Week 263: December 11 - December 17

Sunday Football

More fun at Ian's house

Setting up our holiday lights

Practicing poses for our family picture

Family night at Chick-Fil-A 

Complete with the Balloon man

Who knew picture day would end so awesomely?

Batman on break

Reading about monsters to MoMo

Hugging all our buddies goodbye before holiday break

Christmas break has started with a sick Benny :(

Can we ever have a healthy house?

Look at these little elves working on Christmas presents (but don't look too hard - it may be a present for you)

Gingerbread house time - finally - this candy has been sitting in our pantry way too long!

All our Gingerbread Man books have paid off - this guy is the gingerbread master!

Week 262: December 4 - December 10

Our little Christmas Elf

It's time to decorate the tree!

The finishing touch!

This guy is officially obsessed with football.  Duplicating all the plays on TV with his new game!

It's finally party time!

Are those bubbles on my head?

Dr. Evil sure had some cool experiments

One last experiment...making bouncy balls!

Getting a little help from Laura, Mabel & Liam

Time for the cake!

Yum!

And the best part...presents!  We have such AWESOME friends.  What a great 5th birthday!

And, now time to celebrate, fiesta style!

Look at this cool cat.

December self portrait time!

Killing some time at the library before story time

5 year check up:

43 1/2 inches - 62 percentile

44 pounds - 72 percentile

and...another case of strep....:(

This hot cocoa sure tastes good on my throat

No strep, but another ear infection.  These guys just can't catch a break

Peppermint oranges at the Barnes'  Ms. Christie's special Christmastime treat

One last birthday celebration with Grandpops...had to wait until everyone was healthy.

This guy is ready to hop aboard the potty train!  Potty training starts today!

Lots of accidents, but a lot of enthusiasm!  Someone really wants to be a Big Boy (or at least get a lot of potty candy)

Snack time!

Uh oh!  Woke up from nap tired, cranky and with a fever (and no interest AT ALL in continuing potty training).  So we quit.  We'll try again next month.

Well, if we can't use M&Ms for potty candy, we'll use them for Christmas cookies!

Week 261: November 27 - December 3

When you're stuck in the Chicago airport...eat some Garrett's popcorn!

Drying off at swim lessons

Having a blast at story time

Happy Birthday, Felix!

We love birthday season...cupcakes galore!

Feliz Cumpleanos, Señor Felix!

Christmas season is here!

And so is my birthday!  Happy Birthday to our favorite 5 year old!

Cutie Pie!

Enjoying a leftover school cupcake for dessert...Birthdays sure are awesome!

This 5 year old got to stay up late (until Daddy got home) to open 1 present....

It's Buckeye stuff!!!!!

And, mini Buckeye stuff for Benny

Thanks for the Legos, Benny!

Books always bring a smile!

And, you can never go wrong with this present :)

Waiting on Dr. Virgin to make sure tubes & tonsils are still looking good

Getting ready to throw some Pokemon balls at Felix's birthday party

It's a Poke hunter!

More cake!

What a fun birthday week...with another big birthday party to celebrate tomorrow (Baxter's!!!!!)