Thanks Snow Much!

Christmas thank yous are FINALLY done!  I've been sitting on these for a month!!  :)

 Then things got a little silly....

Love these two!  You can see they'll do anything for M&Ms!!  ;)

Can't stand the cuteness!

We watched Nicholas for an afternoon.  He loves to play ball!!

Museum and a check up

We hit the museum on our way to a check up for Cooper.  (He is PERFECT once again.  :)  His numbers were actually good this time, so no adjustments to meds.  They are happy with his growth, so we will try to be as well!)  The new Mr. Potato Head exhibit is cute, Grace got some design practice at the Barbie exhibit, and the boys learned more about dinosaurs! 

Come on - how cute are those spuds?!  And how pretty is this outfit?!  She often looks like this when she leaves the house as I'm giving her more freedom to chose her own clothes.... she reminds me a little bit of Punky Brewster!  AND we're having to talk about modesty and not just wearing leggings.  Oh the things to come, I fear!!

Preschool

(I have a lot of catching up to do!)

Cooper's Valentine's Day party snuck up on us this year.  At 7:00 the night before I remembered so we pulled together to make these cute air planes.  Tim cut, Cooper signed them, I folded them, and Grace taped them!  About an hour later we had 22 of them done!  I hear they were a hit, too!  Grace and I worked through the weekend to get hers done a bit earlier!

Grace has been busy mastering skills left and right at school.  The most recents are knowing her birthday, counting by 10s and 5s, and tying shoes!!

Here we come....

On FaceBook tonight....


TIM:    I've been tapped to coach the 4 and 5 year old YMCA soccer team RED. We have our first practice tomorrow. I'm thinking of starting off with a little video inspiration. What do you think?   See Video HERE


SHELBY: Ahhh... Love my husband! Here we come organized sports! I'm gonna be the crowd control/shoe-tyer/potty break supervisor/parent correspondent/information and uniform organizer/assistant of his DREAMS!

Gonna be a good time!!!!

Big Day

My baby no longer needs the booster seat. 

Four regular chairs around my table. 

No high chair... no booster....

No bouncy seat.... no exersaucer.....No baby gates....

Door knob safety covers rendered useless.....

Where have my babies gone?!?!

Ok, I have to admit.... I'm kind of enjoying "Phase 2"!!

One month from today we will have a four year old and a five year old. 

Preschoolers.  NOT babies.  I have just four more pounds of baby weight to lose before he turns F.O.U.R. 

More Fun...I Mean Catan.... I Mean Fun....

We took advantage of every minute Monica and Eian were home.  (I wonder if they were happy to get on the plane for some quiet time!)  Everyone came our way this time (except Jason and Stacey as they actually had to work the next day!) for dinner and Catan.  Grace chose Monica to read to her at bedtime and Cooper chose Eian.  So cute!!  Dad was the first one to leave the game, shortly followed by the Coopers, but Tim, Monica and Eian stayed up until like 3AM I think.  The winner got to sleep on the couch! 

And then there were three....

Super Bowl 2012

There were cookies, personal pizzas, New York ice cream, football crafts, and obstacle courses!  Topped off with a Giants win!!  (Gotta love it for Eian AND to see Tommy lose in Indy!! )  We do love a good Drake Super Bowl Party! 

Time to celebrate!

The Giants beat the Niners in the play offs.... It was a tough game to watch as the Niners are Laura's team, but a Giants win brought Monica and Eian home for a visit!  Best time to celebrate Monica and Ben's birthdays, no?!  (Notice:  They are so old that they couldn't even switch seats to be on the right ends of their cake!)  We celebrated all occasions in grand fashion by having a sleep over at the farm and playing Settlers of Catan until the wee hours of the morning!  Great times!