Bike Riding Fun

We took Max to the park today to get him on his bike. He is going to "earn" some Wii time by doing something physical everyday. Today was chose his bike. He also climbed on some dinosaurs and played in the dirt.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks. We are still in our jammies on this Sunday morning relaxing and playing with Max. Max had a great Christmas. Got way too many toys but he's finding ways to be creative with all of them. Among his new prized possessions are Stinky the Garbage Truck, his new pillow Pet (which he has named Bob) and his 2 new costumes (Batman and Spiderman). Here's a few pictures. We are relaxing this last day of the Christmas break, gearing up for swim lessons, school and the anticipated 4th birthday in just 2 weeks! Here's to a healthy, happy 2011! Happy New Year to everyone!

Gingerbread Take 2!

Max was invited to a friend's house on Saturday to make another gingerbread house. This time we used a milk carton and graham crackers. Again, more candy in the mouth than on the house but he had fun decorating and "hanging with the guys".

Winter Wonderland

Friday night our clubhouse hosted a Winter Wonderland complete with train, slide, snow, cupcakes and Santa! The snow turned out to be a soapy mess so we steered clear and immediately Max hit the big slide. He did that over and over until he was too cold and wanted to get a cupcake. After the icing was gone from the cupcake, we headed to ride the train and then back into sit with Santa. He actually walked right up to him and climbed in his lap. He never did tell Santa what he wanted much to Santa's dismay, but hopefully Santa will bring him SOMETHING he wants. It was much too cold and windy to stand out there for very long but I think he had a nice time.

Christmas Party

This morning was Max's Christmas Party at school. For $10, HEB made and constructed the coolest gingerbread houses and had all the icing, candy, coconut (yes, I said coconut and believe me, I took one for the team by messing with that nasty stuff!) Anyway, Max had an absolute blast this morning. I think he was happier that I was focused on him and not running around as "homeroom mom" this time. He would stick a piece on and then eat a piece. He sat across from his best little friend in school Carter. I'm sure Mrs. Fionda has to separate those two periodically. We had a great morning!

Jinglebell 5K Run/Walk

We pulled ourselves out of our warm toasty beds this morning at 6:00 a.m. and headed back down to The Domain for the annual Jinglebell 5K run/walk with the Homburgs. Todd, Dale and Gavin ran it while Erin walked their dog Gus and I pulled a 40 pound kid in a 10 pound wagon! It was freezing cold but the kids seemed to have fun anyway. We promptly headed to Z-Tejas for brunch and coffee.

Christmas at The Domain

The Homburg's came with us last night to The Domain to see the lights, Santa and eat supper. )We attempted to see Santa but the line was too long. Santa will be in our neighborhood next week so we will do it then.)

The boys had fun running around the courtyard, eating their Miso soup and sushi. We topped the night off with a fireworks show above Macy's. A little chilly but the kids had a good time. We got to eat some sushi and drink some sake ourselves so all was good. We are doing the Jinglebell 5k this morning so I'll post pictures on that this afternoon.