Christmas 2008

Since Ethan was born we have had fake Christmas trees because he's allergic to pine. My favorite part about putting the ornaments on the tree is remembering where they all came from. Some friends have commented that we have a puppy themed tree from Kyle's ornament collection from when he was a child. And now Aidan and Ethan have one too thanks to their gramdparents. There are straw ornaments I fell in love from living in Europe. Some of my favorite deocrations are home made ornaments from the kids and our craftiest friends. When I look at the tree, no matter how lop sidded we place the ornaments or if Ethan has chewed off the corners of them , our Christmas tree is a fun reminder of Christmas's of the past.

Ethan's little luxury is to have his morning bottle on the bench where he can look at the school bus go by.

We left Lindt Chocolate and milk for Santa.

Aidan and his friends at the preschool holiday party. ( Sebastian, Aidan Keegan, and Charlie)

Happy New Year

All smiles!

Aidan threw the BIGGEST fit on the way to the dentist office. However once we stepped inside the office, the entire staff were all smiles which was very infectious. The whole experience was positive from the start. By the time Aidan left the office he had an arm load to gifts from the dentist. Pencil pouch, water bottle, stickers, and a color chart. Aidan even received a token to put in the slot machine for more prizes on his way out. The token was a reward for answering how old he is. He said " I'm three and a half but my brother Ethan is only one and a half".

Aidan is actually holding out three fingers ( his thumb is the third one) to say that he's three years old.

2008 Holiday Bloopers

Why am I wearing the reindeer antlers? Don't you just love Ethan's outfit? Since Aidan gets to pick out what he wears, Ethan thought he should choose his own wardrobe too. That's our one and a half year old going on three and a half for yah.
What you do not see in this picture is Frank the window consultant and Kyle sitting at the dining room table laughing about how I needed to microwave the frosting to the right consistantcy. About every third piece of candy made on the ginger bread house. Aidan finally went to bed at 9:30pm on a total sugar high. - I'm such a good mom :)

One for the tree and one for ME!!!

Crafting and accidents are a daily occurrence in our home. I don't even kick myself anymore for not putting an apron the boys before we begin a project.

Aidan got so excited about seeing his snow globe. He grabbed this one and Ethan's snow globe that is of the same size in the palm of his hands. When Aidan shook them with all his might, the snow globes crashed into each other. Mr. Snow man was one of our favorite Christmas treasures.

One of the best 2008 Holiday blooper picture is still on our camera. Look for it the next time you visit our blog. It's a classic Ethanism.

Thanksgiving

Family for the holidays

We are ready for our visitors to arrive. Mom, Santa and Thanh and Brian. This picture was taken January 2008 at the top of Utleiburg, Switzerland.