Way behind

We have had a busy 2010 so far. Here C did basketball camp. He improved greatly over the month and our neighbor gave us a really nice basketball hoop for outside and he and daddy have been playing. He is keeping track in his head how many baskets he has made. Over 70 at this point I believe.

We finally got I to try something! She did a creative movement class but saw all the kids in the gym doing gymnastics and decided she waned to try it.

Finally, we got to celebrate J's 3rd birthday. It was a rough week with I having a stomach bug but we were able to pull off a small party with a My Little Pony theme.

Birthday girl...

1st tooth lost

I know it is kind of hard to tell from this picture, but yes, C really lost his first tooth yesterday. The other one that has moved to the middle, is about to come out as well. He was super excited and b/c it came out at school, he got to put it in a little case that he wore around his neck to keep it safe. He couldn't wait to put it under his pillow and this morning I woke up with him running into our room at 5:30 to show me what he got from the tooth fairy. So exciting!

Christmas

Yay! Christmas pictures and it's only 2 days after. We had a very relaxing time this year. We opened presents slowly and ate all day and didn't have our big meal until 4 which is kind of late for us but worked out really well.
Here is our tree: Looks kind of funny and red but I took it without a flash so there ya go.

Reading about Jesus' birth:

Stockings:

Elves passing out presents:

Yummy: M&M's (fortunately brother is very understanding that he can't have any)

Eager anticipation:

Just what she wanted:

Can never have enough Star Wars stuff (the shirt says Star Wars in case you were wondering):

Opening presents:

Playing with presents:

Legos, legos and more legos. I think these were as much for daddy as son:


Hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas as well!

Christmas Tree

This year we picked our Christmas tree out in record time because it was so cold and the sun was going down. I also didn't get a lot of pictures but here are a few. The first one is us standing in front of the Christmas tree we picked.

Here are a few of the kids. They were very cold and saying things like "my face is freezing".

Fortunately the farm wasn't busy and one of the workers was kind enough to cut it down for us a with a chainsaw and drive it back to the car on his cart. Maybe I will put a picture up of the tree in the house next time:-)

Oh and here is one of J, falling asleep in her chair. So adorable. This is what happens when she doesn't get a nap.

Go Dirt Bikers!

Oh my goodness, C really pulled it out in his last soccer game. It was actually enjoyable to watch. He tried so hard and was in the game for a long time. If he had been playing like that all season...oh well. At least it was clicking for him at the end. One of his coaches was so good at encouraging him and finding his strengths and keeping him in when he was having success. He never made a goal but he made an assist at his last game and that was pretty exciting. I am so glad I remembered to actually bring a camera and that it can take video.

Here is one of the assist:

Here is one of him actually kicking the ball more than one time and his tired expression:

Here are just a few pictures:

Staying open for the ball:

Not sure what is going on here, but love it anyway!

He definitely ended the season with a bang!

Practicing

This video is of C in the bathtub practicing for his Christmas program. As you can see, he really gets into it. What he lacks in being on key he makes up for in enthusiasm! Make sure you watch the whole thing and listen for the part where he gets water in his mouth but makes sure he finishes the song.

Halloween

Here are a few pictures from Halloween. I just realized the pictures of the girls are on our other camera so you will have to wait to see the 2 princesses. C was Optimus Prime and enjoyed dressing up. He even helped carve his pumpkins this year with our pumpkin carving kit although none of the kids wanted anything to do with cleaning out the pumpkins of course!
Here are C's pumpkins:

And the girls:

And Optimus Prime: