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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Michael is Three!

Michael turned three on December 27th! He got a big boy bike for his birthday!

Opening presents:

ROAR!!

All he really cared about was that he was going to have a dinosaur cake. He "helped" "sprinkle" the brown sugar dirt and put all the dinos onto the cake.

My parents, Elizabeth and Richard, and Joey and Heather's family were here to celebrate.

Michael and Jack (Joey and Heather's little guy)

I'm pretty sure Uncle Jeremy had just this in mind when he sent light sabers to his nephews for Christmas.

Pizza Party!

Happy birthday, buddy! We went to the doctor and he's now in the 96th percentile for height and the 90th for weight. He's a happy, sweet boy and we love him tons!!

Ashley made Michael a sword and shield. She's such a sweet big sister! They also all picked out books for each other and it was fun to see that they really tried to get ones that the other kids would like.

Santa brought a trampoline! He even set it up in 20 degree weather on Christmas Eve! Thanks, Santa!! He brought a safety net, too, but I guess he didn't have that much time.

Can we put our coats on and jump on it RIGHT NOW???

Of course!!

We even let them play on it in the snow. We're such nice parents... :)

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sunday Before Christmas

All the kiddos wore their special Christmas outfits to church today. I know Douglas looks a little bit like a clown, but I couldn't resist the matching bow tie!

Brothers :)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

James' Birthday!

Friday was James' birthday! We celebrated with pizza, a movie, and brownies :)

First Snow of the Year!

We got about 4 inches of snow on Thursday, and we got Thursday and Friday off of school! The kids had a great time playing in the snow, coming in, drinking hot chocolate and getting warm, and going back out. I could barely get them to come in even when it was completely dark out!

Gymnastics

The kids had an open house at gymnastics this past week!
Michael will tell you--he's really, really strong--here he is showing off those muscles. He got up there all by himself! He climbed the wall with his feet without help, too!