Family photo

Thanks to Gramma Myra....we got our picture taken as a family before they left our house to go to Florida for the winter.

Gramma's photo shoot

Gramma Carolyn bought the boys matching sweaters for Christmas. She wanted all the grandkids to wear coordinating clothes for a picture for her. Of course she couldn't get them all to wear the clothes at the same time at Thanksgiving. So these pictures were taken for her to add to her collection. As you can see Kyle was not thrilled with having his picture taken. He screamed the whole time. The pictures that look like he may be smiling or content are just in between screams. The last picture sums it up. He was NOT happy. Usually Erik is the one that doesn't want his picture taken. Hmmmmmm......that's a switch!

Seacoast Kids Christmas Program

Erik performed in our church's children's program Friday night. His class (4-6yrs) sang the Little Drummer Boy song. This was a pleasant surprise from our boy that strives to not do things we want him to do a lot of the time. The cutest thing Erik did on stage was inch his way closer and closer to the microphone and try to grab it.

Kyle was a very good member of the audience and sat very still for a whole hour. Even though his class (2-3 yrs) performed too we didn't think he was quite ready to go on stage....maybe next year. We were very proud of both our boys!

Bushwacker Decorating

We decorated our boat for the Cooper River Marina's boat decorating contest this week. Thank you to our helpers Kip and Mary for their help. It was super foggy that night and the pictures look like they have rain drops on them. I'll keep you posted on the winners.

Box of peanuts

The boys had a great time playing in a Fisher-Price box filled with packaging peanuts. It doesn't take much to make them smile. It made a huge mess from our family room through the kitchen, foyer, and living room. Thank goodness the boys helped clean it up!

Storage unit

Greg finally finished his project after weeks of hard work. I'm so proud of him. He made a storage unit for our family room. It is now a place to store all of our video game stuff & toys. Good job Greg!

Sweet fun

Last Friday Erik and Greg baked cookies together. We shared the cookies with our small group from church. Unfortunately Greg shared the news while everyone was eating that he let Erik spread the icing on the cookies with his fingers. Of course since he is 4 he licked his fingers while he was doing this. Yuck!



On Sunday we made smores together.

Kyle reading "Go Dog Go"

Kyle's favorite book lately is "Go Dog Go." He has been "reading" it to me the past few times and gets a lot of the words right. I can tell he has the book memorized. It may be hard for everyone else to understand much of what he is saying, but it is cute anyway. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Feast

Erik celebrated Thanksgiving.......preschool style. Although I missed his singing sensation (I had to work), Greg saw his show and shared in the school's Thanksgiving Feast. Erik stopped by the pharmacy after school to give me a necklace made of macaroni, a pine cone turkey and a handprint turkey. I proudly wore and displayed all for the rest of the day at the pharmacy window. I took a few pictures of Erik in his Native American costume and turkey hat later that night. He sang his songs for me too.

"Fall"ing in Leaves

Erik and Kyle "helped" rake leaves twice this week. These pictures capture some fun moments.

Disney World (Day 3)

Riding the monorail in the morning

Kyle blowing a kiss to Gramma Carolyn on the phone

Gramma Carolyn wishing Kyle a happy birthday while on the Aladdin Magic Carpet Ride

Kyle walked ALL the stairs and bridges at Tom Sawyer's Island and Swiss Family Robinson

Greg giving Erik a shooting lesson at Tom Sawyer's lookout

Hanging out in front of Nemo's Seas

Kyle was excited about opening his gifts

"WHAT! A MAX AND RUBY BOOK!"

Checking out his Spongebob book and Lightning McQueen jacket

Blowing out the candles......he actually did it! I was impressed




Finishing up our weekend at Disney....we celebrated Kyle's birthday. He is now the big 2! And he definitely has an opinion and can throw a temper tantrum now. He also climbs on everything and is passionate about Spiderman and Max & Ruby. We love you Kyle!
The morning of Kyle's birthday we went back to the Magic Kingdom and rode some rides like the Tea Cups (again) and Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride. Kyle got a special Winnie the Pooh cup too.
We then spent the rest of the day at Epcot. We watched a Nemo show and rode the Nemo ride. Both were big hits with the boys. Dinner was supposed to be another Character Dinner, but we ended up just getting some fast food in "Japan". Kyle refused to eat any of it, so ended up eating Cheez-Its and graham snacks for dinner. He had room for the cake that his Gramma Myra and Papa Harry brought from Ft. Meyers. They surprised the boys and drove 3 hours just to see Kyle open his presents. He got lots of books, a cool new Lightning McQueen jacket, and a car track. Thanks to Aunt Kristen and Uncle Jeff and Gramma and Papa too! We finished up the evening by mini-golfing at the resort. What a weekend....whew!

Disney World (Day 2)

We went to Disney's Hollywood Studios this morning and met up with our friends Karen, Kevin, and Preston. Erik told us his favorite part of the day was, "everything." He really enjoyed the Indiana Jones stunt show and the Star Wars ride. Kyle's favorite was watching the Playhouse Disney Show and getting his picture taken with Lightning McQueen and Mater. After a mid-day break we went back to the Magic Kingdom for a few more rides, ice cream, and fireworks. The boys went nuts over the Tea Cups again and Erik finally got to ride Dumbo. Unfortunately it was after 9PM and Kyle fell asleep in my arms about 2 minutes before that ride. Kyle had a breezy nap.



Karen bought the boys Mickey Mouse lollipops and we stopped to enjoy them before the parade

Karen, Kevin, and Preston at Hollywood Studios

Erik and Greg watching the Jedi Training show after riding the Star Wars ride

Preston and Erik after lunch....heading off to the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" play area

Kyle and Greg watching the Playhouse Disney show

Family posing with Lightning McQueen and Mater


Coloring before dinner.....Erik was dressed like Indiana Jones for days during the trip and especially liked his hat and "boomer" (gun with holster).

Enjoying the Merry-go-Round


The boys spinning out of control on the Tea Cups

Kyle asleep on Dumbo