Crazy Hair Day!

This week is spirit week at Kyle's school.  Each day there is a different theme.  Today is "Crazy Hair Day."  Kyle came home yesterday saying he wanted to spray paint his hair different colors.  He was very excited about the idea so I took him to Party City and we got blue, red, and green color hair spray.  He said it tickled when I sprayed it on this morning, but it was "worth it because it looks so awesome!"  Hopefully he's enjoying his day with his crazy hair.  And Max didn't want to be left out so he asked for blue but only on top.  So he'll probably turn some heads at our playdate today :).

Max singing in the shower

Max has been singing in the shower these days.  He didn't know he was being recorded when I took this.  Here he is singing "We got the Beat."  He's quite the little rock star!

Volcano

Ma and Pa got Max a volcano for Christmas.  He had lots of fun building it, painting it, and watching it erupt.  Kyle enjoyed it too!  Here's the video of the action.

Kyle lost his second tooth!

Kyle's on a roll now.  He just lost his second tooth last night.  The tooth fairy brought him $2 for this one! 

Homemade Pizza

The boys requested homemade pizza for dinner this past week.  Finally a meal that no one complains about! :)  I split a pizza crust in half and each got to make theirs the way they liked it.  Max made a cheese pizza and Kyle made a pizza with cheese, green peppers, and mushrooms . . . my kind of pizza!  They were very proud of their creations and they were quite tasty as well!

Christmas in PA

The Friday after Christmas we went back to Pennsylvania to visit with the extended family.   We spent Friday at the Tishko's house with my Dad's side of the family.  It was good to see everyone and the boys had lots of fun playing with the cousins.  There was a ping pong tournament, lots of food, presents, playing, talking and our annual singing of the Twelve Days of Christmas.  We spent the night in a hotel with Ma and Pa . . . .always a highlight for Max! :)  We woke up to snow on Saturday morning so the boys played a little in it while we loaded up the car for a visit to Great Grandma and Pap-Pap Smith's house.  Aunt Diane and Uncle Charlie stopped by as well.  There were more presents and food and Kyle even learned how to sew from Great Grandma.  He made his first pillow which he is very proud of.  We got back late Saturday night.  It was a fun trip.   

Christmas at home

We spent Christmas Day at our house.  We woke up in the morning and came downstairs to light the advent candles and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.  Then we opened presents, had breakfast, and played with new toys.

Around 10:30 Ma and Pa arrived for some more Christmas fun!  More presents were exchanged, opened, and played with while we munched on some snacks.  Uncle Mike arrived soon after to join in the fun!

We had a yummy dinner of ham, stuffing, corn casserole, and sweet potatoes followed by a variety of Ma's cookies for dessert.

We had a great time and are so blessed to have such a wonderful family.