Family Fun Night!

Tonight we got to go to the boys' school for "Fun Night" for the preschoolers!  Lots of different crafts, activities, and games set up for us to enjoy!  Not surprisingly, the obstacle course in the hallway was our favorite!  Conner and Ben also enjoyed the finger painting!

 

 

Picture Time!

Christmas Card Picture Time!  This may be the one...

Bowling...

Tonight we really needed to get out of the house so we decided to go bowling with the boys!  It was a bit of work, but ultimately we all had a great time!  The boys loved it (except for the whole waiting for your turn thing!)  And by the 4th frame, Ben was beating me!!!  Nick and I haven't actually bowled in years so it was interesting to actually throw a bowling ball when the only bowling we have done recently has been on the Wii! 

 

Conner is hilarious to watch and I was able to capture a bit of his "bowling form" on video! 

 

Ben was definitely trying to throw the ball more tonight rather than roll it! 

 

 

 

I finally did get ahead of the little boys!  I didn't break 100, although I did break a nail which I was not happy about...  Sad showing as far as our scores, but since Benjamin and Conner had such a great time, it was all worth it, of course.  The funnest part was that we didn't tell them where we were going when we got in the car.  We pulled into the bowling alley parking lot and Conner immediately yelled out "Bowling Alley!"  They were both out of their seats giving us hugs and jumping up and down as we tried to exit the vehicle!  We will have to do this again!

 

O Christmas Tree!

On Sunday we started trying to find all of our Christmas decorations and by Tuesday we finally had the tree up ready to go!  I was getting the ornaments out of their boxes and I am usually the one that puts most of them on the tree.  This year, however, the boys just started grabbing every ornament that I set out... usually at this point, I stop them and we talk about how everything is very breakable, but my two little guys actually did a fantastic job of being careful and even spreading the ornaments out on the tree (so they weren't all clumped together!)  So, this year, our tree was decorated mostly by Benjamin and Conner... and yes, they are wearing snowpants and boots... and no, it hasn't snowed, nor were we playing outside...  sometimes they get something in their heads that they want to do and I just go with it!

More Thanksgiving and a Little Christmas...

On Friday and Saturday, we had all of Nick's family here for Thanksgiving and an early Christmas celebration with some of our family!  The boys had an awesome time, especially with cousin Jennifer!

 

After a very fun night hanging out with Nick's aunt, uncle, and cousins, we had a little early Christmas celebration on Saturday morning!  Ben and Conner were definitely ready for some more partying and even a few presents!

Before Nick's parents even left on Saturday afternoon, Ben grabbed his blanket and collapsed onto the couch!  After 3 days of constant excitement, our little man was done!

 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!  Now... onto Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had an excellent Thanksgiving meal at our house! (Thanks in large part to Nana!)  The boys were very excited when Nana and Gramps arrived.  They got even more excited when Aunt Cari, Uncle Curt, and Marley walked in the door!  And we were so happy that Aunt Peg, Uncle Brian, and Great Grandma could join in on the fun!  Some games, great food, and awesome company made our Thanksgiving day wonderful!

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! 



Different...

While waiting for guests to arrive for our Thanksgiving dinner, Conner showed a great deal of patience as he built his own little city of blocks, while Ben raced his cars around Conner's fragile city!  Just a reminder that these two little boys have two very different minds of their own!