Me & My Boys

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Thursday, December 4, 2014

It's no secret that Christmas is my favorite time of year and yet stresses me out to the max every single year. I do love having a kid and living it through him now. I also wish we could get our families to condense the four weekends of Christmas' into one or two, but I guess that's just how it's going to be this year. Admit it, that's a lot of traveling for families that live in the same town! We need to just suck it up and stop complaining. :) At least we get Christmas Eve at home again and there's always next year to negotiate better or just pick and choose and not feel guilty about skipping some. I know it's the season for family and celebrating, but that is just too much. Plus we just saw everyone for Thanksgiving! Ok, NOW I'll stop complaining! Yes, I'll take some cheese with this wine. :)

New Christmas tree. It's about a third of the size as our old one and looked so puny next to it. Now I love it though! I wanted to simplify and have one that fit better in our house, so here it is. Brady wanted to be in the picture that I sent to my mom.

Santa makes an appearance every Thanksgiving on my mom's side. Brady loved it. :)

December Activity list and countdowns to Christmas day!

I'm not a fan of the Elf on the Shelf, but as it turns out, Brady LOVES him. And a few days ago renamed him from Elvie to Kendall (no clue why???!!?). Brady had popcorn for a snack before bed, so the next morning he found Kendall also eating popcorn.

And since Brady likes to make snow angels, Elvie, I mean Kendall, made snow angels too!

Brady's letter to Santa. We put it under the tree for Kendall to take back to the North Pole for us tonight~

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Brady

This blog was originally created to keep my family in the loop on Brady. It's become my soapbox! Since I am completely uninspired on my own little challenge and frankly sometimes really do not like "putting myself out there", I am redirecting this blog to be about Brady.....

This smile.... I hope he forever finds joy in life!!

He loves bowling and begged for weeks to go! So last weekend we took him and this just gives you a glimpse of the goofy faces he loves to make.

Pre-bowling snack - Rice Krispie bars (only he decided he just wanted the M&M's).

My goofball.... :)

I sent an email to his teacher to touch base with how he is doing in school (with listening, socially, etc) and here is her email:

Brady is doing wonderful at school!! He has a great attention span during group activities & story time. Many times boys have a little extra energy to get rid of & have a difficult time staying focused, but I don't see that in Brady at all. He seems very mature & is always very well mannered & always follows class rules! He does a great job of respecting friends & teachers, and always seems to be in happy/easy going spirits! He has also started singing more during our songs! He does a great job of interacting with his peers as well! His favorite little friend to play with is Colin. Did he by chance know Colin before school? He is a little super star & I very much enjoy having him in class! :)

I was so ecstatic when I read this. I knew he was a great kid around me, but it's so wonderful to see he's such an awesome kid when I'm not around! And yes, he has known Colin since they were like one / one and a half years old. :) They are buddies!