Our festivities

Big bro showing little bro how to work his very own racetrack....so he won't go for Sam's!



Brice walked around with a chocolate chip cookie, inspecting what Santa left him.



Happy 4th birthday big boy!

It's a racetrack explosion!

Just a glimpse of what has happened in our house over the past week. More later. Trying to get in bed before midnight!

They're coming...

Pictures that is! And, they're going to be better than ever! I got a new camera from my precious & wonderful husband so I've got to learn a little more about it and get the software downloaded do that I can upload the 100's of pictures I've taken - just since Christmas Eve!

So, for now, our Christmas was wonderful and Sam's 4th birthday was awesome...a superhero explosion! His 4-year well-check was today and, of course, he's perfect & healthy at 42 inches tall and 40.5 pounds. Dr. Slade predicts that he'll be about 6' 2". The four shots weren't fun but the tears were short-lived. No tears on the finger prick but I think it helped to get three suckers and a monster truck sticker.

Brice got his own race tracks but that hasn't kept him from sneaking into big bro's room for a spin or two. He loves to boogie with his Backyardigans boom box too. We've been hustling to keep up with Brice as he attempts to UN-deck the halls and climb on top of EVERYthing! He's a mess but he sure is having fun! And talking up a storm...that only we can understand.

Cross your fingers and you'll see pictures here later tonight.

Visit with Santa

Disney On Ice

The show was great! Ever since we left Sam's been asking when we can go back. It didn't dare tell him that the show ran for four night!


Sam, literally on the edge of his seat all night, would hardly take his eyes off the ice for a picture!


Clapping along...


Bye-bye Mickey!


It was a FUN date night for Mommy & Sam!

B-U-S-Y

Zeebie arrived the day after Thanksgiving. He's been watching and reporting to Santa every night. I bet he's exhausted already!


These two will give Zeebie LOTS to report on!


It really has been "wacky & wonderful" for us lately. For all you faithful blog followers, I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. Here's what we've been up to, and, I didn't take a single picture on Thanksgiving but we had a wonderful day.



Crunching leaves at Pine Hill Farm...my parent's house.




Navigating the "magic tree".




We all love being in the woods!




Silliness at bath-time.




Still enjoying the last bits of Halloween candy!

Holiday spruce-up!

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Our two little tricks....and lots treats!

Our trick-or-treating crew: Sam's best friend Caden was Spiderman, Sam was Batman of course, and Brice (back there already getting into candy!) sported the Yoda costume for a second go-round. Sam wore it his first Halloween and it was too good not to recycle.


Yoda really hung in there...to my surprise! He walked from house to house (walking right in to several of them!!), said his own version of "trick or treat", then proceeded to chew on the wrapped candy before we even got to the next house!


Batman was REALLY into Halloween this year! When he put on the mask and cape, Sam truly turned into a superhero.

Christ Church carnival

Waiting in line for the haunted house.


Hitting the mark in the bean-bag toss!

Our crazy Yoda...more costume to follow.

Halloween time...

Our Superhero pumpkin....Batman.


Sam learning techniques from the pro!


Fun but quick trip to the Pumpkin Patch. This was before the screaming fit that I had to endure all the way home!

Tatoos

Sam loves tatoos. Right now he's sporting Batman and he's very particular about placement.


Guess who he's going to be for Halloween...

Our comedian

At least once a week Brian and I have a conversation about how funny Brice is. He cracks us all up, including Sam. Here are a few examples...


Hard to tell from this picture but he's VERY successful at getting into this desk and will soon accomplish getting onto the bed! He stands in the seat, which is a big no-no, and when I tell him to sit down he just bounces and laughs at me!



Bob the Builder goggles that he brings to us to put on him and Sam's Power Ranger watch. Too cool for school!



Disco fever, sportin' the watch and keeping BB close by!





Before he's swiped all his food onto the floor!

There's no place like home...

This is the "roof" over Freemont Street in downtown Las Vegas. They do a music "video" every 30 minutes. It's cool!


We stayed at the Golden Nugget and the Four Queens. This crowd represents a "slow" week-night in Sin City.

Brian and I made a trip to Las Vegas last week for a Rainbow Intl. marketing workshop. We stayed a couple extra days since it was my first visit to "Sin City". It didn't take long for me to realize I'm not a Vegas kind of gal... I don't know how or really care to gamble. I don't smoke and I don't like walking 3+ blocks in 100+ degree heat - just to get to the casino across the street! However, I loved "Love", the Cirque du Soleil celebration of The Beatles. Here are a few pictures from our trip...Elvis included!

Bob That Head!

Sam's silly story

Playdate

Sam, Brice, Caden and LOTS of fun! Please excuse Brice's "redneck diaper baby" attire. He HAD to wear these hand-me-down slippers that I'd just pulled out of the attic and wouldn't slow down long enough to get dressed. That's Sam, aka Spiderman, and Caden, aka Captain Hook, playing dress up...after their campout!

Bedtime for Sam