Little Sleepy Heads!

Saturday night we had a birthday party to go to with the boys. We got home a little past their bedtime which made them very sleepy. I gave them their toothbrushes to clean their teeth and the next thing I knew they were laying in the floor with each other like this. Wilson, in red, and Michael, in blue, scrubbing their teeth!
All done!

Erin Helps Me Out!

Since Bryan has been out of town for the past few days, my sis sent her daughter, Erin to come help me out a bit. She did a great job with the boys today and Wilson really missed her after she left. Better come back tomorrow! Erin helping the boys with PlayDough.
Pushing the boys on the swing.
They boys were giggling up a storm.

Christmas at the Claus'

Christmas day is spent at Memaw and Poppa Claus' house. We called this round three. The boys didn't nap today so we figured we were in for it. All in all they did a pretty good job. There were a few outbursts and tantrums but that just comes with a two year old (almost). They boys had fun seeing all their cousins and we are always sad when it is all over. Merry Christmas! Wilson is ready to open up the presents. This kid is serious about getting gifts!
Wilson and Michael playing in their new monster tent.

Alli and Jilli absorbed in the NintendoDS.
My sis's, Aunt Kerry and Aunt Cindy, helping get dinner ready.
My niece, Emily, home from Carolina.
Erin, Jillian and Allison preparing for their performance.
Emily and Andrew (in the David Beckham jersey) lounging on the couch!

Is That You Santa?

Santa (aka Daddy, aka Bryan) was so pooped out from all the work he did getting all the gifts wrapped and set out. He also made the casserole for breakfast tomorrow. The poor guy even got up at 5:30 this morning making pumpkin pies. Some guys just never rest...yeah right! Bryan decided to kick back with his Natty Light and his "special boy" hmmm! What a trooper he is! Merry Christmas from Bryan and Smokey!

Thank Yu!

Wilson and Michael got their present from my sister, Laurie (aka Aunt LaLa), and her husband, Steve, and cousin Atticus. I think Bryan was as excited about it as the boys were. Thank you to the Yu Crew in Cali! Can't wait to see you soon. Enjoy the video.

Christmas at The Cates'

Ho, Ho, Ho!!! Merry Christmas!! We celebrated this afternoon with the Cates'. What a fun time and the boys really enjoyed all their toys. Wilson especially liked opening presents. He didn't care what was inside them, just wanted to tear the paper. Here are a few pictures from our afternoon. Michael and Deedaa hanging out on the couch!
Listening to Uncle Chrissy play the guitar!
Getting a picture with Memaw and Deedaa. Boy is it hard to get Michael and Wilson to cooperate for pictures these days!
And here we all are! Merry Christmas to you all!

Thank You Aunt Phil and Uncle Bill!

We received a package with some gifts from Aunt Phil and Uncle Bill last week. I decided to place the gifts under the tree so it would start looking like Santa was really going to come to our house. Big mistake...the boys immediately started getting in to them. We went ahead and had a little early Christmas. Thank you so much to Aunt Phil and Uncle Bill. Everything was so nice. Perfect job on the sweaters too. Wilson loves dinosaurs the most. He alway wears the dinosaur pajamas while Michael wears either cars or football ones. Just thought we would let you guys see how cute the boys looked in their new sweaters. They wore them to church yesterday. Wilson with his Doodle-Pro waiting to go to church!
Michael showing off his new sweater. Oops, I cut his head off.

For some reason whenever Bryan gets hold of the camera we always end up with pictures of Smokey....doing absolutely nothing. I guess Bryan doesn't want to neglect his first "baby".

Poppa's Party

Since Wednesday was Poppa's birthday we had Poppa and Memaw over for cake and ice cream. My cake turned out a little crooked but it was still yummy. Poppa with Michael getting ready to eat some cake. Wilson was not in the mood to cooperate this evening so he isn't in any of the pictures. I think he was a little tired!

Happy Birthday Poppa Claus!

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my dear Dad. He is also known as Poppa Claus to all 8 of his grandkids. We love you a bunch. Watch out for the crusher! Poppa and Memaw being attacked by the crusher many years ago at Clearwater Beach. Who is that masked man?

Being Bruno!

One of Wilson and Michael's favorite books is called "Bruno The Carpenter". It is the story of a beaver, named Bruno, who is building a tool box for all of his tools. The book goes on to describe each step of the process and what tools are used. The guys love it. They know more names of tools at the age of two (almost) than I have learned in all my 31 years. So...for Christmas I wanted Bryan to build the boys a Bruno Toolbox. Since the weather was so yucky today and there wasn't much else to do, Bryan decided to let the boys help. I still have to paint them and put their names on them but they turned out really cute for a quick little project. Way to go Daddy! Wilson helping Daddy bore the holes for the dowel rod on his tool box.

Michael gets his turn!

Bryan putting the pieces together as Wilson looks on. Did I mention, that my kitchen became the workshop since it was too cold to take the boys up to the shop. What a mess!

Wilson and Michael hammering for Daddy. Michael ran and got his toy hammer but Wilson prefers the real one. Scares me to death with it around all of our new appliances...which already have dents from toys being used as hammers on them.

Daddy nailing it all together with the nailgun! Bruno uses a hammer but Bryan prefers the heavy duty, fast method.

Michael immediately went and filled his up with tools. He knows exactly what to do with it!

Wilson adding some tools to his box.

Playing With Undies!!!!

So, Michael got quiet suddenly in our bedroom. When I walked in to find him, here is what I found. He had pulled out all of Bryan's boxers (clean) and was putting them over his head and on his legs. Guess he wants to be like Daddy! Michael diligently working away!

Making the Ginger Bread House

We made our Gingerbread house yesterday and the boys loved decorating and eating. Actually I think they really loved eating. The roof of the house looks like there has been a snowslide...from little boys liking the icing off. Here is the finished product. Not too bad.

Wilson eating some candy and icing!

Michael wasn't sure whether to put the gum drop on the house or eat it...hmmm!They look so focused doing this.

Learning to Dress Themselves

The boys have started a new game that they like to play. As you can see from the pictures, they like to put their clothes on their heads and try to walk through the house. What silly guys they can be. This is Wilson with some pajama bottoms on his head. Oops, this is Michael...hard to tell with their heads covered up.

Here is Wilson posing with some pajama bottoms on his head too.

Running down the hallway together...amazing that they don't run in to anything.