Couple of pics of the boys' new toys! :-)

Grant Ethan Alex Grant, Ethan, & Alex Grant, Ethan, & Alex Boy's Christmas present finally bought and set up. Grant, Alex, & Ethan in the new sand box. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Fischer Grant, Alex, & Ethan

MUD!!! fun stuff

Some January videos and pictures

This is the first time one of the boys has sat in their chairs we bought at a garage sale in Lisbon in June! Alex climbed up there all by himself and sat there and played. It was so cute.

I gave the boys a snack of our left over corn from dinner one night. Alex and Grant did really well eating it out of the bowl. They were watching a video at the same time so it was a bit distracting.

Ethan wanted nothing to do with the corn. But he is one that has never really liked to snack, unless he knows what it is (like Cheerios) and knows what it tastes like.

Here is a video of them eating. I was talking mostly to the dog trying to keep him from eating out of the bowl too!

So instead of climbing on the couch lately (which has gotten old to the boys) they like to climb on our rocking chair/recliner. So, who is to prevent them? NOT ME! I can't take anymore screaming. So, I set up a little couch cushion to catch them, and let them have at it!


On January 8 my parents came down to visit us, since we didn't get to go home to see them over New Years. They brought us a whole nother Christmas! It was great!! The boys got to open some new cool toys. Plus mommy and daddy got some stuff too!

Alex was relaxing with Grandma after the presents were opened.

The favorite thing that the boys got (well, my favorite thing) is a book called Guess How Much I Love You. It is a recordable book (that Hallmark sells) and MY Grandpa (Grandpa Dickey) recorded the book for the boys. I opened the book the first time and it silenced the boys. They usually only get that quiet when a baby Einstein DVD is on. It was amazing. We "read" that book a lot now.



I had about 10 minutes to figure out something for dinner the other night. So I looked to see what I could find that we had. I looked in the freezer and found a whole meal! Pork chops, veggies, and rolls! I thawed the pork chops in the microwave, then cooked them in the skillet with a tiny bit of olive oil. I then used the left over oil to saute (stirfry) the veggies. All of it had a cajun seasoning on it. Then I popped the rolls in the microwave to heat them, and this is what I ended up with. Isn't it pretty??? And it tasted SO good.(It only took me 10 minutes... seriously!!)


So bath time in our house is quite the ordeal. If the boys hear the bathtub running, they will come running (crawling as fast as possible) into the bathroom to get it. They LOVE their baths. I on the other hand would prefer to just hose them down. But I am also the one getting soaked from all the splashing.

Here is Alex

Ethan

The boys. Notice the surface of the water. It really never stops moving!!

Now, for those of you that almost had a heart attack when we got the boys' hair cut, fret not! They will grow their hair back. And Grant has proven that no matter what, he is going to have the curliest hair on the block!!!



What a ham, huh?

James' cousins came to visit us this past weekend. They took a lot of pictures (I am going to have to get from them) but I lacked in that department. The only picture I got was of Susan with the boys at Borders bookstore on Monday. We went out to the mall and walked around. She got to experience pushing the triplet stroller around!! She also got the boys snowsuits so we will be able to go and play in the snow!! (THANK YOU SUE!!! I can't wait to use them)

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day at our house. The boys did not understand what was going on, nor did they understand the whole presents thing, but it was fun nonetheless! Here is some pictures and videos from Christmas day and the day after Christmas.

Here was our loft with the tree and stockings all full with presents. We even have "presents ON the tree" since if we get envelopes or cards we put them on the tree.


I decided to do a video of the boys as they come out of their room to see what Santa brought them. Like I said, they don't quite understand yet.


WHEELS!!! The boys love wheels. Every car, truck, vehicle with wheels gets turned over and the wheels are spun like crazy.


See what I mean about the wheels??!!


Now, Grant is starting to be our book kid. Plus he LOVES animals. So, needless to say, these books from Santa were a big hit with him. He was "studying" the animals on the front of this book for some time. Not sure why exactly, but he was right up against the book looking.


I thought they might be a little overwhelmed with the presents and toys, but they did really well.


Grant was even kind enough to "smile" for the camera!


Jet has a stocking too. This year he got about 8 tennis balls in his stocking. I think Alex and Ethan had more fun with the tennis balls, throwing them for Jet, then Jet really did.


More wheels!!


The boys got a hat and some mittens from Grandma and Grandpa Fischer. We put the hats on Alex and Grant and the gloves on Grant. He was not fond of the gloves. In this video they have their hats on (Ethan wouldn't keep his on) and Ethan is playing with the helicopter they got.


Alex in his hat.


Grant and Alex in their hats.


Grant in his hat.



We went to church Sunday morning. The boys spent the morning in the nursery. After church, it was gorgeous outside, so we spent a bit of time on our front lawn in the sun. It was so nice.

Grandma wanted a picture of them and the boys, so we took some. This was the best one.


I laid out a huge blanket on the grass and didn't think the boys would crawl off it. They used to be scared of the grass. However, Alex and Grant both ventured off. Ethan stayed put. He did not like the feel of the grass!


Alex found the stroller strapped on to the back of the van. Look, another wheel!!


Then he walked all over the driveway and sidewalk. I had to take their shoes off because they were dragging their feet when they crawl. It was scraping the leather off the tips of their shoes. So, they are in their socks. Oh well.


Grant got his exercise in for the day. He decided he was basically going to crawl around the block. He made it quite a ways around the corner, but there was broken glass on the sidewalk so we had to bring him back.


He enjoyed sitting on the corner!! :)

Growing up Christmas style...

James and I got to go on a date tonight! It was WONDERFUL!! but we had and interesting discussion. I posed these questions to James. I'll tell you my answers...

1) Did you ever "see" Santa??

2) When did you figure out who "Santa" really is?
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1) I remember one night when I was smaller, probably about 6 years old, and I woke up in the middle of the night Christmas eve. I all of the sudden heard a key in our front door. I peeked out of my room and saw this small roundish figure walk into our door with a bag. They took some presents out of the bag and put them under the tree then left.

I about fell over. I SAW SANTA!!

A few days later I heard my grandmother talking about how she came over that night and dropped off some presents she had stayed up late to wrap.

Oh, but I could have sworn for a few days that I had seen Santa. I just knew I had. I didn't want to tell anyone either cause I knew they wouldn't believe me. Oh well.


2) I remember when I was probably 8-10 years old I was standing in our backyard and had what James called an "epiphany". I realized who Santa really is and how it all works. I remember that it was a really nice summer day. Don't remember anything else. But it was interesting.


Just thought I would let you guys get a bit of a laugh too!

Videos of the boys playing with eachother (REALLY cute)

Beginning of November, vol 2

Our therapist suggested that I give the boys something to climb on. She suggested that I use the couch cusions on the floor and let them climb to their hearts content. So, that is what I did. I have 2 climbing monsters now. Grant and Ethan can't get enough of the climbing. Alex isn't quite sure he likes to climb yet. Here are a few videos of them climbing around. Ignore me in the background. I was talking on the phone to James.

Beginning of November, vol 1

Alex

Ethan

Grant

Grant

Ethan and Alex

Alex

Where is Grant? He is hiding under the blanket, sortof. He climbed up there all by himself and cuddled with the blanket.

Ethan was sitting on his knees screaming at Jet barking. It gets kind of crazy around the house when that starts.

Ethan eating peas with Daddy. Ethan isn't one to normally snack, but for some reason he was really liking the peas daddy had for dinner one night. So, James fed him a bunch of peas. He looked so cute chewing...