The boys had their school Christmas play today. They were angels. Each child had to say their own line. The boys were the loudest (without screaming) and clearest. They did great!
Tag: christmas
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Zoo Lights – 2012
Zoo lights are so much fun with 4 year olds. They really love the experience. The night we had picked to go it was supposed to rain. I decided that meant it was the perfect night because it would be less crowded. It worked out great, hardly any crowd and it didn’t start to rain until we were leaving at 8:45! It was the most fun we have had at zoo lights yet. The boys were able to run around, dance, try to jump on the lights shining on the walkways, and the talked to the talking Giraffe forever.
Papa and Ez 
Noah and his favorite color. RED! 
The zoo turned 50 this year. 
So happy 
another happy boy 
Talking to the Giraffe, the boys loved him and he really talked to them. We went back at the end of our night and he remembered them. 
Riding a kamodo dragon 
Thumbs up 
Papa and the boys 
Papa and Ez petting the ‘floppy things’ (stingrays) 
mom and Noah 
pic of a stingray 
Checking out the lights 
Ez taking pics 
say cheese 
Noah and the umbrella 
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Christmas Day 2012
We had a lovely Christmas with Gamma, Papa, Uncle Jason, Auntie Michelle, and Abby! This age is so much fun at Christmas.
We opened gifts, then had a yummy Christmas lunch, and then played! Gamma had gotten all the kids and dads nerf guns. There was quite the nerf gun war with lots of giggles and screams. It was all fun and games until someone was shot in the eye. We now make them wear safety goggles at least until reflexes and aim improve.
The boys crashed on the way home and then went straight to bed!
I love how excited Ezra is for his brother 
Happy boy got a fire truck with actual sirens 
Ezra got one too! 
So much joy 
Opening 
More fire gear 
Yea he’s that happy about underwear. 
Yep him too. Apparently underwear is a big deal. 
Sometimes you need to get away from all the craziness and play. 
Fire trucks 
Yep a riding one too 
Ezra LOVED Abby’s horse. 
Silly Abby. 
Fell asleep on the way home. 
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Christmas Morning 2012
Christmas morning with littles is so much fun. The boys were full of so much joy and truly enjoyed every moment. It took forever to open gifts. They played and played with their new toys.
The boys slept in that day, mommy and daddy’s gift I guess. We opened gifts, played, talked to Nana, Papa, and Aunt Julie, ate, and then got ready for Gamma and Papa’s.
Their favorite by far was the rescue heroes. The LOVE rescue heroes.
Ezra on a mission 
Rescue heroes! 
Playing, playing, playing 
Happy Boy 
A ukulele! 
A baseball bat! 
Trying out the new whoopee cushion. 
More whoopee fun 
Fun with waffles. 
Eating time 
Time to get everything out 
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Christmas Eve 2012
We had a nice quiet Christmas Eve. In the morning Matt went mountain biking with a friend, while the boys and I stayed home and worked on a sticker craft they had received as a gift. In the afternoon Ezra fell asleep! Then we packed them both up and headed down to Maricopa to go to a candlelight church service and have dinner with Gamma and Papa. There was more napping in the car. 🙂 Church was great. Then we had a yummy dinner and a quiet evening watching a movie.
Sitting in front of the watermelon. 
Lighting the watermelon tree. 
Ezra crashed from all the excitement. 
He stayed asleep when we moved him to the car. 
Noah finally decided a nap was a good idea too! 
Noah at candlelight service. Oh and the watermelon… Our tree was dead and super dry by the 23rd. So after we put the boys to bed that night Matt and I took it down. We wanted the boys to have something funny to wake up to, so we set up a watermelon.
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Light Parade
Last Saturday we went to the boys’ first light parade. They had so much fun and were so excited the entire time. Everyone around was giggling at their excitement and also well aware of their LOVE of firetrucks.
One of the horses did his business right in front of where we were and for some reason that didn’t have a scooper following them. Can you imagine all the little boys’ delight at getting to yell, “watch out for the poop!” to everyone that followed?
Playing with glow sticks waiting for the parade. 
Admiring snoopy. -
Oh Christmas Tree
The most beautiful tree ever. The boys LOVE Christmas. We LOVE their enthusiasm. Therefore they now have their very own tree for their playroom. They can decorate it however they want. They love it. We put it up last night and they insisted it needed a star, so daddy made them one. They thought their daddy was the BEST.
Decorating the tree 
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advent:4
Today for the 4th day of advent we made Epsom salt candle holders. We used a little Modge Podge, 2sticky toddlers, some colored epsom and some little tea lights.
