Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Strangest concert ever
Peter, the baritone prodigy (I use that term reeeeeally loosely) gave us a concert when his grandparents and great-grandparents were in town. Who knew his favorite toy would be that old hunk of metal?
Monday, December 19, 2011
Baptism
Peter's birthday weekend also included a baptism!
Peter is in love with the Christmas tree in the church's narthex. I'm in love with Granny Great's awesome purple leather jacket.
Petey cleans up nicely, don'tchathink?
My mom took all the photos that weekend, so I'm finally in some of them! I love this shot of me and my dad.
Is this Charlotte's model pout?
Charlotte was surprisingly chill about the whole water-on-the-head part.
Peter was not as thrilled, but didn't throw a tantrum or anything.
We had quite a crew there that evening for the ceremony.
Afterward, we headed back to the house for a celebratory supper of yummy wintery soups. NanaB showed Charlotte the cake for approval before we cut into it. Charlotte definitely approved.
Peter is a cake fiend. He most certainly approved.
Granny Great and Grandpa Great gave us a beautiful ornament for our tree.
Petey got a special coin handed down through the family.
Grandpa Spike got a nice hat.
And thus began an extended session of "put stuff on people's heads and pretend to sneeze so it falls off." I said it before and I'll say it again -- my dad can get Peter tanked up like no one else can.
TANKED UP!!!!!
Time to switch from a box to a bow.
Whew -- GrandDad finally got Petey calmed down. He loves his new "Cars" storybook that the Chabots gave him for his birthday.
It was a fun party!
Peter is in love with the Christmas tree in the church's narthex. I'm in love with Granny Great's awesome purple leather jacket.
Petey cleans up nicely, don'tchathink?
My mom took all the photos that weekend, so I'm finally in some of them! I love this shot of me and my dad.
Is this Charlotte's model pout?
Charlotte was surprisingly chill about the whole water-on-the-head part.
Peter was not as thrilled, but didn't throw a tantrum or anything.
We had quite a crew there that evening for the ceremony.
Afterward, we headed back to the house for a celebratory supper of yummy wintery soups. NanaB showed Charlotte the cake for approval before we cut into it. Charlotte definitely approved.
Peter is a cake fiend. He most certainly approved.
Granny Great and Grandpa Great gave us a beautiful ornament for our tree.
Petey got a special coin handed down through the family.
Grandpa Spike got a nice hat.
And thus began an extended session of "put stuff on people's heads and pretend to sneeze so it falls off." I said it before and I'll say it again -- my dad can get Peter tanked up like no one else can.
TANKED UP!!!!!
Time to switch from a box to a bow.
Whew -- GrandDad finally got Petey calmed down. He loves his new "Cars" storybook that the Chabots gave him for his birthday.
It was a fun party!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
By popular demand!
Per request, here is Grandpa Spike careening down the waterslide at Peter's birthday party:
Nice form, dad!
Nice form, dad!
Peter's birthday swim party
When Corey first suggested going swimming for Peter's birthday, I thought he was nuts. Swimming in December? But then, I remembered the super cool indoor pool in Murfreesboro that my friend, Kym, took us to last summer. There's a little structure for the kids to climb on that has a tiny tube slide, and then there's a big waterslide for the big kids and adults. The best part is the zero depth entry, which is something Peter always loves whenever we swim at a pool that has one. We were able to rent the whole thing out for an hour for a ridiculously low price, so NanaB, GrandDad, Granny Great, Grandpa Great, Grandma JoJo, and Grandpa Spike all flew in to help us celebrate. I mean, how fun does this look?
Charlotte conquered her initial fears of the little tube slide and then ended up going down it about 400 times in a row.
We invited the Chabots (Kym, Drew, Luke, Odessa, & Gabe) to swim with us. Gabe liked it best when his daddy swung him up in the air.
The little slide may have been more his speed.
GrandDad liked Corey's sliding technique so much, he tried it on the big slide. Like father, like son. I hope I'm not disowned for posting this photo.
Charlotte and Odie are great buddies.
Luke spent the entire swim party careening down the big white slide, so this is one of the few photos we got of his handsome smile. He's getting to be such a big guy!
I must refrain from posting many more photos of the adults, because I'm pretty sure I won't get any Christmas presents if I do. More photos to come of the rest of the weekend's festivities!
There was a little tunnel in the structure that Peter spent the majority of his time in.
He loved charging around all over the place in the shallow water!
Charlotte conquered her initial fears of the little tube slide and then ended up going down it about 400 times in a row.
We invited the Chabots (Kym, Drew, Luke, Odessa, & Gabe) to swim with us. Gabe liked it best when his daddy swung him up in the air.
Corey had a little trouble going down the big slide and got glares from the lifeguard on duty.
The little slide may have been more his speed.
GrandDad liked Corey's sliding technique so much, he tried it on the big slide. Like father, like son. I hope I'm not disowned for posting this photo.
Charlotte and Odie are great buddies.
Luke spent the entire swim party careening down the big white slide, so this is one of the few photos we got of his handsome smile. He's getting to be such a big guy!
I must refrain from posting many more photos of the adults, because I'm pretty sure I won't get any Christmas presents if I do. More photos to come of the rest of the weekend's festivities!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Premature start to Christmas break
Charlotte's last day of preschool before Christmas break was December 8th, and she doesn't return to school until January 5th. Huh? Does she really need a month-long break? And a break from WHAT, exactly? From having ridiculous amounts of fun with her dearly beloved Miss Sally? Sheesh. All the class parents were taken a little by surprise by the length of the break, but we had fun at the class Christmas party last Thursday anyway. Here is my little elf, ready to head to school and party:
But first, she had to give Santa (made for us a few years ago by my Aunt Janet) a big smooch.
Guess who else insisted on having his photo taken?
Charlotte's class party started with pizza and grapes around the lunch table in the classroom. That adults just stood around and watched the kids eat.
Petey (who had eaten at home) happily played with the classroom toys.
But then Petey decided he wanted to eat some popcorn with the big kids. He pulled up his own chair to the table and made himself right at home.
Later, he was playing back at the "station" with the cars, and Chase (one of Charlie Jo's classmates) decided Peter needed to follow the rules and wear the color necklace that corresponds to the station (thus limiting the number of kids in each station because once the necklaces run out, no one else can play at that station). Petey was a little confused, but wore the necklace like a good boy. He does love a good accessory.
At one point, Petey had to be rescued from the boisterous and overenthusiastic big boys. Here, Chase, Tyler, and Braden had put Petey "in jail" and Petey kept repeating "hep Mommy, hep!" ("help Mommy, help!") for goodness knows how long before I realized I should put the camera down and go help him.
Charlotte was beside herself with grief when she realized she didn't get to go back to school for four whole weeks, but I reassured her that we would have a lot of fun in the meantime (starting with Peter's birthday weekend extravaganza -- post coming soon!).
But first, she had to give Santa (made for us a few years ago by my Aunt Janet) a big smooch.
Guess who else insisted on having his photo taken?
Charlotte's class party started with pizza and grapes around the lunch table in the classroom. That adults just stood around and watched the kids eat.
Petey (who had eaten at home) happily played with the classroom toys.
But then Petey decided he wanted to eat some popcorn with the big kids. He pulled up his own chair to the table and made himself right at home.
Later, he was playing back at the "station" with the cars, and Chase (one of Charlie Jo's classmates) decided Peter needed to follow the rules and wear the color necklace that corresponds to the station (thus limiting the number of kids in each station because once the necklaces run out, no one else can play at that station). Petey was a little confused, but wore the necklace like a good boy. He does love a good accessory.
At one point, Petey had to be rescued from the boisterous and overenthusiastic big boys. Here, Chase, Tyler, and Braden had put Petey "in jail" and Petey kept repeating "hep Mommy, hep!" ("help Mommy, help!") for goodness knows how long before I realized I should put the camera down and go help him.
Charlotte was beside herself with grief when she realized she didn't get to go back to school for four whole weeks, but I reassured her that we would have a lot of fun in the meantime (starting with Peter's birthday weekend extravaganza -- post coming soon!).
Time to catch up!
Crikey! I have all sorts of great stuff to post about this past weekend, but I'm still behind on posting the last of the Thanksgiving photos. I absolutely can not miss posting these photos, or else my sister may kill me.
Anyway, the day after Thanksgiving, we drove over to the playground at a nearby elementary school and had a BLAST! Petey had tested out all the equipment when he and I flew up in October, so he showed everyone his favorite slide, shaky bridge, dinosaurs, etc.
Despite barfing all night, Sonia had a good time with her new friend that morning.
We put Sonia in Illinois and Charlotte in Tennessee. Charlotte, of course, decided it was time to dance.
Air Malahowski!
Sonia must have gotten the modeling gene from the Malahowski side, because my kids are definitely lacking that talent.
The shaky bridge was a little slippery without some grandparent assistance.
Here come the monkeys down the slide!
Climb, Sonia, climb!
I'll meet you in the middle, okay?
Sonia was shockingly good at pull-ups. It might have had something to do with her daddy, though.
Grandpa Spike needed rescuing after a particularly harrowing trip down the slide.
I'm pretty sure I have NEVER seen my mother on so many different pieces of playground equipment. There's something about being a grandmother that makes you act like a kid again.
Shouting through the tubes is always a big hit. Sonia, unfortunately, was legitimately scared of the monster that Grandpa Spike told her was in the tube. I'm still not sure if we ever convinced her that there really wasn't a scary creature in there.
Here's Andrew, feeding his daughter to the monster.
I was trying to teach Peter how to be a Jurassic cowboy. He took to it like a natural.
We had left Erin home to sleep while we were at the park (she had been up with Sonia much of the night during the barf-o-rama), but once she saw these pictures she was super jealous she hadn't gone as well. I guess we will need to get back to the Dallas Palace again sometime soon!
Anyway, the day after Thanksgiving, we drove over to the playground at a nearby elementary school and had a BLAST! Petey had tested out all the equipment when he and I flew up in October, so he showed everyone his favorite slide, shaky bridge, dinosaurs, etc.
Despite barfing all night, Sonia had a good time with her new friend that morning.
We put Sonia in Illinois and Charlotte in Tennessee. Charlotte, of course, decided it was time to dance.
Air Malahowski!
Sonia must have gotten the modeling gene from the Malahowski side, because my kids are definitely lacking that talent.
The shaky bridge was a little slippery without some grandparent assistance.
Here come the monkeys down the slide!
Climb, Sonia, climb!
I'll meet you in the middle, okay?
Sonia was shockingly good at pull-ups. It might have had something to do with her daddy, though.
Grandpa Spike needed rescuing after a particularly harrowing trip down the slide.
I'm pretty sure I have NEVER seen my mother on so many different pieces of playground equipment. There's something about being a grandmother that makes you act like a kid again.
Shouting through the tubes is always a big hit. Sonia, unfortunately, was legitimately scared of the monster that Grandpa Spike told her was in the tube. I'm still not sure if we ever convinced her that there really wasn't a scary creature in there.
Here's Andrew, feeding his daughter to the monster.
I was trying to teach Peter how to be a Jurassic cowboy. He took to it like a natural.
We had left Erin home to sleep while we were at the park (she had been up with Sonia much of the night during the barf-o-rama), but once she saw these pictures she was super jealous she hadn't gone as well. I guess we will need to get back to the Dallas Palace again sometime soon!
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