LOTS TO UPDATE, LOTS TO TELL, LOTS TO SMILE AT.....
Milkshake asleep all cuddled up with the stockings I was about to hang.. Who can resist such a cute face, I had to let her get her beauty rest.....
Nick with the final outcome of our tree. He is wearing his hulk shirt, which he is VERY proud of and wore for 4 straight days...:)
Nick helping dad figure out how to fluff the tree that we slaved getting in the cold ,harsh, garage..
See, these men worked hard to get our tree, by the sweat of their brows did they cut, I mean assemble the tree. Yes I am being facetious, I like real trees..
YIKES.. I had a hard time watching Nick and the boys swing sooooooo high only to be safe as to not fly off from swinging in and around, hanging by two little chains 3o feet in the air, you could see all the moms cringing, the dads smiling.....
We took a break from swinging to have lunch at the Rainforest Cafe..I wainted in line, while Chris took the boys for more rides, eating at Rainforest Cafe on a Saturday, at the mall of America On December 6, during Christmas shopping and Santa being there.. What can that spell...DISASTER.. But we were pleasantly surprised to only wait 40 minutes in line..
Zack loves the rainforest cafe, especially when all the monkeys start drumming and the cool thunderstorms, their eyes were huge..
AAAHHHH.. another scarry ride.. Nick and Brian go up and they drop down, go up drop down, They loved it..
From Left to right, Vitaly Brown (Our friend from Russia, who was adopted) The back of Josh's head, Nick and Brian in one cart, (Brian was a little too short to reach the peddle, but he is older than Nick) and Zack looking a little confused why a girl would hit him...:)
I'm not so sure about this mom...It's OK to bump people with this car..OK
That was fun, they only got scared once..
Nick with his proud shirt of Hulk..
At the Friday Night party, we had given the boys 5 minutes to come up with the most creative lego creation they could. this was Vitalys..
Zack's Creation...
Brian's Creation....
Josh' Creation..
And Nicholas creation....
The boys couldn't agree on the cake or what superhero it should be, so the lady at Walmart made a cake from both their favorite hero..She did a great job....
Here's HULK right in my own home...
We spent the "Cold" and rainy and wintery mix of a day on Nick's birthday at the Bydlon's eating, playing games and having cake... He is six now.. :(
Nick was so happy to get his Hulk costume...Nick got Hulk and Zack got spiderman the blue suit and the black one...
Here he is, SPIDEY...
Zack's shirt lit up, it was cool...
He turned eight years old... So Sad...
Here is Zack with Milkshake on his Birthday.. He is growing up to be such a sweet, and Godly little boy.. He plays peacemaker alot.. He does not like strife in the house.
Our little friend found the lid off the bucket of bird seed. He was in HOG heaven.. Then he invited all his little buddies to feast with him...It was fun watching this close out our patio window.
This is what the battlefield of carving pumpkins looks like when you leave them unattended for any length of time....
Nick is helping Mommy paint pumpkins for our harvest party at the Browns.
One of the pumpkins the kids carved...
My Creation ... I got the idea from a magazine and twisted it a bit. I was fun painting the whole pumpkin white and then addiing what looked quilty to me...
Another creation, first I painted it white and gold, glued leaves, then put a thick coat of sheer shine on, cut the top and used it as a vase..