Saturday, January 18, 2014

My Little Superman

Markus has gotten so good at riding his bike, that he convinced me that he could ride it to the park last week. So away we went! He did a great job and made it the whole way!

 We only played for a little while because he was ready to ride again!



 One of Joe's friends brought Markus the entire Christopher Reeves Superman series, so he's been watching one movie at a time, and dressed as Superman most of the time!
 Being Superman is very exhausting!
 Since Joe was out of town, Markus and I did a lot of snuggling.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

New Toys

I'm trying to make an effort to take pictures of the presents we got for Christmas. I'm super excited about this little gem that Ashley got me!! I've always wanted a Scentsy!!
 Sam and Ashley also gave Joe this awesome lawn gnome! 
 Laume gave us a whole box of biscotti (which is completely gone now)!
 Laume also gave me this sign that I'm going to put above my quilt table.
 I'm thrilled to have this book too!
 Oh! My broom from Laume as well!
 This morning I got to use our wonderful new waffle maker from our neighbors, Bob and Donna!
 The waffles were so delicious and fluffy!
 Jess and Ryan bough Markus a nerf gun for Christmas, that unfortunately stopped working on the second shot. So I took it back to the store, and since they didn't have any of the same kind, ended up getting two of one that was similar! We had so pretty crazy war games all day today!





 One of Joli's presents in her stocking was a little Belle cross-stitch. It's going to take some time and a lot of work, but it's fun watching her learn!

Friday, January 3, 2014

Home and Friends

After a very long day of driving yesterday, we finally made it home! The kids were super excited to play with their new toys this morning! Markus practiced matching his letters and pointed out any that were in his name.
 Joli started learning French.
 After a couple hours of relaxing and unpacking, we headed over to visit with some old friends! Joli was super excited to see her friend Izzy! They're only eight months apart and have known each other since Izzy was three weeks old!
 Deanna was our wonderful hostess. She is Izzy's mom, and Aiden's, who is only a month younger than Markus! He is also the one that wanted to use my camera and TOOK all the pictures on it!
 Aiden got a picture of Robyn, who were so totally thrilled to see! We miss having her around!!
 Cass was there, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of her first baby in just a few weeks!
 Little Bear was also in town with Robyn and baby Mikey!! It was so great to see him!
 Big Mikey is Cass' husband, and had a good time getting some daddy practice with all the crazy kids running around!
 And here is the best picture of Baby Mikey that Aiden managed to get. He was a little stinker and had his hand on the lens in almost every shot, but my goodness he is so stinking cute!!
 After an amazing afternoon with our friends, we came home and got our little hermie crabs in their new bigger terrarium. "Shiny" has gotten so big that he could barely move around in the small cage, so we figured he needed space. Joli also wanted to get some pretty sand, and used her own money to buy some! I also got them a heater to keep their tank warm. It's just been too dang cold lately! They seem to be very happy!

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Kid's Kingdom

This morning Joe and Sam were watching car shows, and asked Markus if he'd like to watch. He was pretty into it!

 "Hi, I'm Clark Kent"
 The kids loved the "Happy New Year" tiara's!
 And the horn blowers!

 Then we took the kids and Iron Man to Kid's Kingdom!
 The kids had so much fun! They ran, they jumped, they climbed, and they played an awesome game of hide-n-seek with all of us!












It was a very fun time!