Here was a little fun time for the boys on a Sunday afternoon. Chase adores Connor and loves when Connor plays with him. I must say, Connor is an awesome big brother and truly enjoys being with Chase, too.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Making Music with Friends
Connor and I had a chance to go to a fun concert at the Kennedy Center called Making Music with Friends. This particular concert was with a string quartet so we learned a lot about the violin, viola and cello, listened to some fun classical music, helped compose a musical piece and even had a chance to play the instruments.
Connor found he really likes the cello.
Christmas decorating
We decided to get a Christmas tree on Lillee's birthday and after the birthday festivities we started decorating the Christmas tree. You can compare how the kids have grown by looking at my blog post about decorating the tree from last year
Lillee adds the first ornament, an angel.
Connor and Lillee worked hard on decorating the tree. Isabel enjoyed that Lillee was not playing with Strawberry Shortcake and decided it would be more fun to play with the new toy than to decorate the tree.
We had to give both girls a chance to put the star on so Bel went first then we took it off and repeated with Lillee.
Even Chase jumped in there....
After we finished decorating Chase started undecorating, again.
Lillee adds the first ornament, an angel.
Connor and Lillee worked hard on decorating the tree. Isabel enjoyed that Lillee was not playing with Strawberry Shortcake and decided it would be more fun to play with the new toy than to decorate the tree.
Isabel did come over to put the star on, though.
We had to give both girls a chance to put the star on so Bel went first then we took it off and repeated with Lillee.
Even Chase jumped in there....
Wait, he's not decorating that tree he's undecorating it!
These are the ornaments that Chase captured and scattered across the floor.
After we finished decorating Chase started undecorating, again.
And after the older kids went to bed, Chase raided the tree again and decided he was ready for bed. If you look close, there is a gingerbread boy at his foot and a candy cane in his hand. What a sweet way to fall asleep :)
Lillee's Birthday Pictures
Sorry it's taken me 4 days to get the pictures unloaded then uploaded. But here they are for your enjoyment!
This is cake #2. Cake #1 was from scratch using a recipe I'd used before, but for some reason it didn't work out this time. So Al charged off to the store and came back with funfetti cake and icing and sparkly pink sprinkles. He even baked the cake :)
This was the scene for the next 3 days; the kids really liked the Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe. There was a lot of whining from Isabel in the beginning, she wanted to play but Lillee just wanted to explore it herself.
This is cake #2. Cake #1 was from scratch using a recipe I'd used before, but for some reason it didn't work out this time. So Al charged off to the store and came back with funfetti cake and icing and sparkly pink sprinkles. He even baked the cake :)
Everyone enjoying the funfetti cake.
Connor and Isabel did a good job staying back and letting Lillee open her presents but you can see the intense interest they had in her opening them.
Grandma got her lots of activity, coloring and reading books. She kept shuffling them to the side to get at the next one.
I made this hat for Lillee, it turned out pretty cute.
This was the scene for the next 3 days; the kids really liked the Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe. There was a lot of whining from Isabel in the beginning, she wanted to play but Lillee just wanted to explore it herself.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Have you ever...
taken a 6 year old boy to The Nutcracker? Let me make a suggestion.
DON'T!
Jane took 5 of her grand kids and I to see The Nutcracker at a local theatre. Now keep in mind, this is not the New York City Ballet by any means...far, far, FAR from it. The adult male performers were well into their senior years with the exception of one man who had a young family so probably in his 30's.
The first Act wasn't so bad, it went quick, the kids were still fresh and after the 1st act there was a 20 minute intermission so we were able to go to the foyer to get snacks. This entertained the kids enough to get us into the 2nd act. However, by the end of the 2nd act, Connor was disappointed to learn that the entire show was ballet...the entire show! He was miserable. We did not go out for the 2nd intermission so for 20 minutes we listened to Connor moan and groan about how much he hated ballet, how miserable he was. 20 minutes, I tell you! Not one second short of 20 minutes!
At the end of the 3rd act I suggested that we had one more intermission and one more act and was he ready for more ballet. He screwed up his faced, then raised his eyes and screamed, "WHAT?" We all got a good chuckle at Connor's expense and exited the theatre with him in a somewhat better mood.
Isabel did a good job sitting still and enjoying the show. She would get excited and call from her seat, "Look, look!" Lillee loved it and being a normal 5 year old girl, talked through the entire thing.
The day was pretty hectic as Al was suppose to watch the baby so I could go with the 3 older kids but he had a call to work. Which was a blessing as work has been slow this time of year so he had to take it. But that left me with less than 24 hours to find a babysitter on Saturday afternoon. As a last resort, Jane offered Ron the option to take my ticket or watch the baby and he responded, "That's an easy decision, I'll watch the baby." HA! I think Ron and Connor have similar feelings about ballet.
DON'T!
Jane took 5 of her grand kids and I to see The Nutcracker at a local theatre. Now keep in mind, this is not the New York City Ballet by any means...far, far, FAR from it. The adult male performers were well into their senior years with the exception of one man who had a young family so probably in his 30's.
The first Act wasn't so bad, it went quick, the kids were still fresh and after the 1st act there was a 20 minute intermission so we were able to go to the foyer to get snacks. This entertained the kids enough to get us into the 2nd act. However, by the end of the 2nd act, Connor was disappointed to learn that the entire show was ballet...the entire show! He was miserable. We did not go out for the 2nd intermission so for 20 minutes we listened to Connor moan and groan about how much he hated ballet, how miserable he was. 20 minutes, I tell you! Not one second short of 20 minutes!
At the end of the 3rd act I suggested that we had one more intermission and one more act and was he ready for more ballet. He screwed up his faced, then raised his eyes and screamed, "WHAT?" We all got a good chuckle at Connor's expense and exited the theatre with him in a somewhat better mood.
Isabel did a good job sitting still and enjoying the show. She would get excited and call from her seat, "Look, look!" Lillee loved it and being a normal 5 year old girl, talked through the entire thing.
The day was pretty hectic as Al was suppose to watch the baby so I could go with the 3 older kids but he had a call to work. Which was a blessing as work has been slow this time of year so he had to take it. But that left me with less than 24 hours to find a babysitter on Saturday afternoon. As a last resort, Jane offered Ron the option to take my ticket or watch the baby and he responded, "That's an easy decision, I'll watch the baby." HA! I think Ron and Connor have similar feelings about ballet.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
