Brayden's hungry hippo

Brayden loves this hungry hippo toy that he got for Christmas.  I will often find him just walking around the house hugging him.

Superbowl fun!

Bryce was very excited for the Superbowl this year.  He made his own pizza which he heaped with pepperoni and black olives. He also enjoyed playing commercial bingo and won the first game. He was disappointed that the Broncos lost but is looking forward to next year!

Smoothies!

Bryce and I love having apple banana yogurt smoothies for breakfast.  He was sick this morning and had to stay home from school so I made him a special treat :)

Going outside!

Brayden loves when I get my coat and shoes on because he knows we are going out.  He will run to the door and wait before I can even get his coat on.

Bryce's new glasses

 Bryce was excited to get his eye exam done last Saturday.  The eye dr. had to look in his eyes and told him "we're going to play simon says, I bet you're really great at that game"...Bryce of course said, "I sure am!".  He followed along as the Dr. said "simon says look at the mirror, simon says look at the computer, etc.  then the Dr. said "ok you're doing great.  now look right at the corner of the door." Bryce had his arms crossed and was looking in the opposite direction.  I thought he was getting tired of the exam and asked him "please just look at the corner of the door buddy".  He wouldn't and when the Dr. said again, "can you look at the corner of the door?" Bryce turned with a big smile on his face, "No, because simon didn't say so!".  He began laughing hysterically.  He loves his new glasses and couldn't wait to show them off to his friends at school.

Christmas Eve!

Bryce got to open one gift on Christmas Eve and was happy when he saw it was Mario themed!

Bray's basketball hoop

Brayden got a new basketball hoop from grandma and grandpa Weber for his birthday. He couldn't wait to make a basket...literally. Dad was still putting it together when he started playing.

Book-it

Bryce got a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut after reading 25 books at school.  When the cashier at Pizza Hut put her hand out for his book-it coupon he gave her a big high five :)

Fun at the museum!

Bryce, Aubrey, and Samuel had lots of fun celebrating Samuel's 4th birthday at the kid's museum!

Christmas tree cakes :)

Bray was recovering this week from being sick and felt alot better once he had a taste of a Christmas tree cake.  He gets pretty excited now when I get the box from the cupboard.  I'm sure we'll be buying these every Christmas for someone from now on :)

Playing in the snow!

We haven't had much snow this winter so when we finally got some we went out with the boys to go sledding, make snow angels, and play ball.  we had lots of fun!

candy cane ornaments

Bryce enjoyed making some candy cane ornaments this year for the tree. 

The poinsettia

As we got the Christmas decorations out this year Bray couldn't help but touch this poinsettia.  We put it in his shopping cart for him and he was quite happy.  I soon found out it was not okay to take the poinsettia back out of the cart though.

Decorating the tree

Bray helped us decorate the Christmas tree this year.  He piled 5 or 6 ornaments on one branch and was pretty pleased with himself :)

Bryce's 5th birthday!

Bryce was thrilled to be able to go to Chuck E Cheese for his birthday.  After lots of fun at Chuck E Cheese Bryce wanted to go to A and W for a birthday dinner.  Bray enjoyed his dinner too...especially the hush puppies from long John Silver's!

Frosting Fall cookies!

Bryce had fun frosting some Fall cookies.  I caught him licking the frosting off the spatula and the sprinkles out of the bowl more than once.  I told him what a wonderful job he did and he told me I should try one. I simply told him they were too beautiful to eat and he said, "aww, thanks mom. That's so nice of you to say!'

Bray and the great outdoors!

Bray loved our trip to Smithome farms.  He ran around exploring everything he could.  He fell in the mud a few times but got himself right back up and started going again.  A little dirt and mud never bothers Bray!

The boys are leading the way...

After we finished the corn maze we ended up in the pumpkin patch.  The boys were more interested in the mud and dirt however.  They took off down the path together enjoying all the open space to run :)

Fall Family Fun!

Josiah and the corn maze

Aunt Kim and Josiah came with us to Smithome Farms.  Josiah and I walked through the corn maze together.  He had lots of fun exploring and was very good at escaping thorough the stalks of corn very quickly!

Fun at Smithome Farms

We took the boys to Smithome Farms this Saturday for some fall fun!  Bryce loved the corn maze...Bray loved the mud and dirt!  Both boys had lots of fun.

Bryce at School

Bryce loves kindergarten and is doing a great job.  He was excited one morning when I told him he would have to order breakfast at school.  He had wanted to do this for a while and was very excited.  He held on tight to his breakfast money.  He told me I could oversleep tomorrow too if I wanted to.  He also loves doing his homework.  He brought home his math book one day and announced we better get to work.  He also has English homework every week and always finishes it ahead of time.  We are very proud of our Kindergartener!

Playing

Brayden is playing with some toys papa made for him.  He still insists on pushing Freddie the Frog along instead of pulling him but he loves him just the same. 

Brayden's 2nd Birthday!

 Brayden had lots of fun at his birthday party with his family.  We took him to Sweetfrog for some frozen yogurt on his birthday and he had no problem eating it all :)  We love our sweet 2 year old!

All boy...

Bray is all boy!  He will use anything he can find to push around the house...in this case he decided to use the entry table from the foyer. 

SweetFrog finally!

Bryce saw that we were getting a new frozen yogurt shop in town and said when it opened we had to go there.  We tried for a few days but the line was always out the door.  He finally got a chance to get some frozen yogurt from SweetFrog Wednesday night.  He chose mango tango and loved it.  We also found out that the Frog in the SweetFrog name stands for "Fully Rely On God"...we'll definitely be going back for some more frozen yogurt soon!

So curious...

Brayden is a very curious 2 year old :)  I will often find him walking around carrying a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, or a box of cereal.  He loves to explore the pantry.  He can always make us smile!

The Fun Run!

Bryce ran in the Fun Run at school last weekend.  He decided to run all 3 miles so he could get a medal.  He did a great job running with dad and had a fun time.