Old man winter

It's that time of year where we start getting antsy inside and 25 doesn't feel cold anymore. We've hit up the Please Touch Museum, the Aquarium, Dave and Tyler have gone skiing and we've entertained ourselves with everything else that doesn't involve being outside all day. We've had some pretty nice winter days that we've been able to play outside for a while though and the kids aren't phased by cold one bit.

Tyler turns 5!

I have no clue where the past 5 years went. Somehow we have a 5 year old who everyday seems like he's getting older. There's so much to say about Tyler I'm not sure where to start. He's so sweet, kind, caring, funny and can be also be a firecracker when he wants to be. He has tons of energy. He always has. He loves reading, playing outside, fighting bad guys with his many weapons, watching tv and the ipad and America's Funniest Home Videos is topping out as one of his favorite shows these days. Lately, he's been really great at trying new foods for us. He eats really great anyway and eats a variety of food, but recently he's had Cheeseburgers, turkey tacos, chicken tacos, and roast beef he's expanding his palette :) He's a smart cookie and a great big brother.

For his birthday he asked for a drum set and zombie strikeblade. He also asked to go to Scoogies to eat and to have a candy cake. So that's what we did on his actual birthday. The weekend before his birthday Uncle Richard was visiting and brought him a cake, then we had his actual birthday celebration, then Alex and Sydney got to spend the whole weekend with us and he's having a birthday party with friends this coming Saturday that he's sharing with his friend Kyle because their born 2 weeks apart. One lucky kid.

And I'm one lucky Mama to have this boy as my son. Love you to piece Buddy ♥

New Years!

Ahhh a new year! It's always exciting to feel like you start fresh. 2014 was a great year. We did lots of things that I can't possibly recap but it was a good one.

Here's some highlights from our new years celebration. We kept it low key this year. Great dinner, banging pots and pans, tent in the house to play in and a dance party with my boys. In a house full of testosterone you would think dance parties wouldn't exist, but all these guys could shake it!

We got to visit with the Tizers who will soon be home from London for good. Gosh we miss our neighbors and it's so nice to see the kids pick up right where they left off.

We also took the kids to the Franklin Institute. We rode the train to the city and they absolutely loved it. The found some musicians in the train station and they would've watched them all day if we let them. Good stuff.

And then there's a picture below of my wooden blocks that spell 'Peace'. I put them out every Christmas and laugh every time I look at them because they never actually spell Peace with little hands around. It's things like ace, epac, cap, ceap you name it it's been spelled and it makes me smile as much as it makes me cringe every time I have to pick up the blocks and rearrange them. That goes to show you how much peace we really have in this house lol.

It's all good though my kids are awesome ♥