Wordless Wednesday

Big Bro / Lil Bro

When Garrett was born, we got these cute shirts from Aunt Kim and Uncle Aaron.  How fun!

P.S.  I think they’re getting tired of me taking pictures all the time.  When Noah sits by Garrett now, he automatically says “CHEEEEESE”!

Determination

Garrett is the most determined little boy.  He is convinced that he can fit this ball in his mouth, and he’s not going to give up until he does:

Breakfast with Friends

At Christmastime, we put the cards we received on the pantry door so we could see them all.  Noah took cards from some friends and moved them to the oven door (his level) where he could sit and have breakfast with them!

Brotherly Love

Before school in the mornings, I turn on Curious George for Noah and Garrett while I pack Noah’s lunch.  It’s become a cute ritual, and Noah likes to hold Garrett’s hand while they watch TV. 

Let’s pray they always get along this nicely!

How Noah Rolls

As you can imagine, Noah was ecstatic about getting a new bike for Christmas!  He looks like such a big kid on it!!

Here we go!

Do you like your new bike, Noah?  The smile says it all!

 

Just a side note:  I noticed in the top picture you can see our “No Swiper” sign on the front door.  Noah used to love to watch Dora the Explorer.  Well, his imagination has gotten the best of him and he thinks Swiper the Fox is going to break into our house.  Hence, the “No Swiper” sign on the front door.  And no more Dora watching for us.  I can’t say she’ll be missed

For The Holidays You Can’t Beat Home Sweet Home

It was a little strange this year to have our Christmas celebration at home as it seems like we are often traveling for the holidays.  With Garrett being so young, we needed to keep him somewhat isolated, and so Christmas in Hoschton was the plan! Bonus: you can wear your PJs all day! And we are forever grateful for the inventor of Skype!

You may remember that Noah asked Santa for a “giant excavator”.  As it turns out, Noah was on the NICE list and got what he asked for!!

 

Noah playing with his new toy!

For Christmas, Noah also asked for a bike with a HORN! Why do kids never ask for quiet toys??  Anyway, he unwrapped the horn, and we asked him to go find what it went with…it was cute because he went to get his little tricycle:

Um, Noah, look BEHIND you!

Hey! A BIKE!

How cool!

Earlier in December, Noah thought you just get ONE present on Christmas. We explained that he is very blessed with so many generous family members that he will likely get more than one present, and that’s another thing to be thankful for (hanging onto our Thanksgiving lesson).  Well, he was so excited to open more gifts while I stopped to take this next video of Garrett, you would have thought it was, well, Christmas!

Thanks for the fire truck play set, Great Grandma – Noah loves it!!

Noah showing his little brother the book he picked out for him.

Noah got a very cool Spiderman costume from Aunt Marge – he pulled up a chair so he could see himself in the hall mirror.  And if you Skyped with us on Christmas Day (or following), you have seen Noah in this costume!

Garrett on his play mat – Noah put all Garrett’s new toys around him.  He doesn’t know what to look at first!

We hope that whether you were with family or friends, at home or away, you also had a very memorable Christmas celebration. And may you be blessed with health and happiness in the new year!

Now we’re ready!

On Christmas Eve, for the first time EVER, Noah decided to let us know it was time to go to bed.  He put on his favorite PJs, got a tray and gathered the things he needed to leave for Santa.

   Noah saw on TV that Santa prefers chocolate milk so he convinced Daddy to buy it for this special occasion  

And if Santa likes chocolate milk, I’m sure he would like jalapeno poppers and pizza rolls, too!

He can’t decide if Santa likes white or green, so he gets both!

Almost perfect!

Writing his note to Santa

Ta da!

Perfect!

“Do you think he’s going to like his goodies, Mommy?”

Saying goodbye to Quirky – “See you next year, buddy!”

Okay, NOW we’re ready!

Wordless Wednesday

Ready For Santa?? Almost…

Noah had to make sure he had the order of events straight in his head.  “First we go to church and sing.  Then we go to bed and Santa comes!”  We showed you the singing (we’re still hearing that song well into January, by the way!) Now here are some pictures from Christmas Eve before we get to the preparations for Santa:

All smiles for church