Starting the New Year Right...

Jason took Will and Charlie to the zoo after Christmas... The Grizzlies seemed to be enjoying the appropriate weather for that fur coat!

Penguins!

Charlie and this white Wolf seemed to have a connection...

We took Molly and Richard to the train museum in St Paul.  It was great!  It has actual train cars, including the old sleeper cars, that you can really go in and see and touch!  That's unlike any other train museum we have been too, including in overseas... Will and Daddy got to sit up in the engine during the train ride!

On New Years Day, the boys headed back to the Science Museum with Aunt Molly and Uncle Richard....

I still haven't been, but the pictures make it look really fun!

Charlie attempts to assemble a dinosaur...

Charlie has been obsessed with coloring and painting, including in some very inappropriate places. Like the couch, walls, floors, and toilet!  I decided to let him to go town with some paint in the tub.  My grout enjoyed it much less than he did...

Charlie loves to apply Blueberry war paint...

The boys have finally decided that the tool bench isn't so bad. 

It came with these neat foam, wood pieces that fit together to make all kinds of stuff.  So fun! 

I got the boys a set of these cardboard blocks to play Angry Birds with.  They are a hit!

The boys got their 2nd Christmas this week when the presents from Grandma Jeanie and Grandpa arrived. 

Charlie loved his Angry Birds!

And his Christmas Thomas Train.  There is still one more box on it's way so I will try and post more pics after they open that one...

Merry Christmas! (In No Particular Order)

Our Tree...So pretty at night against the frosty world out the window...

William decorating his little house...

Jason and I took Charlie out Christmas shopping and out to lunch.  It was nice spending time with our little man!

We took the kids downtown to Holidazzle, and they both begged me for glow wands.  They were pretty neat, and pretty expensive!

The lights were less than impressive, and it was SO cold that by the end of the night it really didn't feel worth it...

Charlie needed a quick pre Christmas trim, and was such a good boy this time!

He looks quite adorable, and older!

Uncle Richard decorated his first Gingerbread house...he was very good at it!

Our Gingerbread Village complete...

The Candlelight service on Christmas Eve was nice, and the kids always love the candles!

After church the present opening commenced!  Will got a spirograph, and we were all happy to see one again...

Charlie got William the Gup F.  He was thrilled!

 

We tried to get a picture of the boys together, a few seconds later they fell over in the rocking chair!

LEGOS!!

Santa brought William the Teenage Mutant Turtle Secret Sewer Lair with all the trimmings...

William was so happy!

When Charlie came down and saw that Santa had left him a tool bench instead of the TMNT set, he was CRUSHED!  Santa Failed this year!

Thankfully Brother was willing to share...

William found a Grinch in his stocking...and loved it!

It wasn't all bad for Charlie, he found Santa had left him some M and M's which he scarfed down before breakfast!

What else is in there Charlie??

New little trains...

Charlie consoled himself with the new trampoline...It's not a bad Christmas after all!

Thankful For a Break...

William had a whole week off for Thanksgiving break, so I took advantage of the time off and took the boys downtown to the Children's Museum...

Charlie loves the water area and would stay there all day!  I brought extra clothes...

William took charge of the saw when we went to pick out our Christmas tree on the 29th.

Charlie wasn't thrilled by the cold and quickly went back to the warmth of the van. 

Will "helped" Daddy cut the tree down...

Will wanted to go see Santa, though he told me that this wasn't the REAL Santa...

Real or not, Will got 2 candy canes out of the guy...

Charlie got me this sweet little snowman for my Birthday...

Will rode the ponies, they were the same ones that they had a the pumpkin patch!

Will next to the newly decorated tree...

Charlie has been loving painting...

Charlie looking thoughtful...

Charlie playing with bubbles...

Our little Charlie boy...