I am not sure who gets more excited about Christmas, me or the boys. I LOVE seeing their faces when they open Santa's gifts!!!
This year Cole LOVED opening presents. Of course he did not want to wait for anyone else to open theirs, but...who can blame him. He wanted to see what he got! :-)
Holding their favorite gifts. Cayden- Paw Patrol toy and WWE wrestler. Cole- M&M's from his stocking.
New Jump-O-Lene!
Now...off to Iowa....
For Christmas with Mooma and Poopa.
Cardinals field Lego kit.
Kurio Extreme- Tablet!
Serious stuff! Flipeez hat!
1 tablet and 2 iPADs....hmm....
Next Stop: Mundelein, Illinois to visit Aunty Blythe and Uncle Dave.
Aunty Blythe had a hideaway pet on their bed when they arrived!
Cole got Olaf and Cayden got a Husky he named Jay.
Cayden and Cousin Connor.
Cayden and Uncle Ari.
We tried to get the kids together for a picture...
Cole-2, Cayden-5, and Connor-9 months old
St. Louis Cardinals Step stool from Aunty Blythe
Off to the Shedd Aquarium...
A successful trip...Cole fell asleep quickly and Cayden even fell asleep for a bit in the car.
The boys thought the big buildings in Chicago were so cool!!! I loved seeing their faces as they were looking at the tall buildings.
Home after 6 days...
Both pop-a-shots are put up....
Fast Forward to a couple weeks later...
Yup! $1.28 ...granted I had 49 cents off from HyVee from the grocery store savings card...but still..that's what I paid! YAHOO!
Trying a little love and logic.
We make you dinner and if you don't like it and don't eat, you go to bed.
What happens when 2 strong willed boys won't eat chicken?
They cry for over an hour....
Cayden finally took about 6-8 SMALL bites.
Why do we want them to eat better?
So Cayden doesn't get so tired when he plays basketball.
Cayden's Saturday morning Basketball game.
This is what happens when you have energy and play hard and run u[p and down the court.
Cayden was sooo tired during the last 4 minutes of the game, we caught him laying down.
Here's a video of Cayden's 1sty Shot in his Olathe League! :-)
Tonight the world lost one of the funniest, most obnoxious (back in the day), craziest women...Betty Lou Spagat.
The cousins went back in forth tonight with stories that we remembered...good and bad.
She has been suffering for a while and now she is hopefully at peace. I am sure she is up in Heaven laughing' it up with my Mom and arguing with Phyllis and Grandpa Mark. She is also back with her family that she has lost through the years.
I found some old pictures of Grams5 (that was her license plate back in the day) with Cayden when he was only 5 months old. I am glad I was able to at least find those....I really had to search, but knew I had some.
We had gone back for Labor Day weekend to go to BG Days and
to see my mom's dedication bench at the school she worked at.
