Christmas morning

"Santa came and really did bring my red scooter, hurry come look, come look. Santa came, he ate the cookies and milk, and my letter"...and on and on he went. This was all we heard Christmas morning from Kaiden. He was so excited that he was talking ninety miles an hour, running around, and would not stop talking. It was really an exciting moment as parents to see him like that. We had the joy of having my 84 year old grandmother, Mama Dot come visit us and she was at our house Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. I think Kaiden talked to her in her bed for about ten minutes before coming and getting us out of bed. We were up all night with Zachary who was suffering from croup so needless to say we were exhausted!

Later that day we went down to my parents (Nana and Pops) house to spend Christmas with the rest of the family. More on that soon!

Kaiden's red scooter from Santa! Zachary wanted it too!

Already riding like a pro all over the house!

His cool Batman pose with his new Batman shirt. He LOVES Batman even though he has never seen a single cartoon episode of him.

Zachary had fun ripping the paper off. But poor baby did not feel good and was doing his best to get excited. This toy was for his Engineer little mind. :)

Nick's older sister Sheena sent us gifts since they live in Michigan. I got a handheld cosmetic mirror with my name engraved on it and Nick got one of those caddy's were you keep all your stuff in. It even has a built in power strip so you can plug in multiple phones. This is suppose to keep his ipod, phone, wallet, etc. Do you think it is working yet? he has misplaced his wallet, does that tell you anything? HAHAHA He will get use to it, finally a place for his things so they wont get lost.

The boys got a tent with tunnel from us and I think our cat Kie loves it more than them!

Kaiden took a picture of Mama Dot, she was so happy to be with us and see the joy in my boys faces Christmas morning. We were blessed to have her.

Kaiden's Leapster Lmax. Now we just need to get him some more games!

I just thought this was cute of Zachary loving on our dog, Maddie. He does this all the time and is such an animal person.

Cookies for Santa

On Christmas Eve Kaiden sprinkled out Reindeer food that he made at school outside in the yard. It consisted of oats, glitter, and sprinkles so that the reindeer could find their way to our house. We also made chocolate chip cookies to put out by the tree along with a glass of milk of course for Santa. Kaiden also wrote a letter all by himself to Santa and put it in our special letter to Santa ornament. He was SO SUPER EXCITED the next morning when he found out that the cookies were gone, reindeer food as gone, the letter was replaced by a letter from Santa to Kaiden, and of course he got to see what Santa brought him for Christmas!

Jammin

Enjoy this video of Kaiden and his makeshift drum set jammin away!

Whoville

Don't my kids look like the Whoville characters from How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Kaiden was trying to be a bunny and of course Zachary wanted to do it too. I think they look a lot more like the kids from Whoville than bunnies. Kaiden is my creative child and is always coming up with something.

Ready for a snack

This video is priceless and really shows how much Zachary really is our little monkey. This is his way of telling me that he is ready for a snack and he does this everyday. He looked like he was so proud of himself that he even did a little victory dance.

Nativity Scene

Since we dont have an actual nativity scene yet, creative Kaiden decided to make his own.

Noah's Ark is the stable

A christmas bow is the Star

The Angel is Zachary's craft from church

Mary is from "Little People circus"

Joseph is from "Little People circus"

The Shepard's are Noah (from Noah's ark), and Quincey from little Einsteins

The 3 wisemen are Einstein and Wonder Pets characters

Of course there are animals too

The manger is an upside toy with paper for the hay

Baby Jesus is really a toy baby that he got from church

He was able to tell me the whole story and even a poem (Christmas Star, Christmas Star what do you see?) that he learned from school. I am so proud of him for being so creative and for being able to remember the whole story. He tells me that the most important thing about Christmas is "Jesus."

Our little Angel

Kaiden made this Angel costume all by himself with the help of the wings. I tied the trash bag to look like wings. then he was running around the house yelling, "I'm an Angel." over and over again. He has such a creative mind

Boom Boom Pow

My boys decided that they wanted to dance to the Black Eyed Peas in the underwear and rain boots. They are so silly and it was hilarious watching them dance, especially Kaiden and his break dancing. We are going to have to get that boy in some hip hop classes!

Trying to spin on his head!

Check out Zachary's splits!

Trimming the tree

This year we got another real tree from Lowe's and it looks awesome! I have been very pleased with their trees. It is a Douglas Fir and is very full! Here are some pictures of us decorating the tree. Not a single ornament was broken on this day but so far I have lost 3 ornaments due to ZackZilla and our cat Kie. It was fun this year having both of the boys help us with the tree, I love this tradition.

The tree before decorations, Kaiden was so ready to put the star on top

One day I am not going to have to lift him up.

He did such a great job putting our star on the tree

He got to pick out the first ornament and put it anywhere he wanted.

he was really good at placing the ornaments on the tree I just had to remind him to not put them in the same section of the tree. And of course he can only reach so high.

So proud!

These are the ornaments ZackZilla thought were balls and broke. They shatter really easily. I wonder what he is thinking in this picture..."OHHH balls, I wonder if they bounce?"

Zachary's turn in decorating the tree.

Nick's fireman ornament I found

Zachary is checking out one of his "First Christmas" ornaments.

I can't believe he is such a big boy now and he can hang it up himself!

The finished tree, didn't we do a good job?

Snow Day

It actually snowed in Houston and stuck to the ground. We got to go outside 2 different times and play in it. The first time were tiny little snowflakes but the boys did not care it was still fun for them. The second time we actually got to make snowballs and had a snowball fight. I think Kaiden won! These pictures are in backwards order but you get the idea

Zachary my little worker bee shoveling snow

Making snowballs.

Singing in the "snow"

Catching snowflakes

Zachary insisted on keeping his jacket on even though we were already inside

Catching the teeny tiny snowflakes, can you even see them??

Cousins

Over Thanksgiving we had Nick's mom, sister and our niece come for a visit. Here are some cute pictures we took of the cousins!

Kaiden and Scarlett being sweet, minus the tight grip Kaiden has on Scarlett's neck. LOL

If only Scarlett was looking up and Zachary had his hands out of his mouth. This is a great one of Kaiden because he looks like he is just chillin

More Banana bread please!

Nick made some homemade Hawaiian banana bread tonight and was sharing his with Zachary. We decided to mix it with some ice cream and it was delicious!!! Zachary thought it was delicious too and would do a little dance after each bite and then immediately say, "more!" Watch the video

Make sure you press play on this video!

This face is priceless! It looks like he is giving daddy the sweet innocent "pease" face for some more banana bread and ice cream.

I guess it worked because he is taking a big bite! Check out Nick's face. :)

Thanksgiving 2009

This year was the first time Nick and I have ever hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house. It was a huge success. Nick's mom(Cheryll), sister(Ariane) and our niece(Scarlett) came from Arizona. We were sad that his dad and other sister and her husband were not able to join us, they were greatly missed. My parents also came over since they were not able to go to Fort Worth this year. My mom and I made pretty much all the food, here was our menu.

Turkey

Ham

Sweet Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes

Green Bean Casserole

Broccoli and Cheese Rice Casserole

Carrots

Fruit Salad

Cranberries

Rolls and of course pies!

Zachary pushing Scarlett around, they were both having fun!

Zachary, Scarlett, and Kaiden

Zachary and Scarlett watching Ice Age 3

Cutie Pie Scarlett

They just loved Scarlett's little couch, especially Zachary.

Our feast! YUM YUM

Showing off all that we made!

Kaiden wanted the turkey leg, he ate that thing pretty good! It was funny to watch him

Making Zachary's plate and it looks like Pops is about to eat it! :)

Big Boys eating their Thanksgiving feast!

Our family. Man those boys were so wiggly it was hard to get a good picture but this one is cute.

Zachary thought it would be a great idea to ride Maddie, not sure Maddie agrees but she was good with him like always.