January 27, 2021

Christmas Interview with Fox and Finn

Christmas Interview with Fox (Age 6):

What is on your Christmas list?
I want that Castle thing, like that Big Castle bed thing. I want the bey blade, I want that Batman headquarters and then I want build your own hero, Bakugan, that big Bakugan thing and that Pokemon. 

Where does Santa live?
"North Pole!"

What are the names of Santa's reindeer?
I forgot. I don't know. One of them is Comet, Donder, Blitzen...I forgot. Peanut butter?

What do you think Santa's favorite food is?
"Milk and Cookies!"

What will Santa bring Mama for Christmas?
"I don't know...what do you have? What do you want, Mama?"

How old is Santa?
"100 years old!"

What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Feliz Navidad."

What is your favorite Christmas movie?
"Alien Christmas."


Christmas Interview with Finn (Age 2)

What is on your Christmas list?
"Two basketball hoops"

Where does Santa live?
"On the rocks"

What are the names of Santa's reindeer?
"One, two, three, four, five and six. Two reindeer."

What do you think Santa's favorite food is?
"Fish"

What will Santa bring Mama for Christmas?
"A ball. And basketball hoop."

How old is Santa?
"Three"

What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Santa is coming to town"

What is your favorite Christmas movie?
"Santa Claus is coming to town"

January 20, 2021

Christmas Pajama Pictures

One of my favorite photo shoots of the year...Christmas pajama minis! I love that the outfits are a no brainer (I always use the exact same pajamas every single year) and Fox doesn't complain about having to put "fancy clothes" on...which really is anything but pajamas.


Finn needed a little coaxing to get some smiles out of him, but he did great.




And then Fox decided to get a little crazy...



This is my favorite picture from the shoot, and I definitely need to get it printed.





Look at those big teeth! When did my baby grow up? I swear, he got so big within the last year.


I love my crazy and silly boys!

January 17, 2021

Veteran's Day

One of my friend's husbands is in the National Guard, and he graciously invited us and another family to join them on Veteran's Day at the Army base where he works.

They had a few retired vehicles and airplanes there and he explained each and every one to them.





Afterwards we took a little hike, which was kind of a disaster for me, because Finn insisted to be carried the entire way. 
When I put him down, he just plopped to the ground and refused to get up. Didn't even care one bit when I started (pretended) to walk away. I was sweating and out of breath when we got done.
Nonetheless, it was a great morning with our friends and we all enjoyed learning more about the Military.

January 13, 2021

Zoolights

Every year we loved going to Zoolights. I didn't know if it was going to happen this year because we really wanted to avoid any crowds, but then I saw that they offered their member nights again, and even though we are not members anymore, I knew my friend Tiffany was, so I asked her if she wanted to go.
I just adore these two little girls. They are so sweet and they always love on Finn. I don't think he wanted to hold hands with them, but he let them.


It turned out that it was the absolute perfect night to go. It was the beginning of November, so it was still warm at night and the zoo was almost empty, it was like we had the entire place to ourselves. 


You usually don't see a lot of animals during zoo lights, but we were lucky enough to see a very noisy lion and Finn was absolutely fascinated.


See what I mean...it was empty! Tiffany and I couldn't believe our luck and kept talking about how perfect this night was.




We don't have a lot of playdates with them, but surprisingly they all got along really great. Fox is at the stage where he'd rather play with boys than girls, but when there's no other choice, he plays with them very well. 

Finn loved all things Christmas this year, so I knew he would be a big fan of all the lights.

He talked about this spiderweb for weeks.





I'm so happy we got to experience this with our friends this year. It truly was a perfect night.

January 07, 2021

November 2020 iPhone Dump

November 3rd, 2020...election day. I would vote for this little guy here any day of the week. It was so crazy to think that four years prior Fox had worn the exact same shirt. Don't blink. 

Finn has been enjoying his weekly sports classes, although I think he likes the game room there a little better. We enrolled him for more classes, because Fox is going back to school and since we don't have many playdates anymore, we thought it would help with his socialization a little. 

The boys play on the trampoline almost every single day, it's been such an amazing addition to our backyard. And when I see moments like this, my heart just melts. 


One night after Finn went to bed, Fox and I had an intense game of candyland.

It's so odd to me how both of my kids were raised the same, but their eating habits are so different. Finn will eat almost anything and Fox has been picky from the time we first started him on solids and it's still a struggle today.

Fox has been doing school at home since August, so Finn and I had to spend a lot of time at home. I often feel bad that he doesn't get to do as many fun things as Fox did when he was that age, but that's just the world we live in now and thankfully he doesn't seem to mind. 

He has been sleeping in my bed for over a year, but I was finally able to transition him back into his own room at night...he was sleeping on a mattress on the floor in this picture, because one of my friends stayed overnight and he asked her to sleep in his bed. 

Big brother reading a story to little brother, such a sweet sight.


Netflix and chill

We like to decorate early around here, so we pulled out the Christmas decorations in early November and they made all of us so happy. 



Mr. Serious


He asked me to take this picture of him.

I am so blessed to be their mom.

Like every year, they loved the Christmas village. We lost more pieces this year because they play with it so much, but that's okay...I don't want this to be a thing they can't touch and I'm glad they enjoy it. 

He asked me to take this picture too...haha.

And of course little brother needs to do everything big brother does. 


It makes me so nervous that he is able to climb up there, because he has no idea how to get down. Sometimes he wanders off in the playroom and then I hear him yelling for me a couple of minutes later because he got stuck up there.

He loves painting. I found some ornaments from last year and he probably painted 50 of them this season, but we have lots of family and friends that loved them. 

I don't know how this happened, but one night he asked to sleep in his crib and so he did all night. I tried to put him in there again the next night, but he wasn't having any of that nonsense.

The weather has been so beautiful, so we were able to spend more time outside.
I love that dimple so much.

Fox is still into building forts in the living room and he put Finn in his little "prison" under the coffee table, but he didn't seem to mind. 

One morning after Finn had just woken up, he asked to go outside. I let him out while I was brushing my teeth and when I came to check on him, he was just sitting there like an old man, enjoying the morning sun. So cute!

His shirt says it all.

One afternoon my sweet friend Becky watched the boys for me for a few hours. When I came to pick them up, I found them like this.


The boys asked to go to the playground and we are all so glad to be able to go back there now.


He gives me anxiety when he does stuff like this, but then I think about the stuff I did when I was little, which doesn't help with my anxiety, but I try to remember that this is part of being a child and that I can't hover over him all the time. 


We visited Illumination, a drive through light show and the boys loved it.



He is funny and he knows it too.

We met up with Fox's bestie and his family at the train park one morning. The weather was beautiful and the boys were so happy to see each other again. They met in preschool when they were three and it makes me so happy that they are still this close, even though they go to different schools now.



I mean, look at this. My heart is exploding!

Group hug!

I was procrastinating getting Finn his first haircut, because I feel like once they get that first cut, they look so much older. Fox got his first hair cut when he was 19 months old and I'm shocked we made it this long with Finn. But then I took this picture of the back of his head one day and realized that it was probably time. 

He worked on this during one of his zoom calls and it's SO Fox. 
"I'm thankful for my family and for my friends too. Without TV I don't know what I'd do. I'm glad to have candy in winter, spring, summer and fall, but it's Dylan that I'm thankful for most of all."

First haircut or not...he's still my baby!

We had lunch with some friends one day and Fox took this picture of Finn and I. It only took 9 attempts...ha!

Another Christmas drive through light show to wrap up the month of November!