Mail Time!!

Another package from Aunt Pat, what could it be?! Some yummy apple and orange bars. Thanks Aunt Pat they are great!

Wordless Wednesday

A trip out before the big snow!

We thought that it might be a good idea to take Dave out today for some fun, just in case we do get the snow that is predicted to arrive tonight. So we thought Chuck E Cheese would be a good place to head too. Dave loves going and we get coupons pretty frequently so it's a fun inexpensive afternoon. You can tell by just the few pictures that he was having a fun time!

Better look out Pop, he's practicing to use the backhoe!

Trying to be like Daddy and get the bad guys...or aliens I think they were shooting today.

Yumm...Cookies!

My Mom had found a bake and paint animal cracker kit. Since then Dave had been asking to make them, so that is what we did today. The process was a little bit longer then we thought it would be. First you make the dough, roll it out, cut out the animals, bake the dough, let it cool, ice the cookies, let them dry then it was finally time to paint them.



Getting ready to roll out the dough.

Rolling out the dough!

Icing the cookies.

And the decorating begins!

A blue giraffe.

A red elephant.

A green bee.

All the finished cookies, don't they look great!!

Happy Birthday Hallie Dog!

Sorry the pictures aren't that great. You be surprised how hard it is to get a picture of a dog and three year old, a least one of the is moving, it's impossible to get them both to be still at the same time!

Baker's on Deerfield

At our weekly grocery store trip the boys decided that they wanted to try to make a Pillsbury cinnamon bread.


Checking to make sure they have enough water.

Adding the mix to the bowl.

Dave helping to add the water to the batter.

Making sure that it's stirred all the way, so there are no lumps.

Still stirring!

And the finished treat!! It tastes great.

Wordless Wednesday

We wish it was summer....

Happy 30th Birthday, Daddy!!

Although today is Chris's actual birthday, we celebrated yesterday! Below are just a few pictures of him opening some of his presents. And a wonderful cake that Noel made for Chris. Chris, Dave and I hope that you had a wonderful birthday and that you have a great year!

If you give Dave a cardboard tube....

He will try to catch a mouse....

Happy Birthday, Noel!!

The next Food Network star!

The boys decided to make pizza for dinner tonight. The crust was homemade from Noel. Below is Dave getting the pan ready for the crust.

Next it is time to spread out the crust.

Then the sauce. He was very careful the make sure that it was spread out evenly.

And finally the cheese, yes the cheese was Dave friendly.

Adventure at the aquarium

We have not been to one of Dave's favorite places for awhile, so we thought that today would be a great day to head to the aquarium. Dave was just the little future marine biologist today. It was so quiet there today, a perfect day to go, that they had all the touch exhibits open. Dave made sure that he went around and touched all of the sea creatures and asked the aquarium employees questions about the animals.

He first started off by touching the sharks!

Then over the the big tank to see if we could spot to huge sea turtle!

And we did, I think he was every one's favorite today.

Then it was off to touch the see cucumber, star fish, and sea anemone.

Both Chris and Dave said the sea anemone was sticky.

Then we had to stop to see if we could find all the fish from Nemo.

I think the hunt was successful!

Our next stop was to see the birds and to wonder why they don't fly away since they aren't in a cage.

He looks pretty small in this picture.

And another stop at another set of touch tanks to touch jellyfish, a different type of shark, and some sting rays.

Dave being a shark and Chris being a turtle!

And a quick stop in the shark tunnel.

"What are you doing hippos?"

It was a rather cold day, but we still did stop out to see the penguins quick. They didn't seem to mind the cold.

Just a quick video of some of the frog sounds that Dave likes to play with while we are visiting the frogs.