Greeting Card Photo

So I decided to take the boys to Sears and have their pics taken together to hopefully get a nice photo of them to use as a Holiday greeting card. It started out okay, but trying to work with a very stubborn 2 year old does not go so well. I think they ended up wrestling with each other by the end of the session. This first photo is the one we chose to use on the greeting card and then the rest are the other pics that they had taken. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with all the wonderful food and time with friends and family.

Trying to look like a couple of cool dudes

Carter was actually drooling on Riley's face

Tough guys




Carter did not like Riley's arms around his head.

Cute idea, but they had enough by this time and Riley's pants are a little short.

Dinner and Bowling

This past Saturday we got together with my side of the family and went to Braans for dinner and had some fun bowling. We do this at least once a year, without the kids. Its always a guys against girls event. My first game I bowled a 123 and beat all the ladies and 2 of the men. My brother Chad always beats everyone, he had a 168 and my dad is pretty good too. Like I usually do I get worse as I play and the second game I only bowled a 93. I did still beat the ladies, but none of the guys this time.
Otherwise the rest of the weekend was uneventful. We had our usual Sunday night dinner/Desperate Housewives viewing together with a few friends and our children. And now that the snow has begun to fall Riley has been asking to go out, so Im sure I will have pictures soon of there outdoor adventures in the snow.

Just a little update of what our week was like. Nothing to interesting was going on. Riley seems to be enjoying school so far. He is doing really well in his reading and has now started to come home with books that are at his level of reading. He also had grandparents day on Friday and got to show them what he learns in Kindergarten and enjoyed a lunch with them and his cousins in the gym. His real teacher came back this week after having a baby in Aug. so he has had a completely different teacher from the beginning of school. Conferences are coming up at the end of the month, so I will get more info on how hes doing. Then theres my little man Carter who learned on Friday how to climb out of his crib. It was after his nap and I heard this thump..thump... coming down the stairs and it was him! I had him show me how he did it and of course he has continued to do it so we removed the front of his crib to a daybed until we get the boys new twin bed sets b/c they will eventually have to share a room. Hes such a stinker..Riley never learned to climb out of his crib! I really was enjoying the weather this past week too and am sad that it is now raining/snowing. We got in lots of outdoor play time before we end up stuck in the house for the winter and they all drive me crazy :) Oh well we all knew it would eventually get cold and yucky.

Batman and the Pirate

Here are a few pics of the boys in their costumes for Halloween.This year we reused our costumes, Riley was a pirate again and Carter was Batman that was worn by Riley a few years ago. The boys had a blast collecting their loot with their cousins and the weather couldn't be more perfect. Carter as Batman

Riley the Pirate