Let's go to the mall

There is a lot of snow here, so there really isn't much to do with two active kids except go to the mall.  They have a carousel and a play area which is perfect for out of the house activity (and germs, but I try to forget that)

 Sean's first time on the carousel was a hit! (Even though he only sat on the horse for this picture)

He also loved watching all the big kids play - he just laughed the whole time.

Oh, and you can shop there too - who knew ;)

brothers

This morning I dressed Sean and told Dylan, "Look - Sean has a little brother shirt on"  His response :"Ugh, I don't want to wear a big brother shirt."

I won.

 Love this one:

 Sean is trying to steal the show

 but still looks to his brother

craft completed!

The request for ties was answered!  Here is my tie wreath (it's brighter in person, but I finish projects late at night when the light isn't so helpful)

And just for fun since I seem to be on a roll - here is my new valentines day friend the love bug:

 He is hanging on another wreath...apparently it's a phase.

Tunnels and Snowmen

The last snowstorm Dylan decided he wanted to build a snowman.  When he got out there though he realized that building a tunnel was WAY cooler than a snowman.  

 They eventually got a snowman head on top of this tunnel - which really is the best of both worlds.  The track around it was even engineered to guide the car right through the tunnel.  Only at this house...

Jump and jump and jump and jump

We decided Sean needed a jumperoo.  He gets so excited in his excersaucer that he was going to knock himself out.  He is very happy with our decision (if only Santa had thought of it)

A video will do better - he laughs and screams and jumps as high as he can.  One of these days I will upload one, but for now you can get the idea.

6 months

It's been half a year.  Sean has gone from this:

to this:

His little bear was the same size,And now he towers over him.

You may notice an outfit change on the bear.  Somehow Sean's bear (Navy) seems to be missing.  For the photo shoot we had to use Dylan's bear (Army) as a stand in.  This was not a popular decision with Dylan - which made the photo shoot slightly more difficult.  Sean also realized the bear was not his...

Here are the other months for reference.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!