Swaddle me

Each night this week as we get ready for bed, the boys ask to be wrapped up like 'ritos (burritos) with their blankets. Tonight we managed to snap a picture that reminded us of a similar one we took nearly 3 years ago...


Yes - that's Lucas on the left and Noah on the right in both photos - can you see their similarities? They sure have grown up fast.

Nature Walk

We are lucky enough to live across the street from open space that has a creek and a bike path. With the great weather we have had for the last few days we have taken the boys for walks down a dirt trail to get to the bike path and then walked a ways down the path (good way to tire them out!)

Brownies

A few days ago the boys were "helping" me make brownies when the phone rang and I answered it and was chatting with a friend and looked over to see them both with both hands in the batter (which I had added all the ingredients and barely mixed it). They were eating handfuls. I got off the phone finished mixing it as they continued to eat what they could get their hands on and kept saying "yummy, yummy in my tummy." Here they very proudly showed me their chocolate hands.

Weiss Family Christmas

We celebrated xmas with my family on Jan 2 & 3rd at my parents in San Jose. Our family friend, Letty Yamada, was kind enough to bring cupcakes and toppings for the kids to decorate.

Here are Lucas & Noah busy at work.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at our friend Jen's with her family and our other good friends the Nazworths.

It was a great time of food and watching all the kids (6 in total). The biggest hit amongst the three 2 year olds were the xmas lollipops.

Here is Noah enjoying his.

Lucas with his.

And Lucas, Brandon, and Noah all showing theirs to each other.

Polar Express Train

Every year the Railroad Museum in old town Sacramento does a Polar Express Train ride during the holiday season which includes an hour long ride along the river with the story being told and cookies and hot chocolate served. There is also a visit to the North Pole where Santa comes on board and delivers bells to all the children "who believe." In order to get the boys ready, we watched the movie several times (which I must admit I still didn't completely understand) and the boys happily call is the "polar conspress."



Here are the boys with their bells (ans yes, all the kids were encouraged to wear their jammies). Here is Noah on the train with our good friends the Kornaks kids Max and Alex sitting across the table from him

Here are the boys coloring at the station while we waited to board the train.

Here I am with Lucas in old town in front of a train (yes, it was quite cold out!)

Christmas Tree

When I was growing up every year we would go the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree. This year for the first time we did the same with the boys. We joined Jen (our surrogate & good friend) and her family (daughter Casey, baby son Shawn, her Mom Joyce and her fiance Larry).