Monday, December 20, 2010

Eric rocking out

Eric is VERY fond of music, and breaks into dance whenever he hears music playing. He is particularly fond of rock music, and likes to put his Dad's CDs into the Karaoke machine upstairs and dance while standing on top of a bar height chair. It usually makes me very nervous, but this time we decided to record him dancing instead of making him get down. :) Each dance episode lasts about 5-10 seconds, and then he wants to put in a new CD.
On the flight home from Disney, Eric was tired and insisted on sharing an ear bud with Dad and listening to music for almost an hour straight while he laid his head on Mom's shoulder. Isn't he adorable!?!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

DisneyWorld 2010

Last week we took the boys to Walt Disney World for vacation. Both boys had a great time, and Mom and Dad are very exhausted! :)
We were a little worried that Owen would have grown out of hugging and loving meeting the characters, but we shouldn't have. He hugged them so hard he almost knocked several of them over! :) This was Eric's first time to really see the characters since he was only 3 months old for our last Disney trip, and he was in LOVE! He kissed most of the characters on their fuzzy noses, and grinned and high-fived all of them. It was really adorable.
This year we even got to meet Buzz and Woody thanks to the 3rd Toy Story movie!

Next are several picture of the kids playing in the line for the Winnie the Pooh ride. Disney had recently added a big play area in the actual line for the ride to entertain the kids while they wait!
The pic below is one of the many we took of Eric this trip in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids play area. It was super cold that day, so Eric is wearing his "last minute purchase" Mickey winter hat. Despite the crazy cold, this is pretty much the only time he let us put it on, and even tried to refuse his jacket on several occasions!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Owen's 5th Birthday

We celebrated Owen's 5th birthday at Chuck-E-Cheese's with a pirate theme. Owen wanted an ice cream cake with pirate decorations, so I didn't have to make this cake this year. :)

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween

Sorry for the delay in posting! Here are some pics of Owen and Eric at Halloween. At least I got them posted before the year's end! Both boys were skeletons this year. Owen picked and then insisted that Eric wanted to match! :)Owen and Eric's school had a costume parade. This is Eric with some of his classmates after the parade and candy collection.
Here is Owen with his classmates just getting started in the parade.
We went to dinner with Opa and Granna after the city's Halloween party. Here is Eric with his cousin Parker. Eric LOVED wearing his costume and cried every time we took it off! Luckily, he got to wear it 3 days in a row with his school parade, the city's party, and 2 Halloween trick-or-treating activities!
Owen loves bounce houses, and he had a great time sliding through this obstacle course bounce house and into a ball pit!

Monday, October 18, 2010

St. Jude's Trike-a-thon




Owen's school participated in a St. Jude's hospital fundraiser this month -- a trike-a-thon! They spent a week learning about bike safety and brought helmets for show and tell, finishing with a race around their front entry on whatever ride-on vehicle each child wanted to bring. :) Owen's bike is a little too small for him, but he had a great time anyway.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

First School Pictures

Here are Owen and Eric's first set of annual school photos: