Saturday, December 24, 2005

Bo & Melanie


PC240082, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

Colin took this picture - He posed us just this way and I love the way it turned out. He's quite the little photographer!

Nate Christmas Eve


PC240127, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

Nate also chose a gift from Uncle matt to open on Christmas Eve. He was very excited to open a book full of construction trucks!

Colin / Dinosaur Book


dinobook (3), originally uploaded by mellyrose.

Colin has been coveting this book (Encyclopedia: Prehistoric Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-up) for months! He chose one gift to open on Christmas Eve and it happened to be this book from his Uncle Matt. He is thrilled (can you tell?) LOL!

Colin on Christmas Eve


Colin on Christmas Eve, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

How can you not want to KISS that face?

Friday, December 23, 2005

Visit to Santa


Visit to Santa, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

Colin & Nate were very serious about sharing their lists with Santa Claus this year. Colin wanted a rechargeable flashlight and Nate wanted a friend for his stuffed lamb, Mickey.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Herr Drosselmeyer


herr, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

We attended a performance of the Nutcracker a couple weekends ago. The boys enjoyed the ballet and I loved this ornament!

I hope someone brings a professional staging of this ballet locally in the next couple years. The children who put on this ballet did a wonderful job, but it was clearly an amateur performance. Perfect for the boys' first ballet, however.

Happy Kids


boys2tree, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

Thrilled that Christmas is only a few days away!

Christmas Tree


colintree, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

We finished decorating the tree today! Yea! It still feels funny not to have a real tree this year - but this one will last longer!

The boys had a blast helping decorate and looking at all the ornaments we've given them.

Cracks me up


boystree1, originally uploaded by mellyrose.

This picture cracks me up. I was trying to get a nice pic of both boys and Nate was acting very silly and refusing to stand still. He finally did - but you can see his brother isn't sure if he will stay put. LOL

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Colin's Volcano Cake


Colin requested a volcano cake for his birthday back in June. His birthday is in November. He never forgot . . . and neither did I. Here's my 5 year old boy with his volcano cake, made by Mom.