It is a long weekend with the munchkins here on Payson Road. Daddy took Thursday off, and I will be off Friday and Monday so we have been busy looking for activities. Yesterday was a great trip to the Children's Museum- a little crowded but a great place for the boys to run around and yell and play.
Today we ventured to the Harvard Museum of Natural History- WOW was it cool- dinosaur bones and all, the boys were a little rambunctious for that place but none the less an interesting visit.
A weekend day wouldn't be complete without a visit to Walden Pond for Nap time. Love you boys and here is a to another wonderful year with you in 2012.
Love- Mommy
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Shane 38 Months- December 28, 2011
Dear Shane-
This is the last letter I will write you for 2011, it has been a fast year but a GREAT year! There is a big difference between being two years old and three years old, I wont' get into all of the changes now but I love watching you grow and learn new things every day and night. I remember when you couldn't even crawl and then when you did start crawling you couldn't crawl over the doorway threshold! But now, you are running around the house talking and yelling- catch me Mommy , catch me mommy! of course with a BIG smile on your face!
December has been a busy month for us- as you now know, it is the month that Baby Jesus was born and you like to tell everyone that you meet that you saw the baby Jesus. We saw the baby Jesus at Nana's church during the Christmas pageant and also at the live Nativity Scene in Wakefield. On Christmas day you sang your favorite song to date (Happy Birthday) to the Baby Jesus! I love hearing you sing that song or any song for that matter. You had a few visits to Santa- at the bank in Belmont, the mall and most recently at the Enchanted Village at Jordan's furniture- each time you warmed up to the big S. a little bit more but you still were not 100% excited to be sitting on his lap! That's O.K. you sat there for the photograph and let Jackson do all of the talking to Santa- he didn't say much except that you and Jackson were leaving Santa cookies and carrots for the reindeer- and milk of course milk. On Christmas eve we made cookies for Santa and left out the cookies along with a photograph of you so that he could remember meeting you. Mommy, Daddy and Nana took you to see the lights at the Stone Zoo and you loved running all around there and riding the carousel- of course you wanted to be with Daddy on the carousel but you enjoyed it and waved to mommy and Nana none the less. We visited with Auntie Kim and her 3 boys a bit during the month and you loved playing with Caleb and the boys- in fact you got a little black eye when you were caught in the "pig pile" that was being supervised by daddy- but that's o.k. you had a great time and didn't really get hurt.
Shane you are asking more and more questions every day- Why this, Why that , why why why... You also like to pretend a lot- last month I think you liked to be a Kittie cat, well this week you like playing frog- yes, a frog, you hop around on all fours saying ribit, ribit, ribit..... don't ask me why or who turned you onto Frogs but you like them. We'll have to be sure to tell Auntie Val that since she used to love Frogs. You got some bongos and a glockenspiel for Christmas and have really enjoyed playing them, in fact you had a music parade with Nana the other day in the play room- singing songs and playing instruments!
I love you Shane Kilday- you are such a cuddly little kid- you like to sleep with all of your stuffed animals in the bed, sometimes there isn't room for you in there and then sometimes like this morning you woke up at 6am (which is a good waking time) and crawled into bed with mommy and daddy- Jackson did the same except he kept yelling get up , get up and playing frog. You on the other hand, just cuddled into daddy and went back to sleep. Shane, you are mommy's sun, moon and stars. I love you with all of my heart!
Love- Mommy
This is the last letter I will write you for 2011, it has been a fast year but a GREAT year! There is a big difference between being two years old and three years old, I wont' get into all of the changes now but I love watching you grow and learn new things every day and night. I remember when you couldn't even crawl and then when you did start crawling you couldn't crawl over the doorway threshold! But now, you are running around the house talking and yelling- catch me Mommy , catch me mommy! of course with a BIG smile on your face!
December has been a busy month for us- as you now know, it is the month that Baby Jesus was born and you like to tell everyone that you meet that you saw the baby Jesus. We saw the baby Jesus at Nana's church during the Christmas pageant and also at the live Nativity Scene in Wakefield. On Christmas day you sang your favorite song to date (Happy Birthday) to the Baby Jesus! I love hearing you sing that song or any song for that matter. You had a few visits to Santa- at the bank in Belmont, the mall and most recently at the Enchanted Village at Jordan's furniture- each time you warmed up to the big S. a little bit more but you still were not 100% excited to be sitting on his lap! That's O.K. you sat there for the photograph and let Jackson do all of the talking to Santa- he didn't say much except that you and Jackson were leaving Santa cookies and carrots for the reindeer- and milk of course milk. On Christmas eve we made cookies for Santa and left out the cookies along with a photograph of you so that he could remember meeting you. Mommy, Daddy and Nana took you to see the lights at the Stone Zoo and you loved running all around there and riding the carousel- of course you wanted to be with Daddy on the carousel but you enjoyed it and waved to mommy and Nana none the less. We visited with Auntie Kim and her 3 boys a bit during the month and you loved playing with Caleb and the boys- in fact you got a little black eye when you were caught in the "pig pile" that was being supervised by daddy- but that's o.k. you had a great time and didn't really get hurt.
Shane you are asking more and more questions every day- Why this, Why that , why why why... You also like to pretend a lot- last month I think you liked to be a Kittie cat, well this week you like playing frog- yes, a frog, you hop around on all fours saying ribit, ribit, ribit..... don't ask me why or who turned you onto Frogs but you like them. We'll have to be sure to tell Auntie Val that since she used to love Frogs. You got some bongos and a glockenspiel for Christmas and have really enjoyed playing them, in fact you had a music parade with Nana the other day in the play room- singing songs and playing instruments!
I love you Shane Kilday- you are such a cuddly little kid- you like to sleep with all of your stuffed animals in the bed, sometimes there isn't room for you in there and then sometimes like this morning you woke up at 6am (which is a good waking time) and crawled into bed with mommy and daddy- Jackson did the same except he kept yelling get up , get up and playing frog. You on the other hand, just cuddled into daddy and went back to sleep. Shane, you are mommy's sun, moon and stars. I love you with all of my heart!
Love- Mommy
Jackson 38 months- December 28, 2011
Dear Jackson-
As 2011 comes to a close I am writing you your last "birthday letter" for 2011. I can't believe that you are well over three years old now, Mommy is starting to feel old.
You have had a good month and a busy month! You love your cousins and every morning you ask me the same series of questions. Mommy is Trish coming over? Mommy is Nana coming over? Mommy my cousins coming over? Your cousins mean a great deal to you and you love them very much! We try to talk to them once per week but for you that basically means yelling into the phone: "Zach, you there Zach"- regardless of who you are talking to you only want to talk to Zach. But you are good on the phone, you still enjoy talking to Auntie and Abby, Katie and of course Uncle Chris. On Christmas day we had a treat- Uncle Adam had his iPhone with facetime on it and we were able to facetime with everyone in Ohio- you thought that was super great! We were on that iPhone for almost 45 minutes- you and your brother were shouting all sorts of things into the phone about your new dinosaurs, castles and police jacket (that you got from Auntie and Uncle Chris). You are so happy on the phone, well most of the time you are happy!
We did a lot of Christmas activities this month to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus. First off, you and your brother now have your own Nativity Scene- it is plastic- which is great because sometimes you and Shane (mostly Shane) like to throw the Baby Jesus across the room. We saw a live nativity scene in Wakefield on night but it was VERY VERY Cold and you were mostly interested in the animals. We made cookies- lots of cookies for Santa and you liked to help and decorate those cookies! In school you made all sorts of Holiday crafts and for Christmas you made a beautiful piece of artwork made out of old frames that you glued onto a board (or I suspect the teacher glued onto the board for you). We visited Santa a few times, I think your favorite was at the Enchanted Village at Jordan's Furniture- I"ll post some photos later. You were all smiles in that photo- then we had lunch at Ikea and then boom- you were out like a light in the car. This year we made it to the Stone Zoo Lights and it was magical- the entire zoo was covered in lights and you and your brother ran all around and especially liked the carousel ride ( you rode it twice). Daddy went on with you both times and Nana and I took turns but when I was with you each time we circled around Nana you would yell "HI NANA" to her and smile and wave- you are a precious little guy Jackson! We did lots of other Holiday celebrations this month, I won't write them all down here but one other night that you had lots and lots of fun at was Mommy's birthday. I know, Mommy's birthday is not that exciting.... but Auntie Kim and the boys came over to Nana's house for cake and you had a BLAST! The five of you boys just jumped around on top of each other and went crazy! Shane got a black eye and you bruised your forehead but you didn't complain. In fact the next day you asked if Auntie Kim and the boys were coming over.
Jackson, Jackson , Jackson what else can I say. You are getting to be a big boy and do big boy things- like sit on the pottie (Well you do that for Trish) drink out of regular cups most of the time and listen, you are getting much better at listening to mommy. This morning you were working hard on puzzles- Auntie Val and Uncle Terry gave you a HUGE cookie monster puzzle and you like to work on that a lot!
I love you Jackson Reid, you are mommy's sun, moon and stars.
Until next month- lots of love-
Mommy
As 2011 comes to a close I am writing you your last "birthday letter" for 2011. I can't believe that you are well over three years old now, Mommy is starting to feel old.
You have had a good month and a busy month! You love your cousins and every morning you ask me the same series of questions. Mommy is Trish coming over? Mommy is Nana coming over? Mommy my cousins coming over? Your cousins mean a great deal to you and you love them very much! We try to talk to them once per week but for you that basically means yelling into the phone: "Zach, you there Zach"- regardless of who you are talking to you only want to talk to Zach. But you are good on the phone, you still enjoy talking to Auntie and Abby, Katie and of course Uncle Chris. On Christmas day we had a treat- Uncle Adam had his iPhone with facetime on it and we were able to facetime with everyone in Ohio- you thought that was super great! We were on that iPhone for almost 45 minutes- you and your brother were shouting all sorts of things into the phone about your new dinosaurs, castles and police jacket (that you got from Auntie and Uncle Chris). You are so happy on the phone, well most of the time you are happy!
We did a lot of Christmas activities this month to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus. First off, you and your brother now have your own Nativity Scene- it is plastic- which is great because sometimes you and Shane (mostly Shane) like to throw the Baby Jesus across the room. We saw a live nativity scene in Wakefield on night but it was VERY VERY Cold and you were mostly interested in the animals. We made cookies- lots of cookies for Santa and you liked to help and decorate those cookies! In school you made all sorts of Holiday crafts and for Christmas you made a beautiful piece of artwork made out of old frames that you glued onto a board (or I suspect the teacher glued onto the board for you). We visited Santa a few times, I think your favorite was at the Enchanted Village at Jordan's Furniture- I"ll post some photos later. You were all smiles in that photo- then we had lunch at Ikea and then boom- you were out like a light in the car. This year we made it to the Stone Zoo Lights and it was magical- the entire zoo was covered in lights and you and your brother ran all around and especially liked the carousel ride ( you rode it twice). Daddy went on with you both times and Nana and I took turns but when I was with you each time we circled around Nana you would yell "HI NANA" to her and smile and wave- you are a precious little guy Jackson! We did lots of other Holiday celebrations this month, I won't write them all down here but one other night that you had lots and lots of fun at was Mommy's birthday. I know, Mommy's birthday is not that exciting.... but Auntie Kim and the boys came over to Nana's house for cake and you had a BLAST! The five of you boys just jumped around on top of each other and went crazy! Shane got a black eye and you bruised your forehead but you didn't complain. In fact the next day you asked if Auntie Kim and the boys were coming over.
Jackson, Jackson , Jackson what else can I say. You are getting to be a big boy and do big boy things- like sit on the pottie (Well you do that for Trish) drink out of regular cups most of the time and listen, you are getting much better at listening to mommy. This morning you were working hard on puzzles- Auntie Val and Uncle Terry gave you a HUGE cookie monster puzzle and you like to work on that a lot!
I love you Jackson Reid, you are mommy's sun, moon and stars.
Until next month- lots of love-
Mommy
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Birthday parties in the dining room
Mommy tries to keep the dining room a sacred, clean, kid free space in her home. It is full of breakable dishes and I would rather that the dishes remain intact. Well, Jackson and Shane have a keen sense for this type of stuff and love to play in the dining room. There is a closet that they can hide in and chairs that they can re-arrange. Last night, they had a "birthday party" in the dining room and moved all 12 chairs against the windows for their "friends". But their "Friends" liked to jump from chair to chair while singing happy birthday. You can imagine, how mommy was at this site- not reacting very well and trying to get the boys to calm down and put the chairs away resulted in them getting play dishes out and setting the table complete with cookies and pizza for everyone. To their benefit- they were using their imaginations and had a great time and Shane did a great job of cleaning up.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Remembering
I just got a memory of the song:
"Jackson and Shane jump up and down
Jump up and down
Jackson and Shane jump up and down
Now sit back down"
My little boys are growing up!
"Jackson and Shane jump up and down
Jump up and down
Jackson and Shane jump up and down
Now sit back down"
My little boys are growing up!
Monday, December 26, 2011
playing balloon
The boys are playing balloon with daddy and all of their stuffed animal friends. I went into the bedroom and they are all in bed going through all of the animal names and who is on board. Shane said that they were taking the balloon to Boston. !
Sunday, December 25, 2011
christmas morning quick snap shots
Look what santa brought.
Jackson posing for school one day.
Making cookies for santa.
Shane
Santa's plat with cookies and carrots along with the photo for him to remember us by.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Playing sleep in the hall- Jackson is smiling at the camera. Playing sleep entails Lying down and closing your eyes- "that is how you play sleep mommy"
WHY?
Last night when we were going to bed Shane asked me why the sky was blue? We talked about the sky and clouds and he kept asking why why why. I guess the why phase has started.
Monday, December 19, 2011
One More Visit with Santa
We had one more visit with the Big Guy this weekend at the Watertown Mall. The boys were very excited to go see Santa but when we go there they were very quite and didn't say a peep. Here they are with Santa, Shane is holding the goldfish.
The baby Jesus
While we have not been avid Church goers recently, I have been trying to teach the boys what Christmas is about- the birth of the baby Jesus. We went and saw a live Nativity scene in Wakefield, I got the boys a playschool toy nativity scene and then yesterday we went to Nana's church for the Christmas pageant.
It was a cute play and the boys had a good time- of course they yelled in the middle of the play "Hi Nana" once they spotted Nana behind the organ! We didn't stay for the entire service as mommy was getting nervous that the boys were disrupting everyone but at least they saw the baby Jesus again.
It was a cute play and the boys had a good time- of course they yelled in the middle of the play "Hi Nana" once they spotted Nana behind the organ! We didn't stay for the entire service as mommy was getting nervous that the boys were disrupting everyone but at least they saw the baby Jesus again.
Zoo Lights
Friday night we went to the Stone Zoo to see the lights. Both Jackson and Shane are really into the lights this year, we like to drive around and look at all of the houses decorated but this was up close lights and displays! I have never seen so many cars at the Stone Zoo parking lot. We went through certain parts of the zoo, most animals were inside except for the owls- you could see them sleeping on the branches. Shane tried to wake them up by yelling Hoo Hoo at them but he was unsuccessful. We brought the stroller with us and the boys were in and out of that thing all night but it was good to have instead of carrying them.
At the end of the lights display were some rides: the boys went on the jeep ride and the carousel- they liked the carousel so much we went on it twice!
Jackson on the horse! Go horse go.
Shane on the lion.
Shane on the Lion and Jackson in the back on the horse.
Nana came with us and on the second carousel turn Mommy went on with the boys and each time we passed Nana Jackson and Shane would wave and yell Hi Nana!
At the end of the lights display were some rides: the boys went on the jeep ride and the carousel- they liked the carousel so much we went on it twice!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Some misc. photos of the last few weeks:
Jackson and his snowbies. This is the name that he has for HIS dog snowball.
Shane drawing and saying cheese while covered in magic marker!
Our first fire at home with an early Christmas gift from Nana- a fireplace screen. Shane was a little hesitant of the fire (a good thing); Jackson on the other hand, was not afraid and was sticking his hand in there!
Silly Grandpa- using the pots from the kitchen as a hat.
Shane signing Christmas Carols with Nana.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Pretend play
We just spent 45 minutes playing with dinosaurs. Building houses for them and looking through books to identify the names of the various creatures. I know this is how kids play every day, but sometimes it just hits me that it is so awesome to watch them learn and develop. While we were coloring daddy told Shane to let snowball color and Shane stopped for a moment and then said, but daddy- Snowball doesn't have any hands...........
Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Live Nativity Scene
Today was a "daddy day" full of fun times- going to the indoor play gym (winter has struck- it was 34 degrees today) and to Friendlys for lunch. Tonight, however, mommy wanted to start a family Christmas tradition- going to a live nativity scene. There was one in Wakefield- it was beautiful and full of angels, and animals but it was cold out! We lasted about 20 minutes and then it was time to leave- after the boys saw Baby Jesus all they were interested in was the animals and some kids soccer ball that they found. But it was a good first introduction into the baby Jesus and the meaning behind Christmas.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Decorating the tree
I"m looking at the Christmas card photo from 2008- the year that Shane and Jackson were born, they were just a few weeks old when we plopped them both in one swing with Christmas hats on! And now at three years old they are decorating the tree themselves (well kind of). Nana came over yesterday for a tree trimming- we had China Moon for lunch and then decorated the tree. I thought if I put all of the non-breakable ornaments in a bin the boys could just take them out and hang them on the tree. That worked for about 2 minutes then the boys were more interested in taking the ornaments OFF the tree. Daddy took a nap and we decorated and re-decorated the tree. Jackson was really into it for a while, Standing on the chair and climbing all over the place, I think the tree looks great, I"ll post photos later!
When we were going to bed, the boys remembered from last year (Honestly, I didn't say a peep about it) that the snowmen have to lay down and go to sleep when we go up stairs. So the boys laid all of the snowmen to bed on our way up the stairs and this morning we woke them all up.
When we were going to bed, the boys remembered from last year (Honestly, I didn't say a peep about it) that the snowmen have to lay down and go to sleep when we go up stairs. So the boys laid all of the snowmen to bed on our way up the stairs and this morning we woke them all up.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Belmont Center Christmas tree lighting
Tonight was the Christmas tree lighting in Belmont Center, both Shane and Jackson have been very interested in Santa this year- Shane likes to walk around yelling Merry Christmas, and Jackson yells Ho Ho Ho. Tonight, we saw Santa- Shane was a little nervous but Jackson jumped right onto his lap without issue. Neither of the boys understand that Santa brings presents, they just wanted to see him so after a great supper at Stonehearst Pizza, photos with Rudolph, playing in pretend snow ( you'd thought we lived in CA. with the fake snow coming down around the bank),......we got to see Santa! The boys each colored a Thomas picture for Santa as well.
With Rudolph- Jackson on daddy's shoulders, Shane standing.
Shane and the Big S
Jackson and Santa
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