12|24|14 Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

We spent the day at Papa and Grandma Sweetie Pie's. 



Santa in training...checking his phone for wish list updates! 

 Excited to tear open their presents....

 

 Six, very energetic grandkids!

 

 My handsome...buried in a (history) book!

  Our Sweet Reilly didn't make a wish list this year (which I think I mentioned in a previous post). 

When Santa, the Orthopedic Dr., and our piano tuner asked him what he wanted this was his response...

"Some people think that Christmas is all about the presents...but I don't...It's all about Giving.

So I'll be happy with whatever I get."

It warmed my heart to hear him say that! 

We have been listening to a lot of Christmas music and so many of those songs remind us

of the true meaning of Christmas.  Without God's gift of His Son we would have no Christmas!

Thank you God for teaching us how to give!

Reilly was thrilled when he opened his first gift! He has eyed these marble rollers for a long time.

 

 Sarina and her new baby "Little Jenn"! She loved her instantly.

Yep...that's Andrew...Love's the great outdoors!

 I got some of the softest pajamas...and Kent got another history book!

 

 Sarina playing Christmas Carols on the piano with A. Laurel

I'm so thankful we were all healthy and able to be together this year at Christmas.

Always fun times at Grandpa and Grandma's!

Merry Christmas Eve.



12|15|14 Christmas Continues...

School Christmas Program

I love how Reilly is smirking at me in this picture! 

He sang his heart out and did a fabulous job at being Alvin for their chipmunk song.

 He couldn't think of anything to wish for!!! 

Yep, he never gave me a list this year.  Hope he's excited on Christmas day!

Messy Muffins

These two are my kitchen sidekicks.  They get their love of cooking from their Dad.

I usually allow one helper at a time to keep the kitchen from being a disaster...but tonight I decided to let them have at it and get messy!

And they did.

I put Reilly in charge of the muffins.  He loves to crack the eggs and measure everything out on his own.  

 Using the tongue makes the siring go a lot smother!

 Showing off the cast one last time...he gets it off 12/16!!!

 And the Puddle...doing what she does best! Making PUDDLES! 

Washing dishes at this age is soooo much fun! Not a whole lot of washing gets done....

just playing in the suds.  She is singing wash, wash as she goes!

Hmmmm...if they keep this up I'll soon get kicked out of the kitchen RIGHT?

Reilly's muffins were delicious...and the dishes...well, they went through the dishwasher!!!



12|9|14 Puddles & A little Christmas

Our sweet little girl (aka Puddles) makes me laugh every day!

Here she is in the middle of the day (still in her jammies) and having a snack.

She rolls in her cozy blankets to get this dazzling hairdo and prefers to have it a mess instead  of styled by Mom.

I found this scene under the Christmas tree the other day...so I decided I should ask Sarina what was going on! She said that they (meaning the 3 wisemen, Mary and Joseph) were getting out of the way so they wouldn't get hit by the train! Very creative. She's always coming up with something funny.

 And then here she is today! She came up to me and said "I'm all ready to go to school"! Sniff, Sniff...

She just can't wait to get out of the house.  Stop growing up so fast!!!!!!!

 

I had to post this picture of Uncle Andrew and Reilly.

Last, my cute little snowman Cheeseball! I had fun making this for a family Christmas...And it was delicious!

11|29|14 Thanksgiving & Wiegand Christmas

Thanksgiving

Laurel hosted our family for Thanksgiving.  Delicious meal...relaxing afternoon...good company!

I didn't get many good pictures but I thought I'd share this one...

 

These two girlies thought they were pretty good at sitting on the same chair.

 We are so Blessed...Thanking God for our many Blessings!

Christmas

This year Brad and Dee came home for Christmas at Thanksgiving! 
First we celebrated birthdays...

 Reilly was so excited for Kenzie to come and visit! 

He wanted to make her a very special Birthday present and wrap it in a box.

After searching on Pinterest for a long time he chose to paint her a snowman on a canvas.

And there it is...Great work Reilly! (Poor little guy was not feeling well this weekend :( you can see it in his eyes)

 And these three will have warm ears this winter!

 Saturday we had our Family Christmas...10 bubbly grandkids ready to open presents!

 Pleased little Puddles with her doll car seat!

  

 Reilly...ready to go camping!

 Puddles with her cozy slippers and bubble bath that she carried around with her all evening!

She even asked if she could sleep with it...what a goof.  First thing she said Sunday morning was "can I have a bubble bath"???

Reilly with new Christmas Stories!

 stylin'!

 Just what he wished for!!! We will have a busy little boy this winter (I hope)!

Early Merry Christmas to everyone!



11|26|14 Reilly

Our sweet Reilly has been a busy boy lately!

At the end of the first nine weeks he said goodbye to Mrs. Zehr's Kindergarten Class...

 ...and hello to Mrs. Baner's First Grade Class.  The transition is going very well and he has made lots of new friends.

Every day he still comes home and says Math is his favorite subject!

Keep up the good work Reilly!

And now for the not so happy recent event...a broken arm. 

Friday, November 14th at 10:45pm he fell down the basement stairs.  He was in a lot of pain and we were pretty sure his arm had to be broken.  Kent was going to take him to the ER while I stayed home with Sarina...but I didn't want my little boy going to the Hospital with out me...(a Mom thing). So I called my Wonderful Parents (waking them up) and asked if we could drop Sarina off.  They were glad to help us out and let her spend the night...by the time we got there to drop her off Reilly had gotten comfortable and fell asleep.  It was a long quiet ride to the hospital...a lot different than the first time we took our sweet boy the ER.  Lights were flashing (don't think the sirens were going) but we were cruising there in the ambulance! A few weeks after his first birthday he had a febrile seizure! A very scary experience for all of us!

 

This picture was taken at 3:00am in the Emergency Room.  If he kept his arm still enough he would doze off to sleep.

The Doctor said that he had a buckle fracture and the nurse would put it in a splint for the night....we were to be out of the ER in 10-15 minutes! 

An hour and a half later...the nurse finally took care of us!!!!  Right before we went home he began to cry again because he had just realized he had broken his left arm (he's left handed). He was very sad that he wouldn't be able to write.  To cheer him up we taught him the meaning of the word ambidextrous. He has not only mastered pronouncing and spelling the word but also can perform it! So talented!!! 

 This is Monday morning. He wasn't too happy about hauling this huge splint and sling to school.

Thankfully we were able to get an appointment early Tuesday morning to get the cast on.

 He picked dark blue! I dropped him off at school after his Dr. appointment and by the time school was over all of his friends

had signed his cast. That definitely cheered him up!

 

Tuesday was his 1st Grade Thanksgiving Program.  He did an awesome job singing and reciting poems.

Here he is with his friend Albuquerque the Turkey.

So now we close with Reilly's current events! He keeps us on our toes...spelling words instead of just saying them

...asking us hard math problems...and singing everywhere he goes!

Love you tons my Boy!

10|31|14 Trick or Treat

...no tricks coming from these three...just treats!

 

Two handsome firemen...and an adorable cuddly puppy!

 

Chilly night to be out...but they had lots of fun...and brought home tons of candy!

 

 

10|26|14 Gator Rides

It was a beautiful day to be out on the gator...the kids are ready to hit the trail!

 Start your engines!

 Cruisin' down HW 8.

 Taking a break to stretch our legs and have a snack.

The trees were about a week past their peek but the scenery was still awesome!

 And the last big highlight of the ride was crossing the muddy creek and climbing the hill on the other side.

We were 4th in line to cross...kicked in the 4 wheel drive and got up just fine. A few of the 2 wheel drive gators weren't so lucky.

After spinning out they were pulled by Steve and Gerri's gator.

Fun times!