Circus

We went to the circus last night with our next door neighbors. We were able to get some free tickets from the local video rental place and figured why not. For the first half of the show both of our children were memorized by what was going on. Seriously, my son didn't move. I began to think maybe he was asleep. But no, I had my husband look at him and sure enough his eyes were wide open and watching what was going on. Intermission was fun they had some rides and a slide. Our daughter wasn't too happy that we told her that she couldn't ride the big slide. And from that point on for her the show was done. So for most of it we had fun. Here are a few highlights from the show.

during intermission she got to ride the pony rides. The only thing that she was able to do. She had fun and could ride as long as she wanted. I wasn't able to get a clear photo though because I was holding the baby. But here is the best one.

There was this act where a woman juggled several different things with her feet upside down.

This guy was scary. Here he is blindfolded. There were a couple close calls where he came close to falling off. Once while jump roping and once while blindfolded. The phrase do not try this at home comes to mind.

This bear was cute and really not something I want to get a bear hug from. But here the bear is pushing this car with the little girl in it.

here our little girl is sitting with her best friend. They had to share a seat. Aren't they cute.

10 Months Old

Here he is 10 months old. I can't believe how big he is. He stands on his own now. He crawls super fast everywhere and into everything. He is so funny and loving. Here are some of the pictures that I have taken of him throughout this last month. The top 3 are the most recent. I took them tonight.

Here he looks so handsome.

Reflection

Here he is in his outfit he got from his Great Grandma for Christmas.

I love this picture. The lines are great.

Here he is sleeping. I couldn't pass this picture up.

My little Model

It never fails. I get the camera out to take pictures of baby brother and she wants to get in on the action. She is definitely my more cooperative model. I love the pictures that I got here are my favorites of her.

Wearing daddies hat

I love her little features.

Going for a more posed shot.

Aquarium

So we went to our local Aquarium 2 weeks ago. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

We had fun sitting them on the big frog. His face cracks me up.
He had fun looking at the fish swim by.

Now this picture has a great story. I am pretty sure that it was definitely funnier in person. She got to sit on the rock right next to the stingray petting station. While she was sitting there she would put her hand in no problem hoping to pet a stingray. That is until the stingray got too close (for her comfort). This picture was taken 2 seconds before she jumped off the rock and refused to look at any fish from that moment on.

Christmas recital 2009

So this is overdue, however I made a promise to post video of her recital and now that Christmas is over I have found some renewed energy in blogging so these next few posts will catch you up on what has been happening at our home. I hope that you enjoy.

She was so cute in her costume here is a full shot. I just couldn't get her to look at me though at this point.

Here is her first number. Half way through It gets closer. She gets a few of the dance moves in there.

Here she is waiting to go on stage for her Polar Express number. She insisted I took one with her friend. And well she has just the cutest smile in this one.

Here she literally stole the show. Let's just say there were no little elves helping during her dance class when she was learning to do this dance she seemed to forget about it. But hey, she is cute.

Here is the finale. Yay she did at least half the number till she realized she didn't have her partner close by to spin in circles with.

As you saw Santa came at the end of the recital. Here are a few pictures with Santa. She was so excited to sit on Santa's lap this year.

He did surprisingly well on Santa's lap. I think he was trying to figure out how he was going to eat that candy cane before mommy and daddy took it away from him. :0)

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas half a month late. I figured I would catch you up on these pictures as well. Below is our family picture for Christmas this year all dressed up.

We had dinner with my husbands side of the family the Sunday before Christmas. While we were there Grandma planned a little nativity with the grand kids. It was very cute. Our little girl got to be the angel. However I think all the little girls wanted to be Mary because she had the baby.

Our cute niece that got to be Mary. She did a great job.
The next day on Monday we had a family party with my side of the family. The cousins all got to draw each others name. It was fun to have my daughter at an age were she is excited to look for gifts for other people. Here they are opening their gifts from one of their cousins.
This is a cute picture that I could not resist posting of our baby boy.
Christmas Morning pictures. Enjoy!

Snow Fun!

Here is some fun in the snow. We made a fun snow hill in our front yard. All the neighbor kids came to play. Hope you enjoy the pictures of Daddy and kids playing in the snow.

Daddy gets our little girl to cheer him on while he sleds. You can hear her say, "Go daddy, Go Daddy, Go!"

Snow Angel
Snow fight. Kids against daddies.
He's a little little to enjoy the snow. So he usually stays inside with mommy. However we do have a picture with him in his winter coat.