Sunday, January 6, 2013

Weekly Fun - December 31 - January 6

Miscellaneous pictures from the week...   :)

No pics from NYE.  We went out with another couple and their little girl.  

We were home by bedtime, and then Grandma Dona stayed behind with the sleeping kids, while mommy and daddy went back out for a bit.  

Two buddies hanging out with their iPads on New Year's Day:


Videos!!

Luca being a pest, poking at Mama's computer:



Luca expressing his favorite new word:  "HOT!"



New Year's Day feast:  Slow-roasted beef, collared greens, black-eyed peas, oven-roasted sweet potatoes and fresh baked bread!


Happy Luca, eating breakfast:


Drinking Mama's water:


Stealing Sissy's yogurt:



As you can see from the last few pictures and videos....Luca's become a very mischievous little troublemaker   :)

On Friday night, we decided to go out to eat, to use a gift card we got for Christmas.  It was kind of a disaster....the kids were in rare form.

Luca yelled for an ice cube about every 30 seconds...however we learned he loves salad with italian dressing!


The look on Chris's face really expresses the frustation we were both feeling with the kids' antics:


Pretending to be angelic for a moment:



A familiar sight.... Luca making an absolute mess with mashed potatoes:




Crazy Amelia with her crazy socks:


Amelia's portrait of Mama.  I'm wearing a dress and high heels.  It's exactly how she'd like me to always be dressed... 



Sunday.... a trip to Home Depot before church!  The kids were being crazy, trying to entertain themselves:





Amelia always has a shadow... Luca must do what Sissy does!



And a sure sign that Amelia's been there.... a pile of tiny things that she collected:


Little troublemaker at church:


We have a rule that when Luca is napping, we have quiet time downstairs. Usually it involves movie time.

Today Amelia was all bundled up nicely watching "Despicable Me" with Mama:


Luca's favorite new thing is to squat down and zoom his cars around the house:





Yes, he's holding a spatula.... another of his new favorite things to do  :)

Weekly Fun - December 26-30

Miscellaneous pictures from the week...

The day after Christmas was a day of relaxation around the house (except Mama had to work!)

Amelia playing in the snow that Daddy shoots out of the snowblower:



Silly girl!



 A little later, we sled down the back driveway in the midst of a light snow:







Thursday was another day around the house (with Mama working again).  Our babysitter's oldest was sick.

Baseball buddies:



Later in the day, Grandma arrived to celebrate Christmas with us.

This bells had a nice secondary use -- for keeping tabs on the mischievous toddler!


Of course Amelia enjoyed another round of presents:



And so did Luca  :)



Chocolate!!!


A new pillow made specially for Luca by his Mama:



On Saturday, Amelia and Daddy went sledding....well, this is about it.  One run and she was done!


Amelia feeding Luca grapes:


The weekend is pretty undocumented otherwise.  I was back with my family again (dad and grandparents), because of further health problems.