Gary and Alex had fun playing with Gary's new "toys" :) Gary got a remote control car and a glider plane for Christmas!! They both enjoyed playing with these toys throughout the week! Boys and their toys I guess ;)
There were 5 playgrounds within close walking distance of my parents' house, and the weather was beautiful, so we spent a lot of time outside! Nathan was pretty much indifferent about the swing the first couple of times... probably because he could barely move in his coat ;) Later in the week (when the weather warmed up) he liked it more!
Alex got several new games for Christmas... his favorite was probably this one - "Hi Ho Cherry O" - he played this probably 20 times throughout the week!! He does a surprisingly good job following the rules, taking turns, etc.
Gingerbread House tradition! We do this every year :) It was so fun sharing this tradition with Alex - he loved it! And our house turned out pretty cute (lots of time was spent - ha)!
Alex's birthday is coming up this month and he has been talking about "his party" for some time now (since his cousin's party in September!!) We had Gary's parents come down for the day and celebrated a couple of weeks early while we were in GA! His ONE big request for his party was party hats... we had to go to two stores to find them and these were still the only ones we could find! He was happy with them though :) Gary and I took Alex out shopping for all of his "party supplies" the day before his party - we made it a "Buzz Lightyear Rocket Party", combining two of his favorite things - Toy Story and Rockets!!
I'm THREE!!!! He was so cute!! This is the first year he really understood it was his birthday. He was smiling all day, telling everyone he was *almost* three, and was literally bouncing off the walls with excitement! We decorated and played with balloons and blowers, grilled chicken, had cake and punch, and then did presents :) Although, what kid really needs more presents right after Christmas? I guess that's the downside to a January birthday!
Nathan LOVED the ribbons off of Alex's gifts!
After Alex's party we went over to the Air Force Museum!!! Of course, it was a HUGE hit! Alex wanted to see EVERY SINGLE PLANE!! There were several big buildings, and planes outside. He didn't want to miss ANYTHING!
There were several planes that you could get in... I can't even describe his excitement! He could have stayed in there all day, literally. He was so busy checking things out, pushing buttons, and "flying". We couldn't even get him to pose for a picture!
He asked all day long to see more planes and would run off to the next thing. I've really never seen a kid stay interested in a museum for so long! He was very sad when it was time to go and kept asking if we could do it again. He's still talking about it and asking if we can go back there... we're thinking for his real birthday we're going to take him to the Air and Space Museum here in VA.
Nathan got to fly the airplane too! He loved it :) Here he is with my sisters!
Nathan LOVED this car! I couldn't believe he could actually stand up and push it backward by himself!!
We did sparklers and noisemakers for New Years! Alex remembered sparklers from fourth of July and LOVED it!
We had such a fun week!! These pictures sum up a lot of our week... but I can't end the post describing our week without mentioning all of the shopping we did! :) I'm not a HUGE shopper really, but shopping is pretty much the main event for the girls after Christmas each year! We went out several times for returns/shopping/and to get our nails done! Gary and I got to go out a few times too... we saw a couple of movies, did a little shopping, and went out to lunch a few times - all sans kids with the help of my family!! I love the treat of getting to go on dates like that when we visit family :)
And one last picture of my sweet boys, because they are just so cute! :D
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