We had a play date a month ago but forgot to get any pictures so this time we were sure to take some. Look how much the boys have grown in three months! If you click on the picture below and look at Adeline's face it seems as though she is not thinking happy thoughts while her feet are around Andrews neck.
Adeline and I really enjoyed our time making Christmas cookies this year. We made Daddy's butterscotch, peanut butter blossoms and sugar cookies. The fun part was frosting the cookies. Adeline had her plate of cookies to frost and I had mine. As you can see by Adeline's mouth not all of the frosting made it to the cookies.
Adeline decided the other day that her couch is now a train. She will lour Andrew onto the couch with something like this water bottle and then she will start to pull him around the house. In these pictures I was ordered (yes, ordered) to pull both kids around. The ride didn't really go very far because sissy wanted to tease brother and take his water bottle. It ended with Andrew on top of Adeline fighting for the bottle. He is getting bigger and stronger....Adeline needs to watch out or start being nicer to her brother.
With the snow outside and wet mess it creates I decided (not to the liking of my husband) that shoes need to be taken off in the garage. With a little speed demon all over the place I don't want to be constantly cleaning the muddy floor. I decided to bring down Adeline's kitchen set so that the kids can play and cook while I cook. It has turned out to be a great idea. The kids love it (especially Andrew..who has been all about putting the tops on the pots and pans).
One of Adeline's favorite "big" people meals is Spaghetti. Looks like brother is following in her footsteps. He didn't seem to mind getting his hands messy this time :-)
We were able to make a special visit to see my mom after our Bavarian weekend. We were able to spend a couple of hours with her while Papa and some men worked on emptying their house since they just sold it. Thank you Nana for taking some time with us while things were so busy at your house.
This year our friends the Morse family came with us to the Bavarian Inn. It was a lot of fun. We decided that it would be a lot easier and less stressful if we had both babies (Eli and Andrew) stay with their grandparents. I think that was the best decision we made. We were able to spend all of our attention on Adeline and gave her some special Mommy and Daddy time.
We really enjoyed ourselves and the kids had a BLAST! Not to mention I kicked Phil's butt in ping-pong!
Sometimes it can be really fun and other times it can be really stressful. This was a fun time:-)
We are officially BAD parents. I knew Andrew was getting close to climbing out of his high chair I just didn't make the appropriate precautions. I went to take a shower leaving Andrew in his high chair with Daddy and Addy at the dinner table. James went to get seconds in the kitchen while Andrew decided he wanted out. Poor baby! Thankfully it has healed really well and he only cried for a few minutes. He is now strapped in his chair EVERY time he is in it. Please don't report us.
I doesn't matter what it is....if it can be flipped over, Andrew will do it.
Trying to get a shot is so difficult
All smiles
Both kids waiting for Daddy...a nightly routine.
It's been a long time since we have seen our friends the Pulaski's. It was so nice to have them over for dinner and catch up on life. Their daughter Jinnae is so sweet. I remember praying so hard for her to come to Rick and Vicki and now here she is.
