Best Pals

After a day of fighting and hitting and just not getting along my boys decided to finally be good for the last 10 minutes of the day.

An Early Christmas Present

Lately Ben & Zach (especially Ben) have been "cooking" constantly. For those of you familiar with the cartoon The Backyardigans, you will know why all Ben wants to be a "Samurai Pie Maker". All of my mixing spoons, measuring cups, muffin tins, etc. always seem to be missing lately and are usually found down in the playroom being used by my little Pie Maker.

So Ian and I decided that if I was ever to have my baking stuff back that we should look at getting the boys a kitchen for Christmas. I know that they are BOYS but boys can cook to and we found a kitchen that wasn't pink and girlie.

We also decided to let them have the kitchen early so that by Christmas morning the excitement of it wouldn't keep them from wanting to open any of their other presents. We set it up in the playroom this afternoon while they where taking naps and let find it when they got up. They were really excited! They didn't stop playing with (except to eat dinner, which I insisted on) until they went to bed that night.

Decorating Sugar Cookies for Christmas

My Mom & sisters made sugar cookies for Christmas and invited the boys over to help with the decorating. They both had a lot of fun but I think Zach got into the most; probably because Grandpa was helping him.

The First Big Snowfall of the Winter

We got our first real snowfall last night and all the boys wanted to do since the got up this morning was go play in the snow. So after a quick trip to Target for snowboots (mommy wasn't as prepared as I should have been) they got to go out and play for a little while.

They both loved getting rides on the shovel from Ian.

Snow angels were the first things they did. Zach was doing his before I could even get the camera out.

This is what hair after a ski hat looks like.

Our Christmas Card

Ian's brother Jon, came over last Saturday and took some pictures of us for our family Christmas card. The boys where probably the worst they have ever been while taking pictures. I think Jon did an incredible job considering what he had to work with.

Our First Vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City

Playing in the Leaves

Decorating the Christmas Tree

It's A Boy

Well it is official. I am to be the mother of BOYS! We went for my first sonogram November 21st and found out the we are having another boy. Zachary was a little disappointed because he wanted a girl but he said that, "It is ok because the next one might be a girl. And if not then we will jut have to have a really big family." I took that to mean that we should keep having kids until one of them is a girl. :)