Monthly Archives: December 2010

NYE – 2010

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We have been having fun on this, the last day of 2010. In bed last night I whispered to Lex “Do you know what tomorrow is?” He said “Yes, it’s bowling day!!” :) He said the same thing at 6am when he woke me up this morning. I think he was excited.

We spent the morning chilling, playing games, doing Hidden Pictures, bouncing off the walls, etc. Then the kids took great naps/quiet time because I told them they needed lots of energy for bowling. Then after a little more bouncing off the walls we managed to get ourselves out the door!

Hidden Pictures

Hidden Pictures

Hangman

We played hangman while I made lunch.

Then we went for an early dinner to Panera Bread, of course. The kids were thrilled to buy their own dinners with the gift certificates. Thanks Aunt Joyce! Then we were off to Cosmic bowling where we had a great time. The music was playing, the black lights were one, the bumpers were up ;) Turns out our local alley has candle pin bowling as well as regular bowling, so we opted for candle pin so the kids could actually lift the balls. Part way through the game Alan found a ramp thing too, which the kids loved.

Eve

Eve at Panera Bread

Lex

Lex at Panera Bread

Eve bowling

Eve bowling

Eve with the ramp

Eve with the ramp

Game 1

Game 1. Yep, I got my butt kicked by a three year old... at bumper bowling!

Game 2

We ran out of time to finish the second game, but look, I was winning! (impressive scores, eh?)

 

 

 

I often forget that Eve is just 3yrs old (poor girl, I grow her up too fast!) and she was exhausted by the end. She skipped her last turns and just wanted to snuggle in my lap. I took my last turns with Eve on my hip. (Of course now it’s 9:40 and she is wide awake upstairs. Crazy girl!)

Alan and I are ringing in the new year with The Other Guys and mountains of laundry. Whee!

A new camera on the way

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I ordered a “refurbished” camera from Canon today. Refurbished just means a retailer over ordered and returned some to Canon, or boxes were damaged in shipping. It does not mean, as I originally thought, that the camera first belonged to someone else and was sent back, repaired, and sold to me. Basically brand new, but they can’t call it new because it already left their warehouse once. They give great discounts if you send the defective one back! I’m a dork but I got the exact same thing, only a different color. I like my camera! Why change?! Get excited for spot-free photos again :)

Swimming

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Today was a beautiful, sunny winter day. Tons of snow, high temps (mid 20’s anyway!) and perfect. Guess what we did?! Went swimming, of course! The kids were bouncing off the walls and we have a new pool membership, so away we went! It was great. I am constantly amazed at the progress Lex and Eve are making in the pool. It seems like they somehow had a burst between last time and this time as well. When we first got there they were both jumping off the edge at the same time (despite my protest) and swimming everywhere! I thought for sure someone would be drowning today, but they were awesome little swimmers. Suddenly Eve has noticeable form and Lex is getting braver by the day. In the current pool, where he used to cling to me for dear life, he is now asking me to let go of him for short bursts. It’s great! I had a glimpse of what the future might hold… them swimming along and not even needing me! Sigh. Then at the end Eve swallowed a ton of water and threw up and Lex announced he was too tired and needed to go home. They still need me, for now :) Seriously though, they are amazing in the water. I wish I could take pictures or videos, but my camera is far from water proof!

KidCam

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Alan worked hard and got the pictures off the camera! Yay! He even set up a script so I can do it myself in the future. Good thing I have a live-in tech support!

Here is a sampling of the pictures from the camera. Many were just all black (hand over lens?) or all white (flash?) and many of the rest are completely blurry. They’ll have to practice their photography skills a bit longer. :)

SNOW Day!!

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We got our first real snow fall of the season! I think it’s about 18″ (though I didn’t really measure). We went to bed with nothing and woke to a winter wonderland. Awesome! After breakfast we all bundled up and headed out for shoveling, digging, sledding (attempts anyway) and general merriment.

Lex

Eve

The first thing she does is plop down in the snow and take her mitten off. Silly girl.

A casualty

Our mailbox, a casualty of the overnight snow plow. (That darn spot won't go away. The camera is no longer under warranty so I guess the spot will be there until I suck it up and buy a new camera :/ )

Our street

Our street

Our house

Our house

Lex found the mailbox

Lex unburied the mailbox. Later in the day the mail lady put our mail in it, while it was laying on the ground. I was happy just to get mail! :)

Kids watching

The kids watching me talk to the snow plow guy. He stopped on his way past when he saw we were outside. He apologized and said he would come by tomorrow and fix the mail box. He also said we weren't the only ones :) It was a dark and stormy night. Poor guy!

Eve rebundled

Eve got cold so I bundled her up a little more. Lex opted for a scarf shortly after. I like the look :)

Snow on siding

Snow on the siding makes for a beautiful wintery look.

Parrish sledding

The kids wanted to sled, but 18+ inches of powdery snow is just too deep, as Parrish quickly discovered!

Baby Eve

Eve looks so adorable in her new sweatshirt. I wanted to take a picture, but she wanted to cuddle in Alan's lap in peace. She looks like such a baby here, until you realize that there's another whole half of her in legs not in the picture!

Hiding Eve

No more mommy paparazzi!!

Eve and I went back out for a second round of shoveling in the afternoon. The snow had finally stopped coming down and most of the snow on the garage roof had slid off, so the driveway had a good covering again. No pictures that time though because it was getting dark and cold and I was in a hurry!

Photographer Eve

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I think Eve really likes the new camera. I often hear her saying, “Ok now, smile. Say cheese!” to random dolls and toys in the living room. I’ll see if I can get the pictures off that camera tonight. Should be interesting :)

Taking pictures of dolls

Eve brushed the dolls' hair and then got them set up for a photo shoot.

Teddy

Eve went shopping with Alan to JC Penny's yesterday and came home with a teddy bear. Daddy is a push over :) Just kidding. It's soft and she loves it (teddy and daddy!)

I’m trying to get pictures off the kid camera now and it’s not working. I’ll have to wait until Linux tech support (Alan) is available to help.

Merry Christmas – 2010

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Well, another Christmas has come and gone.  In the blink of an eye, or so it felt.  Joyce came to visit, then Barney, then mom and dad, and we all did our usual celebrating.  We missed Rosy and the Johnson side of the family this year.  Hopefully we can be a bigger crowd again next year!

Once again we did Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma’s house.  Delicious soup, bread, salad, and pizza.  Yum, YUM!  Crazy kids, wild rides down the stairs, stories, giggles, fun.  Christmas morning Alan, Lex, and I were up at 6am, as usual.  We opened Lex’s stocking, ate breakfast, and eagerly awaited Eve’s waking.  She finally got up at 7:45, just in time for her stocking and a quick breakfast before we headed to church.  We went to a beautiful church with nice music, beautiful decorations, and lots to look at.  Lex got squirmy near the end, but overall I think they both did really well.  Eve seems to love church.  She talks about it a lot and loves the music.  Then back to our house for presents!  Fun, fun.  Lots of good stuff, candy, toys, socks, and super cool calendars.  Wrapping paper everywhere.  Then I kicked everyone out so I could nap the kids (ok, really because I needed a break!)  I did a little tidying and started prepping for dinner.  This year I made lasagna and Barney made the turkey.  It was a pretty delicious meal.  Of course.

Today we spent unwinding, digging out the living room, running many loads of dishes, and eating chocolate.  That will be “disappearing” soon!

I put all of the pictures up on my Picasa account.  Check it out!

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!