Photo 365 #152

January 6, 2015January 7, 2015Leave a comment

I love my boys. I love that they get along so much better than my sister and I did when we were little. Cricket and Thumper are best friends, and it’s wonderful.

brothers

That said, they’re also three and four (read: they don’t always share well). So when they were playing nicely together the other morning (i.e., sharing) while watching Dungeons and Dragons, I had to take a picture. Lately there’s been too much fighting over who has whose toy car, and I relished the morning’s relative peace.

I know I’ll miss this stage one day, and I hope they can stay best friends as they get older.

Photo 365 #150

January 4, 2015Leave a comment

spiderman Cricket loves his new jammies. He’s hit the superhero worship phase, and he loves the same heroes his big brother used to love.

I was impressed I managed to get him to sit still long enough for a good picture, and even more impressed that I managed to catch this lovely smile. They come and go as quickly as Thumper does. 🙂

Photo 365 #149

January 3, 2015January 4, 20152 Comments

Well, would you look at that – they’re wearing their coats!

coats

It’s the middle of winter, so you wouldn’t think this would be so remarkable. But Monday night, Bubbles went to spend a week at his dad’s and left his coat at home. It was maybe 15°F the next day, so his stepmom drove him over to pick up his coat.

We were supposed to get a bunch of snow this weekend, but so far, we’ve only got a dusting. At any rate, Friday night his dad stopped to pick up his boots, because he hadn’t taken those with him, either. *sigh*

Apparently Bubbles is going to be one of those kids who wears shorts when it’s five below. Insisting his sweatshirt is good enough is only the beginning.

Photo 365 #148

January 2, 20155 Comments

My cousin and his wife came for a visit yesterday. We don’t get to see them very often, so it was nice to see them. We exchanged Christmas gifts; we visited; it was a good time. Cricket and Thumper enjoyed opening presents again, but I’m not sure if they had more fun with their new toys or the wrapping:

“I’m a present!”

That poor bag definitely paid for itself. First Cricket wanted to sit in it, and I think he sat in it for five minutes. As soon as he got out, then Thumper wanted in. But Thumper is a perpetual motion machine, and he was tired to boot, which meant he was going even faster than normal just to keep himself awake. He sat in the bag for a couple minutes, then he wanted out. Then he wanted back in, and then he wanted back out. I bet he was in and out of that bag seven or eight times. It was pretty entertaining.

We still have a couple Christmas celebrations to go yet, but I’m enjoying the seasonal extension. It just didn’t feel like Christmas this year since we didn’t get the tree up right away.

Are you all finished with Christmas? Or do you still have some celebrating left to do?

Photo 365 #147

January 1, 2015January 2, 20154 Comments

What a way to ring in the new year!

gas

I can’t remember the last time gas was this cheap, but I’m sure gonna enjoy it while it lasts. Here’s hoping it lasts a long time! 🙂

Photo 365 #146

December 31, 20142 Comments

Among the many things that Cricket and Thumper found under the Christmas tree at Grandma’s house were matching Scooby Doo jammies. If their Halloween costumes weren’t indication enough of how excited these two get over Scooby Doo, then heres another picture that’s worth a thousand words on the subject:

scoobytwins

Trying to get Thumper to sit still for longer than two seconds is like resisting the Borg. Still, this picture was the better of the two I snapped this afternoon as we were getting ready for naps. If naptime hadn’t been imminent, they’d have probably looked a little more excited, but as we all know, naps are evil and must be fought at all costs.

*cries*

At least it’s quiet upstairs now. That’s either very good or very bad, and I’m a little bit afraid to find out which it is.

Photo 365 #145

December 30, 2014December 31, 2014Leave a comment

This picture is a little old, but it does a fantastic job of illustrating little Thumper’s personality:

tuckeredout

He just played and played and played until he couldn’t play anymore. Didn’t even make it into bed before he collapsed. My Thumper is like the Energizer Bunny – he keeps going and going and going…

I hope whomever he marries someday is equally energetic. She’ll have to be in order to keep up with him.

Photo 365 #144

December 29, 2014December 31, 20146 Comments

toogrownup Yesterday we traveled south to celebrate Christmas with Seymour’s family. Normally they come up to our place for Christmas, but it just didn’t work out this year (darn work schedules, anyway). We had a lovely time, full of great food and lots of togetherness.

One of the things Miss Tadpole received from Grandpa and Grandma was the rockin’ purple hat she’s wearing in this picture. She then spent a good hour or so arranging her hair and playing around with her hat. I got a couple of pictures of her, and this is one of my favorites.

However, she looks so grown up! I’m not sure I’m ready for this yet.

I couldn’t help smiling a bit, though, at my reaction to this picture. All I could think of was the scene in the movie Blended where Adam Sandler’s newly-made-over daughter enters the dining room and the first thing that pops into his head is, “It’s the end of the world as we know it…”

And for the record, those are my shoes. How she managed not to break her neck in them since they’re three sizes too big, I’ll never know.

Photo 365 #143

December 28, 2014Leave a comment

A rare moment of peace in my house:

The boys love their rocking horse. They do not, however, love to share. Imagine my surprise, then, when they not only shared the rocking horse but did so for ten full minutes.

It’s a Christmas miracle! 😀

Photo 365 #142

December 27, 2014December 28, 20144 Comments

I had to run some errands in the next town over this morning and as I rounded the curve into town, I was greeted by a huge plume of smoke. At first, I thought maybe the fire department was doing a controlled burn, but they weren’t.

Like so many others, I circled the block to see if I could figure out what was burning. It looked like the local furniture store’s warehouse, but as I got closer, it turned out to be the building behind it. The fire destroyed a heavy machinery shop.

I managed to snap a few pictures before I ran my errands, and on my way back home, I thought I’d snap a few more. But by then, the police had blocked off the street I’d been on before.

I hope the business will rebuild in town so that no one will lose their job, and I hope that no one was hurt in the fire.