My Little Angel

We have four elderly households in our neighborhood who we are trying to keep tabs on this winter when it snows. Matthew was excited to go help shovel snow from their walks and driveways with Daddy. When he got bored he decided it was time for a snow angel.

VRCC Christmas Party

The VRCC Christmas Party was at the Wellshire this year. We had fun at the CVES table.
Tammi and Louise - the cohorts in crime.
Matt and Heather won the prize for the most embarrising story. The skirt man.
Sam and Mary - we had a lot of fun chatting with them for the evening.

QRST, Please Don't Throw the Snow at Me!!!

Yay, snow!!! You know there's gonna be trouble when you send two little boys out in the back yard to play in the snow. They managed to be mostly nice to each other with only a little snow in the face. Matthew is really enjoying being outside more now, but Tyler can only take it in little chunks until his hands get cold from snow getting in his mittens.

A Nurturing Moment

Normally my boys are very rough and tumble, preferring Kung Fu and wrestling over anything genteel. We had a rare moment where they decided to care for their dogs wrapped in their favorite blankets. They fed them and put them to bed. Precious!

Of course they couldn't leave out the open mouth food shots.

Family Foto at Foam Factory

December 1, 2008 - We had a night of family fun at Foam Factory - Matthew's favorite place. Tyler is a handful to keep up after, but overall it was a fun evening. I think I beat Steve at the basketball game.

Breakfast on Steroids

December 1, 2008 - The main reason we went to Cherry Creek Mall was to play on the breakfast food. The boys had a lot of fun running jumping and sliding on waffles, bacon, cereal, bananas, strawberries and lots more.

Polar Express

Cherry Creek mall was our destination last Monday after my late night of work. We found a cute little display for Polar Express. Matthew had no interest in Santa. In fact, when he saw Santa in the hall Matthew's response was "Whatever" when the girls in the store pointed him out. What a funny kid!

Hat Trick

If one hat is good, then lots of hats has to be even better. Right?!?!?

Bill's House

After shoveling some snow for the neighbors Bill invited us in for a visit. Matthew was playing a handheld poker game and Tyler was messing around. He is so generous and sweet to the boys.

Portraits of Love

When they were done with the blankets they decided they wanted to take pictures. Matthew got a couple nice ones.









Then Tyler wanted to take pictures. He tried hard. I couldn't post all the photos becuase the boys were both naked. Tyler is potty trianing and likes to be naked from the waist down. If one boy is naked the other isn't far behind so I did a bit of cropping to keep the pictures decent.

All Wrapped Up

We were watching Victor Borge on PBS and the boys wanted to get all wrapped up in blankets. They were laughing and giggling the whole time.

Kung Fu Kid

Matthew loves doing Kung Fu like his Daddy. He also loves to make books. So we decided to combine the two. I took photos of of Matthew in all his poses and Matthew made up the story. But you have to keep this a secret 'cause it's Matthew's Christmas gift to his Daddy. Shhhh....

Clown Face

Taken November 10, 2008
Silly boy - he forgot the paint was supposed to go on the paper.

Jumping in the Leaves

What is fall without a chance to rake up a big pile of leaves for the boys to jump in??? They had lots of fun. It was a fabulous 1st day of November.

Matthew said he was itchy so had to take his shirt off.

Note from School

When picking up Matthew after school today I noticed a note in his box. "Uh oh" I thought and started to read the note from his teacher. Then my jaw dropped, I laughed, and when we got home Steve had a talk with his son.

A NOTE FROM: Ms. Betty
To the Parents of: Matthew V.
Date: 10/30/2008

Matthew was playing outside on one of the climbers and was caught peeing off of it. We talked about where we go to the bathroom. He sat in time-out. But please talk to him agin about this. Thanks!

Boys will be boys?!?! I guess there was no tree to stand behind. He was strongly encouraged to make it to the bathroom next time.