Flashback Friday - December 2009

I am just realizing I missed Friday yesterday!  I am a little messed up as to what day it is with the holidays and all!!

Christmas Eve at Oma and Opa's house!

 

 

Christmas Day

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas at home.  The boys slept in, for them anyway.  We went downstairs and of course it was present time.  Jack was initially disappointed.  He was upset he did not get something he wanted in his stocking. I had to explain that just because you put something on your wish list does not mean you will get it.  He worked hard on choosing things for his Amazon list!  Poor guy, well not really, he got plenty of things and got over the disappointment (besides, he has Christmas money from my aunt and uncle to spend)!

Oma and Opa came over for our tradition mimosa Christmas brunch.  This year I kept it simple, scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and pastries from our favorite bakery in the mountains.  Plus of course mimosas and sparkling pear juice.

The boys all loved their presents.  The favorites are Sean's LeapPad from Santa, Jack and Ewan's LeapPad games from Santa, new shoes from Mom and Dad, stuffed cats from Grandma and Grandpa and the remote control cars/trucks from Mom and Dad.  I am enjoying my new iPad from my dear sweet hubby.  I have not had too much time to play with it yet, but eventually I will find the time.  I also look forward to using my new yoga items from my parents, something to help me calm and relax.  The boys are enjoying it too since they got some drawing tools to use on it from Oma and Opa.  It must have been a popular gift though because it took a bit of time to get on the Crayola web site to download the app!!

My personal favorite gift is camp for the boys.  Oma and Opa got the boys four days of camp at the gym.  The boys are having so much fun and I am getting a few things done!!

I am now being tortured by all the post holiday sales. I did not get any gift cards so I am resisting the urge and will not get anything (especially with Jack's hospital bills coming in soon), well other than a couple things Sean and I got with Josh's Amazon gift card that he so generously shared with us.  We had some items we really needed/wanted on our wish lists and did not get them or a gift card so my dear sweet darling hubby kindly shared his. 

The boys were in camp today so I had a chance to clean everything up around the house.  Now I need to go through the toys and sort through everything.  Time for another purge, especially stuffed animals. 

Hope ya'll had a Merry Christmas!

Ready to find their presents!

 

Jack emptying his stocking.

 

Sean went for presents first instead of his stocking.

 

Checking out Sean's new shoes.

 

Ewan's and his remote control toy!

 

Jack and his new remote toy, quite excited though you can't tell from this face!

 

Ewan modeling his Christmas pjs.  I couldn't get all three boys together, imagine that!

 

Opa nodding off after brunch!!

Pre-Christmas Celebration in Ketucky

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We spent the long weekend in Kentucky and had fun with Josh's family. The boys enjoyed snow flurries on the way up. They had fun with their cousins. We helped Josh's brother celebrate his birthday.

Saturday we swam at the hotel, went on a train ride with Santa, found snow for a snowball fight, went to Shaker Village and out to dinner.

Sunday the boys swam again and in the afternoon we went to the ballet to see Twas the Night Before Christmas.

It was fun and hectic. I am glad to be home. More posts coming soon...Christmas and the great rubber band search!!

Flashback Friday - December 2011

Flashback Friday - December 2008

Christmas card photo (Ewan is just a couple weeks old and Jack just 13+ months)

 

 

Christmas Program 2012

This morning Jack and Ewan had their Christmas program at preschool.  Sean, Oma, Opa and I all enjoyed ourselves very much.  The girls did two dances and then all the kids sung several songs, along with a manger scene and a duet of "Silent Night". 

Afterwards we enjoyed some lunch and dessert.  Jack kept asking what he could have.  Poor guy wanted it all.  He asked to suck on a cheese puff and of course it did not work!  He finally gave in and had his chocolate peanut butter yogurt smoothie.  We packed a cupcake and put it in the freezer at home.  He has a good sized stash of Christmas goodies for when he is able to eat again!

I took some video clips and pictures, though Sean kept messing with the camera, especially the auto focus button, and pushing me while I was doing everything so needless to say the quality is not the best!!  Oh well, better than nothing.

Jack during the practice session

 

Ewan during practice

 

I see a few distracted kids in the back row!

 

Ewan singing during the program.  His position was not as good as during practice.

During the program he was usually blocked by the microphone wire or the

busy girl in front of him!

 

About half of the kids

 

Jack happy to pose with Santa!

 

Jack trying to suck on the candy cane Santa gave him

 

Ewan posing with Santa

 

 

Today Sean wanted nothing to do with Santa so no photo of him!!

Admitting Defeat

Sean has pulled out all the stops and is now a full fledged "terrible two".  He is driving me completely insane now, as if it takes much.  I have enough going on with the holidays, making shakes and smoothies all the time (Jack and I are both so OVER this) and regular hectic madness.  But no, he has to make life more complicated. 

He is constantly getting into trouble, defying everything we say, whining, complaining, not napping...  Ah, life is wonderful.  Yesterday he had FIVE accidents.  That is when I finally had a meltdown and admitted defeat.  He is now back in diapers.

I feel like a failure.  Anyone who knows me knows that I am extremely stubborn.  Well, so is Sean.  He won this battle.  For my own mental health I finally had to give in.  They hard part is that he started out so well.  Then the past month or so he regressed for reasons I just cannot understand.  We have tried it all.  And yesterday he did not even have much to drink.  He is doing it to drive me nuts and I know it.  We are having a power struggle right now.  So I will let him win this one for now. 

I never thought I would give in, but it has just become too much.  I still will NEVER be the parent of a three year old that is not potty trained.  That I will never understand.  Ewan trained at 2years and 3months.  Sean will be that age at Christmas, so maybe after the holidays he will decide he is ready again.  Just because he has won this battle does not mean he will win the war!!!

Thanksgiving 2012

FINALLY we are getting back into a semi-routine after being sick and Jack's broken jaw.  Plus the netbook is working again so it is time to blog again.  Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving.  We had a wonderful day spending time with family and eating yummy food and enjoying good wine.  Fun was had by all, especially our birthday boy Ewan!!

FYI, the first three shots are of the boys enjoying their kiddie cocktails!!  They now love to have a cocktail with the grown-ups!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids all eating dessert.  Ewan had about 5 desserts.  Happy Birthday!!

 

Sean did not even wake up when I put his pj bottoms on!!!

Decided not to bother changing his top, thus the full stripe look!