Apparently Chase is double-jointed

WHO KNEW?!?!?!? Although when I think back to him being a baby I do remember thinking his fingers seemed a little weird. Like, I remember him moving them and them moving in a way that I certainly can't. So now we know!

My little Photographer

I let Tyler loose w/ the camera and literally an hour and 1500 pictures later we looked at all his pictures and some of them were really creative. He had a blast and explained each one to me. There is purpose in each one. I whittled down to these few pics b/c he wanted to put them on our blog. Yes, he knows what a blog is! Kids are so different these days than I was!!!

Sports Class at the YMCA

In an effort to make Tyler love sports wether he wants to or not (sports are basically a religion to Phil) we enrolled him in a sports class. It's a general class that covers every sport you can think of-even bike safety. He had his first class yesterday and he's in love. He kept saying, "This is sooo much better than the soccer class you made me take." Well, that's some cash well wasted... Anyway, so it was great. He did really well and PHil was glad to hear that Ty was the most athletic of the class. The best part was there's a track running all along the top part of the gym that really should be called the geriatric track. The coach took the 6 kiddies up there to run 2 laps and this did not make these "older" people happy. These 2 ladies walked side by side so the kids couldn't pass by them and even scolded a child. I just sat down in the gym laughing. Good times... Some pre-soccer stretching
Dribbling. He really did much better than the other kids which I couldn't help but notice. So sue me!
My dramatic child. After each kick into the goal he very dramatically fell down. He got some good laughs, I just rolled my eyes.
Me trying to be artsy. I really should just give it up.

Cooped up and lovin' it

Since Phil works all the time (curse the accounting career) the kids and I are sort of going nuts...

A WINTRY WONDERLAND

I had to document that NJ indeed gets snow and it's beautiful. I loved how our backyard looked. The kids and I sat by the backdoor for a good 1/2 hour just looking out at the snow on all the limbs of the trees. So now I make you all look at it wether you want to or not!(why this is all underlined I have no clue. It won't go away.)

Tom T. Hall and Tyler

What do you get when you combine Tyler w/ some country music? Check out the video to see.

Let it snow!!!

New Jersey finally decided it was man enough for some snow! We got enough to make snowmen, shovel the driveway (literally the first time we've needed to since we moved in! Our neighbors were surely mocking me with their snowblowers. Don't you think my parents should let us borrow theirs while they live in Alabama?!?!? :)), use our sleds that were collecting dust. It was a fun day w/ the kids and I. (Phil still had to work) We had pancakes, hot chocolate, homemade bread, candy-really the necessities of a snowy day! Good times were had!

Please note that Tyler rolled this snowman himself and inserted all necessary body parts. This is quite the accomplishment for this kid! Not b/c he's not smart but b/c he gets easily frustrated. Chase just patted the snowman the whole time - which was really bugging Ty b/c he thought he shouldn't be hit.