Outside fun!

The weather was great today! We took advantage of a dry, sunny but still cool day and headed to our backyard. The three of us jumped on the trampoline, ran around in the grass/mud, kicked a ball around and of course went up and down the slide. Canon went down all by himself and loved it. I knew it was time to go in when Everson ran over to the door to the house and said, "Mom, I want to go in where it's warm and cozy!" Funny kid!

I love my boys!

Am I a lucky girl or what?

Broccoli

I was getting broccoli ready to steam when Canon kept whining and pointing to it. I thought he would take one little bite of it and spit it out

Everson wanted to get in on a picture!

Who needs toys!

Apparently the toys in our house were either lame or we just didn't have enough. Why else would my niece, Kyrie, want to sit inside a drawer playing with a plastic cup and fork?

Hello Potty

It was very brave of Aunt Shel to let Everson hold her cell phone while he sat on his potty. I know what you are thinking, why would anyone be talking on the phone while they are on the toilet. Come on...you know you have done it before! Admit it!

(The cell phone was disinfected later!)

Water

Everson loves to play in the kitchen sink filling up my measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowls, cups, bowls, pretty much anything that will hold the tiniest amount of water. I thought it would be fun for him to play with some of his animals in the water and gave him the animals that actually would live or be in water in real life. Little did I know that he would want his entire container of animals. He told me they were swimming!

Canon's 1st Birthday # 2!

We had some family over for cake and ice cream since it is Canon's official birthday! It was a very last minute thing but we are glad we did it.

The birthday boy enjoying his cupcake!

He wasn't getting messy enough for the cousins, so they decided to help Canon out a bit.

The end result.

Christmas with the Thueson's!

We were down at my parents house for Christmas this year with my whole family! It was a full house, but it was so nice to all be together. Christmas was a nice relaxing day full of good food, present opening, naps, a Christmas readying, visiting close friends and more good food. My Mom might have gone a little overboard with presents for the three grandchildren, but I guess that is what Grandma's and Grandpa's are for. Merry Christmas!

Everyone's stockings!

All the presents. Granted this was presents for 12 people, but most of them were for the three grandchildren! Next year, we will simplify present giving!

Everson was fun to watch open his presents and get excited about each one.

Canon had no clue what was going on and just wanted to play with the toys everyone else was opening.

My Aunt Tessie crocheted hot pad holders in our favorite colors!

Carin (sister in-law), Michelle (sister, if you couldn't tell), my Mom, and Me.

Canon's 1st Birthday!

Canon and his cousin, Kyrie, were born 10 days apart. While we were down at my parents house for Christmas we celebrated their birthday's! My Aunt Margie made both the cakes and always does an amazing job!

My baby is 1 year old already. I know everyone says it, but the year went by so quickly. One is such a fun age. Canon thinks the world of Everson and loves to do whatever he is doing. He will even voluntarily sit in time out with Everson, even when Everson is in timeout for hitting Canon. Canon is such cuddly, happy, easy going, fun boy! Happy Birthday!

Birthday kids, Canon and Kyrie!

Christmas Eve

Just like a lot of families out there, one of our Christmas Eve traditions is to open one present. We were excited to have Everson open his new car track since we knew he would like it. Todd will admit this, he was excited to play with the new track too. I love having boys, they have all the cool toys!

Deda Santa!

Santa came to visit us this year before Christmas for a special visit. It is really too bad neither of the boys enjoyed it until Santa took his hat, hair and beard off to reveal it was Deda. Hopefully one of these years the boys will be excited to see Deda Santa with smiles on their faces instead of frowns. We loved our special visit! Thanks again Santa and your helper (Mema).

I was surprised Everson got close enough to grab the candy cane. It is an improvement from last year, when he wouldn't get within 10 feet of Santa.

This is right before Everson's lip started to turn out and the crying began.

Everyone was smiles when they were the ones wearing Santa's hat.