Einstein

Alex had to do a presentation on a famous historical figure...he chose Einstein.  He decided to do the "interview" and had a series of question made up for the teacher to ask him in front of the class.  His teacher told him that his presentation was the best she had ever had!  Awesome!!!  He worked so hard on this project and all of his hard work paid off!!
He looked just like Albert Einstein too!!!

 

 

Mario Brothers?

OK, OK....so Mommy has an affinity for fake mustaches.  Obviously the boys find them pretty funny too!!!  These pictures make me smile....

 
 

Lucky Boy!!!

 

 

Secret hide-away...

I have NO IDEA where this is.  It's somewhere close to our house, and Frank and Alex love to go hang out here.  Their special place together.  And I love it. 



 

Shoulder Buddies

The newest craze...Shoulder Buddies - little troll-like critters that can attach to your clothes by a magnet on the bottom.  These kids are obsessed!!!

  

National Air and Space Museum

We went to Arlington to visit our good friends Jeremy and Sarah for an evening in early March.  They suggested we all go to the National Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport.  It was awesome!!  We saw lots of amazing things:  a space shuttle, the Enola Gay, and tons of other aircraft.  I didn't even know that this branch of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum existed before going there...what a great family outing!!

 

 

 

Heavy Load

 

Sledding Fun

The boys were up and out playing in the snow very early the morning after the "big snow". It ended up being a very warm day, so the snow didn't last long....gotta get out there when the playing is still good!!!

Cocoa is the BEST!

Especially after some hard playing in the snow!!!

One Snowy Night

First snow of the season and the boys couldn't wait to get out there!! At 7pm, Alex couldn't handle it any longer, so he went out (decked out in his pj's and just a hoodie). After watching Alex through the window for about 2 minutes, Hunter had to join him. He wore his pj's too...but at least decided on a hat, gloves, and coat. After an hour filled with running through the snow, snowball fights, snow-angels, snowman building, snowman tackling, and general snow fun, I was able to get them to come inside only by offering some hot-cocoa.
Next time, they'll be wearing actual winter clothing! I honestly thought they'd only be outside for about 5 minutes!! Although, it obviously didn't phase them!!!

Water Fun

This is what your hair looks like after dunking your head in a bucket of water!

Easter

Camp Out!

Daddy took Alex camping at Pocahontas State Park for two nights. They stayed in a cabin, grilled out, ate s'mores, rode mountain bikes, and had lots of boy fun!
Daddy is so cool!!

Daddy is Fun!

Ridiculous!

Really, school pictures?? This is a pose that you think looks good?? I laughed so hard when he brought these home. Add to the crazy face punch pose, I had forgotten it was picture day, so his hair is a mess and his shirt is nothing special.
Horrible and hilarious at the same time!!

Proof

So, our boys like to fight with each other. A lot. It drives us crazy and always ends with them having to spend time in separate rooms and lots of tears. But, there are definitely times when they love being brothers. Thankfully I was able to capture it in pictures. Now, during all the fighting I can look at these images to remind myself that sometimes they really do get along.

Ripley's Aquarium

During our visit to see YiaYia and Fonder this January we took a day-trip to Gatlinburg to visit the aquarium. The boys loved seeing all of the weird fish! Alex was even able to touch the stingrays!
What a fun day!!!

Merry Christmas 2010

Hunter's gift to Mommy and Daddy, an ornament that he made in school with his picture on it. This is not the best picture, but he was so proud of this! He hung it on the tree right away!!

The boys opening our family gift...a soda maker! So much fun!!
Great idea, Daddy!

Alex and his favorite gift...an iPod nano!

Merry Christmas!!!

Gingerbread Men

This year we decided to decorate giant gingerbread men instead of a gingerbread house. It was a fun afternoon activity that kept the boys busy for about 30 minutes. Thirty minutes of peace! I'll take it!!


Alex really took a lot of time to decorate his gingerbread man just right.

Hunter wanted me to do the icing for him while he ate his candy toppings.

How does it taste? According to Alex, horrible. He said that he thought they were just for decoration, not to be actually eaten.

Hunter disagreed. He thought it was delicious and would have eaten the entire cookie in one sitting if I had let him.
That boy loves his sugar!

Sledding

We got a whopping 4 inches a few days before winter break was supposed to start, which of course cancelled school for the last two remaining school days. Long vacation for the kids -- yay! Long vacation at home with the kids for mommy -- not as much yay!
We did take advantage of our new sleds, snowpants, and snowboots.
Thanks goodness for the steep driveway and yard!