Donuts, books, and a "broken" elbow

Wyatt had his first powdered donut recently! He thought it was SUUUPER yummy! We loved that it kept him busy in his highchair for a few minutes (just being honest... don't we all need 5 minutes of quiet kid time to unload/reload the dishwasher!!)  Wyatt also feels the need to have a spoon with every meal... and not the spoon you are using to feed him.  He is pretty independent.. He likes to feed himself! :)

After donuts... it was bath time.. and after bath time.. it was read books time! Caydin loves to look at books with Wyatt but gets frustrated when Wyatt tries to turn the page too soon or walks/crawls/sits on the page he is trying to read.  I don't blame him!

After Wyatt goes to bed, Caydin gets a chore to do - he usually likes to claim the swiffer as his chore but really he is just expected to clean up/put away his toys! On this day, he swiffered the floor with a broken elbow.  Now thats dedication!

It didn't take long...

...for Wyatt to master the new playset outside.  The first few days we had it, he needed help getting up and down and didn't know how to slide by himself.  Now, he can climb the stairs and slide down both slides by himself!  We don't feel the need to be right next to him when he is outside on the porch either!  It's so nice to sit back and watch the boys interact together!

Scooter Dude!

Caydin loves his scooter!

Wyatt loves it even more (especially if Caydin is currently on the scooter...)

Apparently, Wyatt has been studying the art of scootering because one day, I caught him actually moving on it through the kitchen!

You Rock Wy-Man!

Loving the Florida weather!

We are in the middle of a very WARM winter!

I'm not complaining! I would rather it be hot and sunny than cold ANYDAY!

The boys LOVE to be outside so warm, sunny weather is what we hope for every morning!

We had some fun outside riding bikes and scooters when cousin Jay was here a few weeks ago!

 

Insta-update!

We love ice cream!

 

Daddy loves to make his hair even longer! :)

Caydin told me that construction workers keep their pencils on their ears so he needed to practice that too while doing his school work!

Caydin spent the day with Grandma.  He decorated his playhouse with "christmas lights".  He was so excited to show me when I came to pick him up!

He also wishes everyone he sees a "Happy New Year" ... some 12 days after the New Year! (I guess there really isn't a timeline for how long you can wish people a Happy New Year... so rock on little man!)

Caydin said we needed to practice our sight words.  He was the teacher.  I was the student. 

Color Run baby! :) 

Family Christmas!

We waited until Saturday when everyone could come to Orlando to celebrate Christmas with the family! We were able to celebrate with Uncle Jay, Auntie Jen, little Jay, and Jen's parents Jane and Ray.  Aunt Tee-tee and her unborn baby came!  Elyse came also! Uncle Josh was there too!  Oh, and we can't forgot Grandma and Grandpa! We had a full house!  Christmas has definitely gotten more and more interesting over the years!  Before the kids were born, we really didn't do too much on Christmas day.  I remember wearing my new sleep pants to a movie theater one Christmas night! :)

Now the kids run the show!

This year, we did things alittle differently and I think it worked out great!  We did a Secret Santa gift where we picked names out of a bowl and had to buy a gift for that person.  We also did a White Elephant gift for the adults.  My first gift was a digital photo frame but that was stolen by Katie.  HA! Then I picked the cotton candy machine but that was stolen too! I ended up stealing a cake pop machine! HA!

 

After a great dinner, the little boys headed to the bathtub! We forgot to take pictures before the bath but oh well! So we got family pictures done with the little guys in jammies! That's life I suppose!

 

Celebrating Uncle Josh and Uncle Jay!

Uncle Josh and Uncle Jay both have Decemeber birthdays!  We were excited to have them both here to celebrate their birthday's when we celebrated our family Christmas this year!  Uncle Jay got a carrot cake and Uncle Josh got a cake with LOTS of frosting... (even though he requested a cake with not a lot of frosting!)  I love the picture of them blowing out the candles.  Caydin did a great job of helping!

 After cake time, it was time for the babies to do some cleaning!

Our floor has never looked so clean! HA!