Day 365

And how does one spend the last day of 2009? Well, if you are the mom of two boys with colds, my day was spent cleaning. Last night was probably the worse because Aaron's temperature was nearly 104 degrees, but with a little bit of Tylenol and some sleep, he woke up fever free, but the nose is still running. Andy had a fever two days ago, but poor kid can not breathe due to his runny nose. I have disinfected a few toys but hope to complete the job later today or tomorrow. School starts on Monday and we need to be ready to start another year.

Day 364

I had some leftover cream because I had originally planned on making fudge before Christmas and it didn't happen. Well, what does one do with leftover cream? I make ice cream of course! I made a base of vanilla ice cream and have some Candy Cane Joe Joe's from Trader Joe's to crush up and mix in at the end. As you can see, I had a couple of little helpers who are quite mesmerized by the whole process. I'm just hoping they don't contaminate the ice cream with their cold germs.

Day 355

This week with Andy being out of school for the Christmas holiday, I figured we should have a few crafts to keep us busy instead of running back and forth to school. Since I pulled out my stamps the other night to make labels for Christmas presents, I got the idea to pull out a few stamps and let the boys have some fun today. Aaron had more fun stamping himself with the ink pad than stamping the paper. Baby wipes work wonders on clean up.

Day 349

Today after raiding grandma's fabric stash, I left my boys to play with their cousins and I took my raid home to play. I had purchased the service people fabric a couple of months ago with a plan to make a pillow case for my youngest. Unfortunately, the rest of the bolt was not a yard long, so I needed to add some extra fabric to make the pillow case.
It was fun to pull out my sewing machine again and create with it something my little guy is going to love. He loves any type of car or service vehicle that makes noise.

Day 348

The Monday Random picture of the day. The precious little feet of my every growing four year old. Sometimes I get annoyed and frustrated by all of the random pictures that show up on my camera, but every once in a while, if I really stop and look at those pictures, it's what my children see and it's a good reminder to cherish these little moments. They get too big too fast.

Day 346

I just love how my little guy's interest in reading has just blossomed as of recent. It so sweet to see him crawled up on dad's lap reading a book together before bed.

Day 345

I received these really fun foam letters and numbers blocks when I was pregnant with my oldest. For some reason, they really drive me nuts. The blocks end up scattered every where and it for the most part drives me batty. With this pregnancy, I have finally just let it go if all the blocks are scattered and out. The important part is the boys enjoy playing with them and if it helps them learn the alphabet or their numbers then all the better.

Day 344

Today I was very fortunate to have not one date, but I got two dates with two of my favorite guys. My first date was with Andy to see the Nutcracker. The Pacific Northwest Ballet does a couple of shows of the Nutcracker for schools at discounted prices and Andy's preschool is one of those schools that is able to participate. We had a good time just the two of us.
This evening's date, my husband and I along with his brother and wife went out for a double date to see the Seattle Symphony. We went to see Holiday Pops with Cirque de la Symphonie where the symphony is accompanied by aerial artists, jugglers and dancers. It was such a fun evening and I'm a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil so it was a nice combination of the symphony with a little bit of cirque thrown in.

Day 342

I wonder how many pictures my little budding artist will be taking of the Christmas tree this year. This one was taken with my iPhone and I thought it was kinda cool.

Day 338

My funny two year old has been broadening his vocabulary of late and his new favorite word is hand. He will put his hands in front of his face and say, "hand, hand, hand." I happen to have my camera in my hands snapping pictures of the boys playing when Mr. Hands came out.

Day 334

Today the teacher had brought out the work bench for curious little minds to practice swinging a hammer into nails. The children wore safety glasses and little aprons to work in. Lucky for me, I got to see Andy in action since I was snack mom today.

Day 333

I have a budding chef in my house who likes to assist with making dinner if he is in the mood. It's pizza night and we are making calzones. I'm the one in the family who likes mushrooms so those were on my side and Andy was being very meticulous on where the cheese needed to be placed. I enjoy my help and hope this assists him in making good nutrition choices and developing a love of cooking.

Day 329

The other day during preschool, Andy put together a Thanksgiving center piece with various kinds and colors of lentils and good old Elmer's glue. Today we brought it home and Andy is excited to share it with the family and take it to grandma's house tomorrow. I just love how he tried to write his name.

Day 324

Andy went to a birthday party for one of his classmates today and brought home a little goodie bag. Inside the bag was probably the coolest thing little brother has ever had the opportunity to play with. It's one of those toys that when you push the button it lights up and spins in a pattern. He looks like he wants to hug it.

Day 322

It was so nice to wake up in my own bed this morning. Andy picked up my camera this morning while I was probably checking my email or twitter and was capturing a few moments of our day. Not the most flattering picture of me, but here you have it.

Day 317

Tonight was the rehearsal for my brother's wedding in which my adorable son is the ring bearer. We have been prepping Andy for a few weeks about how he will stand up next to Uncle Keith and Uncle Kyle during Uncle Keith's wedding and hold a little pillow. Andy didn't have much to say this evening, but he did learn he was to walk down the aisle with two little girls who are the nieces of the bride. Later Mike instructed Andy that if he was to walk down the aisle with these two girls, he needed to learn what their names were. My husband is already teaching my oldest to be a little Casanova.

Day 315

One of my husband's favorite events to attend each year is the Seattle Auto Show. This year it happened to be right before our trip to Oklahoma, so Mike took the day off of work and we headed into Seattle to Qwest Events Center to browse through the latest and greatest of the auto world.
I must say if money was not an issue, I would take an Aston Martin any day. The only bummer is there is no room for any car seats.

Day 313

This afternoon I had the privilege of joining my little preschooler on his field trip to the salmon fish hatchery. One of the places the children were able to see was the fish ladder and it was interesting to learn that the fish were intrigued by the bright colored jackets. Both the salmon and the children were nose to nose at the window checking each other out. My little guy is the one in the red jacket as of course it was raining today.

Day 312

Today after church was a relaxing day at home and the boys built a train track. It was really sweet to watch them continue to play nicely together even after their baths. Granted they had their moments of disagreements, but they are each learning how to work together.

Day 311

After my party hardy last night and getting home at nearly 2am, I was pretty wiped out today. My sweet husband let me sleep in this morning, but I felt like I had been run over by a mac truck or had a few too many. So we just hung out at home, relaxed, took naps and played trains. Being Saturday, it's also bath night since we go to church on Sunday mornings. AJ had his little bath squirters all lined up ready to aim and I just thought it would make a fun picture.