Our Fun Filled Christmas 2008!

Decorating our tree....



...to digging through ornaments....



...with mommy packing on a few pounds... UGH!



Then on to Grandma's for presents and cookie making on Christmas Eve...





To Early Morning Excitement....



... and even a little early morning disappointment....




...then back to excitement and giddiness over fun filled stockings!



....wishing our puppy a Merry Christmas.... (not as gently as one would hope...)



To carting our little brother around....



...after posing for Mommy of course!!



.... and naturally an hour of playdoh so mommy can NAP (really I was watching a 24 hour marathon of The Christmas Story)...




Then on to the Avery's for some fun! (Go Fish with Uncle Scott)



... and some Nintendo Wii with Aunt Tenille...



It was a whirlwind month, one we won't soon forget! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!! And now.... Mommy needs to lose 5 pounds! YUCK. :)

Chase-isms

Typically I write about Wyatt’s ramblings…which are highly entertaining for the most part. However, today’s post will be dedicated to my little (or not so little) Chasey-boo (as Wyatt refers to him). Chase likes to talk. His mommy likes to talk too, so I take it as a good sign that he is following in my wonderful footsteps… most of the time. I am very impressed that he talks as much as he does for a 2 year old. Although, there are definitely moments I wish he WASN’T talking! (ha!) Or maybe wish he didn’t ask so many questions… But alas, he is a mommy’s boy in every way, shape and form. These are some of his words of wisdom.. enjoy! J

I wan do it mysehwff! – Uses this for just about everything, including things which are IMPOSSIBLE for him to do himself. If he’s not using that one, then it’s:

I wan MOMMY DO IT! - He said this one to Aunt Ashley MANY times during her visit. Not nice! Plus, maybe MOMMY DOESN’T WANT TO DO IT! Haha I’m not sure he thinks of that….Shoot kid, if someone else is willing to change your diaper, LET THEM! Don’t hold out for mommy to do it!

You gonna die in the water! This is a bizarre one, .that was used while he was using a ‘toy chainsaw’ to cut off my arm. CLEARLY he’s watching things he should NOT be. Gonna have to police his television viewing a little more.

That kid hurt me! - This was what he used after his nurse (probably about my age) gave him 2 shots last week. To Chase, everyone is a kid. Another example of this one – Ashely was in town with her kids – Once, when Ash had left the room, Chase said: Where dat other one kid go? (yes, Ashley was “dat other one kid”).

I smell stinky. – No, this does not mean HE smells stinky… it means he smells SOMETHING stinky and wants you to find the source. He assumes that it means that someone needs a diaper change…even if they don’t wear diapers!

Hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS, and I’ll post some pics after the big day!

Ginger-Dreb Houses

Okay, So here is the back story. Wyatt somewhere heard about “Gingerdreb Houses” (this is the pronunciation for Wyatt, no matter how many times I correct him) and insisted on making one! So, Marni (my sitter), being as awesome as she is, went ahead and got the stuff to create.

As you can see, Wyatt took this VERY seriously. He took great care when planning his masterpiece and his finished product was fantastic!



Of course, he will NOT eat it. It’s in a see through Tupperware. It came to my house last night, then back to Marni’s house this morning and will end up at Dad’s house tonight. I’m not sure if he’ll insist on taking it BACK to Marni’s tomorrow, but there is a good chance of it. He’s made it VERY clear that this house is NOT to be eaten… Here is his final product (along side Logan's - my sitters son).



Now.. Chase on the other hand… takes after mommy. A little bit chubby, loves his sugar! Haha Anyway… Chase too was very please with this project… although, I think he ate more candy than he actually put on the house.



At any rate… here is Chase’s house, after he had his way with it. I love this kid. He seriously knows what he wants in this life and goes after it whole heartedly.



My boys are AWESOME!

Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey

Okay, so technically, his name is actually Wyatt Peery, but I really felt he was channeling Jack with this one!

Wyatt: Mom, where do you get your ideas?
Mom: Hmmm.. I guess i just get them out of my brain. Where do you get YOUR ideas?
Wyatt: I get the idea that animals are nice.
Mom: Oh really? Where else do you get your ideas?
Wyatt: I keep my ideas at the zoo.

Seriously. This was part of our convo today during the drive home... I was impressed that he asked me where I got my ideas... however, my pride unraveled as he continued....