The Boys and their Toys

A sign that the boys are getting older: They liked the toys they recieved more than the wrapping paper, ribbons, and bows.

A Great Observation by Cole

Most of you have heard this story already, but I wanted to record it.

The other day Cole picked "I'm a Big Brother" to read before bed. While reading it, we discussed how Jay has grown since he was newborn and that he now can walk, eat real food, and talk.

When we finished reading Cole said, "We need to get a new baby."

"Oh really?" I replied.

"Yes." Then he paused, deep in thought. "But then we'd need another grown up too."


Smart boy.

Jay's First Real Haircut

Jay had his first salon experience in early December. As you can tell from the photos, he didn't quite know what to make of it. He sat motionless the whole time, probably because he was riveted by the Mickey Mouse Christmas movie that the salon had playing. With all his baby wisps gone, he looks like quite a handsome little boy.

Christmas Concert

Cole's preschool gave a Christmas concert. His class sang two songs, "Jingle Bells" and an Elvis inspired "You Ain't Nothin' But a Reindeer" and recited two cute poems. During the first song, Cole put too much jingle into his bells and hit the girl next to him in the face. It was hysterical. The other funny part was the dancing during the Elvis song. Cole just swayed back in forth to his own rhythm. I can see we are going to have to work on that before those jr high dances.

Decorating the Tree

We had a lot of fun decorating the tree with the boys. Jay loved the lights while Cole had a blast getting the ornaments out of the boxes ("Ooh, look at this one!"), but the favorite decoration was the train that ran along a track around the middle of the tree. This year we decided not to put gates around the tree hoping Jay was old enough to understand "Don't touch!" He was. The tree remained standing (and still is. Hopefully this weekend I'll have time to take it down).

My Boys Doing Yard Work

Brotherly Love...

...turned into a headlock.

As soon as I took this picture, Jay pushed Cole over and tackled him, then Cole put his arms around Jay's neck and rolled over. Sometimes I think I am raising bear cubs!