Thanksgiving part 2

Memaw and Papaw (aka Steve and Cathy) came down to Houston for Thanksgiving weekend. For some reason we didn't take any pictures of Thanksgiving just the beginnings of Christmas...

An early Christmas present...

Final Soccer Game

It's hard to believe that this was a little more than a week ago. Scott's last game was at 10am and it was hot outside. Now I'm freezing. Typical Texas weather. Eric was able to make it back for his last soccer game and he got to see lots of action from Scott...

Sydney enjoyed playing with daddy :o)

The best part--the trophy!! Scott has shown his trophy to anyone that has walked through our door since then. He is so proud! He was declared most improved player which I can totally vouch for. He went from running away from the ball to running with the herd of kids and kicking the ball several times in the past couple of games! Way to go Scott!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Sydney is now 2! We ended up celebrating on her birthday since Eric surprised us all with an early return home last Wednesday night. She went to the doctor today for her shots and much to Scott's delight, did not cry. His fingers were in his ears and he kept saying he didn't want to hear the crying. Hopefully she left an impression so when he has to get shots in a few months he doesn't over react. Anyways she is now 33 1/2 inches tall and 27 pounds. Right around the 50th percentile.

Birthday breakfast at the newly painted kitchen table.

Opening presents...this activity took ALL day! She savors the moment.

Scott even got a present :o)

Jello cupcakes were a success!

Playing with Flour

One day last week both kids took long naps so I knew I needed something new (and messy) for them to do that evening. I was reading some other blogs and found this activity: flour and water.

Both kids got a container of water and bowl of flour.

It turned messy quickly on this side of the table.

The usual from Sydney--barely touch the stuff!

Now she's getting into the spirit of things!

Buddies

They have their ups and downs together but what siblings don't?! It's always fun to watch them having fun together. (As I'm typing this I hear yelling from the other room...)

A normal meal: lots of playing, talking, etc. but slow on the eating.

Relaxing on the "beach." I don't know where Scott gets this image. He has done this several times. We have never gone to the beach to lay around drinking cool beverages...

Blocks

I love it when I'm doing something around the house that needs to be done, dinner in this case, and the kids go off and entertain themselves. This is what I discovered upstairs when dinner was ready...

Scott's castle from another view.

He wanted another picture but oops! It fell down. Good thing that was funny instead of disastrous!

Sydney built herself a fine little tower as well.