Kyle's School Program

Kyle's fall musical was at Meadow Creek last night. He and his friends (with Isaac and Riley in the first photo) had a singing part in the first scene. He did great. His brothers were so excited to cheer for him. Carter really got into it, our little conductor!! :)

Winter is here!

We woke up to our first ground cover of the season this morning! My daycare called saying she was closed today due to illness and since I have been battling a cough and fall allergies for the better share of 2 months, we decided today was going to be our "sick/snow day". Ryan saw his playset covered in snow and is chomping at the bit to get out and play in the snow. We'll see...

Stem Wraps

First set of wine glass stem wraps complete. These are a Christmas gift for Mrs. Loftus - Ryan's Preschool Helper. I hope she likes them - they are more work than what I anticipated, but I was happy with the finished product!

Snuggled in for Snack and a Movie

Sunday night dinner...we returned from my parent's and there was no organized dinner time since they snacked on the way home. As it was time to go up for baths, the boys decided they were still hungry. They snuggled in for a snack and Nemo...who wouldn't enjoy it?

Evan's Successful Deer Hunt

It didn't take long - about an hour after sunrise on opening morning, Evan had his big buck, a nice 8 pointer. Ryan was so excited, getting to help him "hunt". He went with Evan to get it out of the woods, but to him, he had "hunted". In true hunting fashion, the first story came out of Ryan's mouth as a 15" inside spread on the antlers (which was accurate), the next story, they were 20". Are they born with that? Even Carter was fascinated, petting the deer, telling Evan the deer was "nigh-nigh".

Snack Time

Carter decided the top of the step was a good place to have his snack before his bath tonight. There are times I just look at the kids and it hits me how quickly they are growing up - he just looked so grown up sitting there. Especially given the fact that a year ago, he could barely sit up!!! I put a picture of him at the bottom from a year ago - just to give you an idea of how much he has changed!

Beading

I had fun beading at my Mom's this weekend. I had one bracelet order to complete and made one bracelet as a Christmas gift for Ryan's preschool teacher. I also made 3 beaded bookmarks for my boys' journals that I write in. Kyle saw my bookmarks and decided he needed to make one for his Mom for Christmas - so he made the orange one for his Mom - he is my creative and crafty one! I also made 8 wine glass stem wraps as a gift for Ryan's preschool helper - I went online today to order the sterling silver charms to place on the bottom. My first set of both bookmarks and stem wraps. I have to say, the stem wraps are more difficult than any other beading I have ever done. My fingers are very sore tonight and I used a cutter that was not quite prepared for the thickness of the wire - I ruined it cutting the wire - it will need to be replaced. Lesson learned!