Christmas Program Video

This is the video of Logan's Christmas Program at Dayschool.

NBD Christmas Program

Logan had his Christmas program at dayschool Tuesday (pictures below). His class sang 3 songs. We have a video of it, but Chris will have to upload that later so stay tuned. Yesterday was the Christmas party and he got lots of goodies. He came home quite energized because of all the sugar he had eaten! No more dayschool until January - I know Logan is going to miss seeing his friends.

Callaway Gardens & Tuscaloosa Christmas Parade

Friday night we went with the Cowarts and Sweatts to Callaway Gardens. We had a great time and the kids enjoyed riding the trolley and looking at all the lights.
Monday night we went downtown to watch the Tuscaloosa Christmas parade. The Grinch, Scooby Doo, Shrek, and of course Santa Claus made an appearance. You would think all these characters would be enough for a 2 yr old, but Logan was pretty diappointed Big Al wasn't there.
With all the cold weather we were out in this weekend, our colds haven't completely left us, but it's better every day. Evan is still on his breathing treatments until next week.

Pictures with Santa

Tonight we went and had pictures made with Santa. I was worried about the boys' reaction to him, but I was really impressed. Logan was a little tongue tied - or star struck - when he was trying to tell Santa the million things he wanted for Christmas, Chris and I coaxed him along. Evan didn't cry but held his hands up for the most part wanting me to come 'save him'.
**Notice Logan's new big boy hair cut in the photo, his curls are gone! Not by choice - he was losing his baby curls.

Happy 1st Birthday Evan!

Happy 1st Birthday to Evan! It has been a great year - fun and scary times wrapped all in one. One year ago today Evan was born with the cord wrapped around his neck twice and was unable to breathe, blue and purple from coming out so fast. It seems like yesterday. Now healthy and happy, I don't know what we did before him. Here are some pictures from the year that seems to have gone by far too fast - Evan as a newborn, his first Christmas, in the hospital with RSV (definitely a scary - and exhausting - time), at the beach, enjoying some outside time, and demolishing his cake at his 1st birthday party this past weekend! You've brought us nothing but joy, we love you Evan!

Tangled in Tinsel...

Lights actually.
We started decorating for Christmas today. I meant to start Monday but I have had a horrible cold all week. Feeling much better now. Logan is so excited about Christmas and everything having to do with Christmas. Chris got our artificial tree out of the attic last night (we'll get our real tree Saturday), and Logan was dancing around the house singing "I love Christmas trees!". Evan's not sure what to think yet. He bats at the tree because it feels funny.
This morning Logan was on my toes saying "Put the lights on Mom, so I can put the orgamons on it". For those of you that need a translater - 'orgamons' is how Logan says ornaments.
My mom (Nana) bought him a Veggietales nativity set last year (Veggietales is a Christian cartoon). I pulled it out yesterday and he LOVES it - so does Evan, which creates some tension between brothers! This morning Logan comes in the kitchen "Mama! I lost Baby Jesus...poor, poor Baby Jesus!" I couldn't help but giggle. "What?" I said. Logan says "He's lost in our couch." Logan had lost the Baby Jesus toy from the Veggietales set in our couch. But don't fret - we fished him out and all is well!
I was stringing the lights on the tree and Logan was sitting next to me patiently, for the most part, asking me WHY questions. You know - why is the grass green? why is it cold outside? etc. For the 20th time just today he wanted to know why his Papa was at work.
Logan: Why can't Papa come to my house?
Me: Cause Papa's at work.
Logan: Why?
Me: Because Papa needs to make money.
Logan: So he can buy me more toys?
Me: Exactly right.
Isn't it much easier to think in a child's perspective? It makes work seem so much more enjoyable if you're working for toys and fun stuff rather than just mortgages and car payments.

Here's some pictures from this week. You may recognize the shirt Evan has on in the last two. Logan wore this shirt last winter - it's a 2T. Now Evan isn't even 1 yet, and it fits him perfect. Their pediatrician keeps telling me that he thinks Evan won't be as big as Logan, well I'm just not convinced yet! The first picture is Evan's first PB&J sandwich. He thought it was yummy to say the least and ate every bite!

November Pictures and Videos

Here are some pictures and videos that I haven't sent out.
Logan playing with playdough and Evan crawling around under the table: Papa came down to watch the game Saturday with Chris and the boys' while I went to Christmas Village - looks like they had a good time! I love pictures like this one of them playing nice together (Sunday before church)... Logan in his Indian outfit he made at school (with his Power Ranger pj's underneath). Here are some really cute videos. The 1st one is Logan reading the book "The Very Busy Spider". He loves this book and has it memorized, it's so sweet to listen to. The last video is me catching Evan crawling up the stairs. You can tell giggle-monster Logan is the culprit.

Jokes and more jokes......

Logan is at the age where he says the funniest (and random!) things. Before Halloween Chris taught him a knock knock joke for Halloween:

Knock, Knock
Who's There?
Boo
Boo Who?
Don't you cry!

This Halloween joke never gets told right by Logan, he's always asking one of us what to say next but he'll learn - next year he'll have it down perfect!
So tonight Chris and I were in his room doing his bedtime routine - talking, telling bedtime stories, etc. - and Chris starts in with more jokes:

Chris: Logan, why did the chicken cross the road?
Logan: (looks at me) Mama, why did the chicken cross the road?
Me: To get to the other side.
Logan: That silly chicken!

Chris and I were hysterical - so of course that started Chris on another 'bad dad joke' (that's what I call bad jokes that dad's only seem to say - must be part of the dad initiation, more on that later!) More of our conversation with Logan:

Chris: Pete and Repeat were sitting on a log, Pete fell off, who's left?
Logan: (with a look of complete seriousness) PLUTO!

Too funny.....

Here's some pics from this past weekend when MiMi came to visit Sunday.


Yuck!


Dad, I can't believe you were going to let me eat that!


Here's the boys in their new ALABAMA chairs that Mimi brought. They're mini-sized for kids - so cute!

Trick or Treat!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. We sure did. We went Trick or Treating with the Sweatt family and everyone seemed to have a blast (that is until it got past Evan's bedtime). It's so fun experiencing things through your children's eyes. Getting candy that you could buy at any old grocery store becomes such a joy when you get to go door to door in a costume!
Here's a picture taken when we were about done for the night: Tate, Evan, John Pearson, Callie, and Logan

Yippy-I-O-Ki-Ay!

Today is Western Day at Logan's school. They are going to play horseshoes, sing cowboy songs, and have a picnic (probably in the gym because it's so cold). He has been so excited this morning because he thinks he's going to a real farm. He has asked Chris and I all morning if the pigs were going to be at his big boy school. Hope he's not disappointed....

Here's a picture of him this morning with his cowboy duds on and his GRUB bag that they made at school to bring snacks for the picnic in. I tied a bandanna through one of his beltloops to make him seem more 'cowboyish' and he hated it! All the way to school I tried to explain that that's what cowboys wear. His response - "No mom, they not!" When we pulled up to school, we saw his best friend Sammie (Sammie's a girl if ya'll don't already know and she is all Logan talks about). And what did Sammie have tied around her neck????? A bandanna. So once again, I am cool in my baby's eyes.








Here's a picture of Evan too this morning, not in cowboy clothes, but still cute!

My Precious Pirates

So, I must admit I have snubbed the blogging world for quite awhile. Thinking..."How do people with children have time to do things like this?" But as much time as I spend sending separate individuals emails with my children's cute sayings of the day, I thought I could post them all here and everyone could check and catch up on their own time. I hope you all enjoy and I'll try to update it regularly.

We went to Boo at the Zoo Sunday night with the Tucker family, my mom and dad, and my brother's family. It's amazing how crowded the zoo gets when people are handing out free candy! I think everyone had a great time though, my little pirates were exhausted...
Logan says 'ARRRRRRRGH Matey' when in costume!