Mommy Kisses

Before heading out for a Girl's Night Out, Mommy gives Alan a kiss and leaves her mark.

Wii love music!

Kevin has been having a blast with Wii Music. Shaking the nunchuk and WiiMote to "play" music and pushing buttons to make his Mii jump, twirl and flip - what more could a gadget-crazy boy who loves music ask for?



One of the fun "instruments" available in the jam session mode is the Cat Suit - your character on the screen wears a cat costume and paws and meows with your movements (think jingle cats). Kevin has been loving all the on-screen hi-jinx he can create.



Alan hasn't been left out of the fun. One of the other jam session modes is Cheerleader, and Alan has been raising his arms with Mommy and laughing away like crazy as she jumps around.

Christmas Morning

'twas the night before Christmas...



Auntie 'Chelle and her kids Lance and Renee gave Kevin and Alan a new plate and cookies to leave out for Santa. Now that Lance and Renee were getting so big, it was time for them to pass the plate (figuratively speaking) on to our little munchkins.



The next morning, it was time to open presents!



Kevin unzipped the door to all the presents and started pulling them out.



Kevin had fun ripping off the wrapping paper, and even more fun putting all the little pieces into the garbage can. Just like his daddy!



Alan wanted to play with his toys as soon as he got a glimpse of them. Mommy can do the rest of the unwrapping!



Alan has a snack. Playing with toys is hard work!



Playing with boxes is fun too!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at SeaWorld

Merry Christmas from Kevin, Alan, Mommy and Daddy!

Our 2008 Christmas letter is here.

Christmas Eve at SeaWorld

In the middle of a week of almost freezing cold weather, we took advantage of a beautiful, warm, clear day to make one more trip to SeaWorld before the end of the year.

We checked out the Penguin Encounter and had a family picture taken.



At Shamu's Happy Harbor, Kevin and Daddy went climbing on the net maze while Alan and Mommy went to the foam pit.





Alan, new to walking, was a little apprehensive at first. He kept pretty close to Mommy, but when Daddy and Kevin joined them, he decided he wanted to go keep up with his big brother.





For a novice walker, Alan did pretty good!



We finished off the day at the Coral Reef Aquarium.

Air Life Santa 2008

Today was the family's 4th annual visit to the Air Life Santa at the hospital where the boys were born - Kevin's 4th visit and Alan's 2nd. The event gets bigger every year!

While we were waiting for our turn to visit Santa, Kevin saw Suzy Bee for a balloon airplane.



In the line-up, Alan did upside-downs to make Kevin laugh.





Kevin enjoyed rubbing Santa's beard, and for a while, we didn't think we would get a shot with Alan looking at the camera because he was so fascinated with Mrs. Claus.

Rudolph's Apprentice

Last week, Kevin made a reindeer t-shirt in school, and today he came home wearing the shirt and a little red nose action. His teacher Ms. Anna told us he was entranced by the choir recital, loves the gingerbread man and that he likes to say "Ho ho ho"!

Elf Yourself!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Christmas Cutie

Alan was all dressed up for the Kevin's playgroup Christmas party today. He got to wear the red velvet vest that Kevin wore his first Christmas, without the tie or black velvet pants. What a little charmer!

What a big help!

Kevin is fascinated with the new washer, so much that he's helping Mommy empty the dryer!