New Year's Eve

For New Year's Eve this year, we have asked if we can stay up until midnight.  Mom and Dad decided that we would have a Harry Potter movie night with homemade Butter Beer to help everyone stay awake.  We all made it past midnight.  Happy New Year!

Snowball Fight

 

We got more snow last night.  Daddy went out to blow the snow off the driveway, so we went out to play.  Of course, this turned into a massive snowball fight.

Retirement Dinner

Grandma Jo is retired!  We went to dinner with her to celebrate.  Of course, we spent as much time as we could looking and playing with Cade.  Did we mention that we love babies?  Happy retirement, Grandma Jo.  We look forward to seeing you more often!

Games

The boys loved playing Sleeping Queens with Lawrence.

Merry Christmas!

 

The boys were up early and ready to open presents right away this morning.  Merry Christmas from the Leiran family!

Daddy trying to learn how to make GG's dressing for lunch.

Since it snowed, the boys loved playing outside.  

The boys watched this video of cats afraid of cucumbers over and over this morning.  

Waterville

 

We made it to Papa and GG's house today.  Let the fun begin!

Snow Covered Waterville

 

 

Brandon and I took a drive this afternoon to enjoy the beautiful snowfall.  We even saw a couple of deer and got to watch them run straight up a steep hill.  The boys are very thankful for a white Christmas.

Sound Asleep

 

The boys are fast asleep with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.

Aiden's School Winter Party

I got to help out with Aiden's winter party today.  They did a book exchange while reading a version of the night before Christmas.  They passed the books ALL over the classroom.  They all had a great time.

Drinking Water

Obviously, Parker is thirsty.  He's drinking water just as fast as the fridge can put it in his glass.

Church

Aiden looks a little nervous, but today he is reading in church.

He did a great job!

Emery and Parker played their bitty bells in church also.

Library

While the other boys are looking for books, Emery finds any computer he can and types away.

Christmas Presents

 

Santa came last night!  He must know that we are going to be out of town for Christmas Day.

Of course, we had to open all of our Christmas presents, also!

 

The boys really liked their Pokemon pillow cases that I made.

Aiden liked getting Krosmaster Jr.

A mommy and Emery selfie!

Daddy really liked the Pokemon hats that even fit him!

The boys really liked their first Spirograph!  Merry Christmas from the Leiran's!

Teeth

This kids teeth get loose, and the next day he wants to yank it out with dental floss.

Guess this one was ready.  All he wants for Christmas is his two front teeth.

First Christmas Presents

Papa and GG told the boys they could each open their first present as soon as three boxes showed up on our doorstep.  They are here.!!!!

The boys were very excited that they each have a bean bag chair of their own!

They decided that they should use them first for reading books!

Then, they quickly became a weird slide.

Reading

You can often find Aiden curled up with a book.

PlayDoh Letters

Ms. Rachel took this picture of Emery making letters out of play-doh this morning at preschool.

Quilting

Aiden asked me if you could learn how to quilt, so he's helping me with a small project for Grandma Jo.

Holiday Cub Scouts Party

The boys had a great time at their Cub Scout Holiday Pack meeting.  Parker was not good at picking up the marshmallows with the spoon in his mouth, but he was full of determination.  He worked and worked until he finally got all of the marshmallows picked up and into the stocking.

Parker also received his Bob Cat ranking at tonight's pack meeting!

Mixing Games

Emery wanted to spice up the game Max with using the characters from Krosmaster.  We call this mashup - KrosMax.

Games

Perhaps we bought a few too many games on Black Friday-Cyber Monday....nah...there is no such thing as too many games....even if the stack is as tall as Emery, right?

Basketball

Parker's first basketball practice.

 

These two were break dancing on the sidelines.

 

Aiden's first basketball practice was also a success. 

There are several kids on the sidelines playing, but I think these three are up to something.....