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As I was getting a picture off the camera for something else I realized there were some from quite a while ago… oops.

So as promised, better late than never… here are some Christmas pictures that were stuck in the camera.

Also, I found some bonus other pictures…

The Reindeer Pinata from kindergarten

The gingerbread house made at school with the help of grandma

Our astronaut and his space control panel

“Drive-in” movie night

They just look so sweet in pictures!

The Winter Olympics are in full swing.  That means this household will be watching lots and lots of curling… along with those other sports they show.

I love watching the opening ceremony and I especially love the sappy Olympic commercials they play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57e4t-fhXDs

They have talked the Olympics up during the past week at the tall one’s school.  He kept talking about how it was starting soon and he was very excited.  They even did a flag ceremony in the gym.  Everyone got to wave little flags.  I think someone got to carry a big one but the story was hard to follow.

He knew what day they would start and even that he had to wait until 7.  All afternoon he kept asking what time it was.  He would look at the clock and loudly read the numbers.  Even though he knows his numbers, he would still ask if it was time yet.  When it finally turned 7pm, he couldn’t wait.  I turned the channel and on came snowboarding.  He looked over and me and asked what that was.  I said it was snowboarding.  He looked mad, “I wanted Olympics!”  Apparently he didn’t actually know what that meant.  We talked it up and showed him the really cool jumps and twists.  Then he thought it was sort of okay but wasn’t exactly sold.

Poor kid.  Hopefully he’ll appreciate curling as much as his dad.

It’s both a blessing and a curse to have the short one in the same location as I am all day.

The other day I had survived the lunch sprint in my classroom and was getting nap time going when the side door opened and I was summoned.

“There seems to be a green bean incident and we need your help.”

I was envisioning an epic food fight with green beans plastering the walls and maybe the side of a few kids heads.  At least some green beans in hair and across the tables and floor.

Instead, this…

He apparently put two green beans in his mouth and then refused to swallow.  So they gave him some bread.  They thought that would help get things moving.  Unfortunately he just ended up with beans and bread in there.  Then the milk was offered to wash everything down.  Nope.  It just made everything nice and soggy.

That’s when the decided to pull out the big guns and get mom.  I had to look away so I could laugh at how ridiculous he looked.  After everything, he ended up still left with one bean in his mouth that had to be spit out.  At that point everyone else was finished with lunch and things were already cleaned up so, very much with my permission, the rest of his food went in the trash.  He still talks about his food in the garbage.  Every time he brings it up, we review the importance of just eating the food right away.  That had to be disgusting by the end and only shows how stubborn and determined he is.  I can only hope I find a positive outlet for that right quick!

The tall one got his own phone.  Really it’s an old phone that has no actual phone capabilities right now.  It’s solely on wireless.  He thinks he’s hot stuff being able to pick his own games and carry his phone around.  He discovered the camera and the pictures are awesome.  These are just a sampling of the world from his view.

I see a career in photography for sure 🙂

that love to climb and build…

and are full of pizzazz…

but sometimes don’t have the best ideas…

but are full of love!

At work it’s not that much different…

but we have fun and love there too.

And finally, in honor of the last post- I loved all the T-Rex pictures and had to share more with all of you!  There are lots more but I had to cut myself off.

Thing One was so very proud to show us the “biggest dinosaur tooth” that he got!

He’s starting his second round of Mad Science.  It’s once a week after school and it’s kind of awesome the things he gets to do and learn about.  In the fall the class was “Fantastic Forces.”  He made a bridge, learned about gravity, talked about electricity, and even brought home a talking stick.  This round is “Science Comes Alive.”  The first class was about dinosaurs.  He got to bring home a giant tooth that he couldn’t wait to get home and show everyone.  As we were driving home (the whole 2 minutes it takes) he whispered (even though it was just the two of us in the car) that it wasn’t really real.  It was a fake tooth that he got to paint brown with a cotton ball.  He has proceeded to dino-stomp around the house with his tooth.

School is “the most boringest thing ever” so it’s awesome that we’ve found something for him to truly be excited about.  Now if only we could work on making homework more exciting too.  I’m still the meanest mom ever when it comes to making him write his numbers and read his site words.  I guess that’s my cross to bear.

Thing Two on the other hand, is the most excited to go to his new class.  He can’t wait to drop his brother off at school so we can go “over da bridge and up da mountain” to find his class.  It has done him a world of good too.  Just the fact that it’s a change of face and a whole room of 3 year olds to herd, he has to be more independent.  If you listen to him, you’d think he was the most helpless thing in the world.  Clearly his arms and legs don’t work.  Now that he’s forced to do things on his own, it’s amazing that he actually can do it!  He actually told me not to help him put his coat on when we were ready to go home the other day.  I thought I had the wrong kid for a second.

This new class has also helped his diet.  At the center we serve the veggies first and then move on the the main course.  The fruit is always served last.  I have had a few conversations with his teacher and we both agreed that he has to take at least a bite of veggie before he can move on.  I guess his line is always that “it’s too hot.”  They laugh because he pulls that out even for cold foods.  It’s amazing how quick he takes a bite when everyone else gets the next thing but him.