Wednesday, February 24, 2010

January 2010

Happy New Year everyone!!  I got this little pool a long time ago on a clearance rack, and over the Christmas season, I found the balls for a deal, and I thought, hey, I can make a ball pit for the boys.  They love it, and you can't keep them out of it!  Now if we can only teach Sam not to dunk his head in and steal the balls for a game of fetch!
Everett has slept with his bum in the air since 3 months of age
Grandma Pomeroy came to visit in January and exchange Christmas presents. 
The Dodd boys came to visit (Julian, Jaden, and Jack) for a few hours. Jack and Everett really hit it off!  And of course, Ethan and Jaden always have a blast together!
Such an imaginative boy!  Ethan wasn't "Ethan" for about 48 hours...he was "Mr. Train Conductor", thank you very much!
Everett just watches in awe as Ethan runs around screaming "ALL ABOARD!"
One morning we got just a dusting of snow...enough to delay school a couple hours, but it was so beautiful coming down while the sun was shining!

Who knew you could make a snow angel in 1/10 of an inch of snow?
Everett was so cheerful this morning, I just kept snapping away... and since this is my virtual scrapbook(and since I'm 14 months behind in my traditional scrapbooking), just humor me for the next dozen or so pics.
Taking down the Christmas tree...always a depressing job
 
two little conductors
Aaahhh!  a moment of peace
Cousin Ella's 4th birthday party.  She's our little princess!Ethan pulled the string that released all the candy from the pinata.  Like the hands on the hips?  I wonder where he gets that?
SCORE!
Ethan loves babies!  He's giving some lovin's to cousin Elaina here.

On one of the rare semi-warm days in January, we took the boys out for some much-needed sunshine. It was Everett's first time in the Cozy Coupe, sandbox and wagon.  He enjoyed them all...can't wait for spring!
I love this picture of my boys!
Ethan recieving his yellow stripe belt from Master Yi.  This was a defining moment for Ethan...I think his sense of accomplishment made him feel like Tae Kwon Do wasn't so bad after all.  Whew!  It only took 4 months for him to come to that realization!

I had to get some individual shots of my big boy.  Ethan always seems to be in shots with Everett these days, so it was nice to focus the camera just on him for a few moments.

We took the boys to the Inflatable Palace (big moon bounce place) to jump and play before the big snow came.  It was just what the doctor ordered for Ethan!  Everett enjoyed it too, and really seemed to like the slide.
The second big snow of the season.  We got about 12 inches total!
Everett is still not very impressed with the snow......he'd much prefer to stay inside and watch Ethan and Roy out the window while eating puffs!
Roy's such a hard worker!  Clearing snow off the cars while carrying Everett around in the backpack.  Gotta love him!