Saturday, January 26, 2013

Busy Busy Boys...

Charlie loves to swing, so much so that we keep him from seeing them as long as we can, because once he sees it, he wants to do nothing else!

One day Charlie went up to his room and was unusually quiet, and this is how Jason found him...Poor little man!

Charlie has discovered the joys and challenges of going UP the slides, just like his brother...

Here they are teaming up for the ascent!

This picture reminds me of Will, at this same age, in the same coat... ( :

Will is desperately trying to learn the monkey bars...

All the worlds a STAGE!

Charlie is such a little Simmons.  I see very, very little of my side in him...

But William is almost entirely my side! I will have to find the pictures of me at 5 and compare...

We finally got some snow!  Will threw a snowball just as I was taking this picture!   He is wearing his new glasses in this picture, and his new Minnesota level coat...

Charlie was ready to play in the snow, and was very upset when we finally made him come in.  He and Will slid down the hill over and over on the sled.  It made me so happy to see them playing together.  We are seeing more and more of them being "brothers" and I love it!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Bits and Bots...

Uncle Solon and family gave William a "Make your own racecar kit" for Christmas, and he had a great time making it!

We had a little bit of snow, still not enough to sled in, much to Charlie's dismay...

Will made the most of it...

He even ended up taking a snowball in the eye in a tough match up against Daddy...

A tiny little snowman with glasses ended up on the porch.

At Target they have this kit that makes water turn into this thick goop.  I have seen it and thought it would be fun to try, but at 9 bucks, I have always turned away.  After Christmas they had a small version from the stocking stuffer section on super clearance for 89 cents, which meant we had to try it!

Will clearly enjoyed it.  It was a huge mess by the end and I don't think we will be doing it again!