Back to blogging...

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated the blog, but I maxed out my google account and could no longer add pictures.  So, here I am with a new account in order to be able to post again with pictures and videos...

Here are just a few pictures from our life since I last posted, with the exception of Christmas...

The boys pouting...

A fun morning of painting:

Charlie needed a bath after all that painting:

My boys!

Christmas with Nana, Papa and Aunt Kiki

The boys got to spend Christmas with Nana, Papa and Aunt Kiki today.  It was a great day and something they have been looking forward to since we started with the advent calendar.  They were obviously very spoiled and got lots of cool gifts including lots of fun games...

Here are a few pictures of our day.  I didn't take many since we were all a little too busy having fun with the boys...

 In our new Christmas jammies...

Getting in touch with our inner artists..

The boys and I decided to do a little painting this morning.  I pulled out the finger paints for Charlie.  Zachary and Nicolas wanted to uses brushes.  It was a huge hit and it was so much fun!  Charlie desperately needed a bath when we were done and I'm not sure which he had more fun doing...

Tree Decorating...

We went out to Quinn Farm again this year to pick out our Christmas tree.  We decided not to go out into the field to pick it since it was quite cold and the boys were not overly keen.  We had quite a few trees to pick from and settled on one that ended up being much bigger than we thought.  It is quite beautiful and was so fun to decorate...

Getting in the hoiday spirit...

Just a few fun pictures I took of the boys in hopes of getting them out in a Christmas card....

Jumping in...

Zachary and Nicolas' swimming are coming to an end next week.  They have improved so much and are truly enjoying them.  They are always excited to go and are generally happy when they get home.

Zachary has been good with jumping (as long as someone was there to catch him) since this summer. Now, he is willing to jump in, without a bubble and without being caught!  Nicolas was barely able to get up the nerve to jump in with someone right there to catch him.  Now, he can jump in almost completely unassisted (still with his bubble on).  They have come a long way!

Zachary can swim the width of the pool unassisted without a bubble.  Nicolas can go 3/4 of the width without his bubble nd unassisted.  I am sure given a few more tries, Nicolas will also swim wall to wall.

I am so proud of them!  I cannot wait to see how much better they become after the next session in the winter.

I dare you not to laugh...

I apologize for the very long delay since my last post, but things have been very busy around here.  I thought I would start back with a hilarious video of Charlie's contagious laugh...  I think everyone could use with a good laugh from time to time...