy, "not-out-of-the-kitchen" kind of treat.

What happens when a 3 year old dresses himself? Shirt backward, pants inside out.

Nate is taking ceramics this semester and really liking it. He seems to be a natural at it. He brought home clay and had Joey and Daniel each make their own mugs.

 

This is the mug Joey made. The other two below are ones Nate made. Daniel's is yet to come.

 

A fairly lengthy update that doesn't even include everything :)

Horses and Cars

Joey's only 3; Daniel's only 20 months old. But our boys already have a horse and a car. They're spoiled.

Grandma gave the boys the horse for Christmas. The car was from a friend whose sister was getting rid of it and she took it for our boys. Then, our other friend got her son a bike for Christmas and yesterday, she brought Joey his old bike.

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Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

My boys both think they are Buzz Lightyear. Joey because he likes the movie; Daniel because he does everything Joey does. We got Joey PJ's for his Christmas stocking but the size 3T was already way too small. Luckily, our friend did the same thing for her 5 year old son and decided to just give them to Joey. The 5T fit him well and the 3T fit Daniel (now you know about the sizing of those Walmart $5 PJ boxes). Daniel throws a fit if Joey wear his PJs and he can't. Then, once worn, they have to be worn every night until they are dirty enough that it's worth facing the protests. As soon as the Jammas go on, they turn into Buzz Lightyear. They both put their arms behind their backs, then push a button on their shirt and their wings stick out and they fly around the apartment. It's very cute. 

This video shows how they (or at least Daniel) run around with their hands behind their backs:

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A Fort

 

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A Warm Winter Day

Life With These Boys is So So So Good

Christmas

Christmas will be explained as a plethora of pictures!

It starts with a visit from Santa Clause in his fire truck! Daniel's face tells you what he thought of Santa.

We went to Explora! on Christmas Eve. It's a children's museum but I think we grown ups like it more. Last time we went Ashley (my sis-in-law) and I were both prego and couldn't go on this air bike. We both got to go this time!

Also, on Christmas eve, we went to the natural history museum and looked and some dinosaur bones.

I made the boys Superman shirts

I helped the kids make a ginger bread train. They did awesome! Joey is also showing off the drill he got!

Joey and AJ dressed the same one day!

Daniel helped Aubrey eat her food. They are both big eaters.

Ashley, Mom, and I made cards and both went home with a boxful! Expect birthday cards this year made with homemade love!

Nate and Julian read to kids at quiet time.

My two cute nieces were just cute.

 Believe it or not, the one on the right is a year younger

Daniel played with the early 1900s Italian nativity scene that my Dad inherited from his Mom who passed away this year.

My new nephew was given a baby blessing.

This is most of the grandkids, minus 3.

Daniel Asa with Papa Asa.

Joey playing Lincoln logs with Papa. More like, Joey watching while Papa plays Lincoln logs.

Papa took the kids to the merry-go-round at the mall. We went on the spinning cup the second round and my niece and nephew almost got me to puke.

Bragging Rights

I quickly want to brag about my husband ... although I should have done it last month.

In one of his business classes they did the Business Strategy Game. You start a mock business and compete against everyone else in the world and in your own little groups. Nate won in his class, then, he got an email from the BSG that his business we 67th in the world! He would make a brilliant business analyst.

The other thing is that he won the Baker-Friedman award. It's actually a joke, but it means that he got the highest points in his upper level Economics class. His prize was a beautiful framed picture of his professor (Baker) with Milton Freidman (a famous economist).

http://www.suu.edu/faculty/baker_j/econ3010/baker%20freid/bakfried.html

Isn't he brilliant!?