"It's All My Friends!"

My Friends from Sesame Street!

So while both the boys really enjoyed seeing all their favorite Sesame Street characters, Matthew only wanted to see them from a distance (note his death grip on us in the pictures). Ben was a different story. By the end of the 2 days we were there, diving catches from Shawn were required to keep him from cutting in line while running to give Cookie Monster and Ernie hugs.

Mom, according to this map...

...the 400 ft. Elmo is right *here*!

Vacation - Part One of Many...

We started vacation by visiting friends - Lisa, Wes, and Gabriel - and had a great time seeing them and catching up. They had a pool by their house that we all went swimming in on Sunday.

Ben doing his version of swimming and Matt blowing bubbles in the background.


Lisa and Gabriel


Drying off!

Its Important for Kids to Get Exercise.

Matt and Ben Have Discovered that Going Fast is Fun

Its great that they've learned what taking turns means. Jess and I no longer have to mediate the exchange of pusher and pushee. Also, in the video where Jess says "Watch where you're going" she's actually talking to me since I'm running backwards in front of the boys with the camera. And yes that is a tent in our dining room.

Friends!

Our friend Stephanie visited about a month ago, with her little boy Ryan and little girl Katie, so we had everyone over to our house to catch up. All in all there were 6 little ones under 3, including Ben, Ryan, Matthew, and Allie in this picture, and it was so much fun to see them all play together!



And then a couple weeks ago we had another visit from Candace and her little girl Vivian. We were able to get all 5 kids on the couch for a quick picture amidst all the playing (Allie, Ben, Vivian, Matthew, Will).

Do not even try to talk to Matt before he's had his coffee in the morning.

IMG_5732, originally uploaded by wetzel9.

Playing with Matchbox Cars

Matchbox cars sometimes start appearing randomly from underneath doors in the new house.

Sledding

The boys continue to slowly warm up to winter activities. We didn't make it down the hill too many times before they were cold and wanted to go in. They definitely enjoyed the hot chocolate though.

Aren't we looking cool!

Apparently all the cool kids are wearing them on their head now like this:


"Mommy, that's so 2008..."


"...You're supposed to wear them like THIS."

Lego Fun!

"Hey, I wonder what's in this tower..."

Saturday Morning Spinning

The boys are going to be sad when we finally get some actual furniture.

Ben With His Power Tie

After we had taken our Christmas card pictures, Ben decided he liked his tie and wore it for several days afterward.

Teaching the Boys to Eat Popcorn in the Messiest Way Possible

I think Matt has it down. And I think Ben wants to start filming the videos himself.