Things That make Daniel Laugh #14

When I say "beep beep" after he honks the horn on his big blue car. :) As we were on a walk today he must have laughed at this 25 times...maybe more!

I do not have a current big blue car picture, so this one is from Halloween and at least you get to see the big blue car. :)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #13

Shaking the laundry. He thought this was soooooo funny last night.

Merry Christmas!!

I cannot even tell how thankful we are to be HOME this Christmas!! Merry Christmas!

Things That make Daniel Laugh #12

The puppy sound as he turns the pages of his new Christmas book. A video of this will be coming soon...:-)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #11

Throwing his light up shoes on the ground and watching them "light up". I took a video of it and will have to post it later. This had us all laughing today!

Things That make Daniel Laugh #10

Tonight it was simply saying "ho, ho, ho"! He thought this was hilarious. :)

Gingerbread House

Making a gingerbread house is a definite Christmas tradition at our home. But can I let you in on a little secret? There is not one thing I enjoy about putting it together...that is outside of the excitement of my kids...which is the ONLY reason I continue to do this year after year. Truly baking is not my thing. I love to cook...I love to decorate...I love crafty things...so one might think this would be right up my alley. Nope. Not at all. But watching the excitement of my kids is...so it is worth working with the frosting and dealing with the mess. :) And I do like the end result...


And here are a couple of pictures of the process...lot's of candy and frosting eating involved...




The Final Product...



And one final picture including Daniel when he woke up from his nap...


Project accomplished...until next year!! It can take its "sweet" time getting here too...

:-)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #9

At lunch today when I said "roar, roar, roar" as I wiped off his face. :-)

The Day Daniel Came Home

I have been slow to upload photos...and have yet to sift through all of our photos from Disney World...but rest assured a video will be coming in the near future! :-) As I have started the process, I came across this photo from two weeks ago when Daniel came home from the hospital...


Love these kids. And I love when they are all together. I also love that Daniel is in the "squint and close your eyes whenever you see a camera phase of life". His big brother Sam went through the same phase when he was this age. :) It is fun to see different characteristics from my older kids show up in the younger ones. Daniel truly has a little something from everybody.

Things That make Daniel Laugh #8

The steering wheel spinning at the playground near our home. Every time he spun it he giggled.

Things That make Daniel Laugh #7

When I asked him..."Do you wanna go for a boat ride?" Over and over this made him belly laugh. :-) Seriously, you just never know with him...and I LOVE that!

Things That make Daniel Laugh #6

Tonight I was holding him as I shook the can of PediaSure that I was going to feed him and he belly laughed every time I did. This of course made me laugh. And then my (very quiet) laugh made my girls come down and tell me that all our laughing was keeping them awake. :)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #5

Tonight when I said "hello, hello, Hell0000" as he was playing with his toy phone in the door of the laundry room. :) Nothing new, but tonight it made him belly laugh. :)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #4

Today it was the sound of velcro separating when I changed his backpack. I just seriously never know what sound...look...noise might make him belly laugh. :)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #3

Tonight when I told him he could "splashy, splashy, splashy" in the bathy when he woke up. Okay I said Wokey-upy too. :-) But the "splashy, splashy splashy" is what made him laugh. :)

Things That make Daniel Laugh #2

Today it is the "piggy noise" on his Little People Barn. As I am getting ready to start dinner I hear Daniel hitting the "button" and belly laughing in response to the piggy sound. Again so sweet. I do not think that there is a sweeter sound than a child's laugh.

Things That make Daniel Laugh #1

Today it was anytime I said "Num, Num." So sweet.

Christmas Tradition?

For the second year in a row I took my big boys on a special Christmas date. We went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra. This is an amazing show that puts fire, fireworks, lasers, and a rock twist to traditional Christmas songs and songs of their own...something my boys love!! I have always loved one of their Christmas CD's called "Christmas Eve", so the first time I attended this concert it was a real treat...and continues to be!! I am not sure if this is something we will do year after year or not. There were some things that bothered me in the second half this year, so the jury's still out on whether this will be a long standing Christmas tradition. Regardless we had a super fun time together at the concert...the special effects really are amazing!

After the concert, Sam took us out to eat at Five Guys Burgers and Fries at the Galleria...

Our attempt at a self portrait...

Sam added jalapenos and hot sauce to his two patty wonder burger. Drew and I couldn't help but laugh when he ate his first jalapeno...fresh and still loaded with seeds...his cheeks flushed, then turned red, eyes watered and he reached for water!! I guess it was a hot one!! The only thing missing was steam coming out of his ears! :-)

We stopped at the Five Guys at the Galleria, so we were able to see our favorite Christmas tree as well.

We hope to bring the whole family back to see this beautiful tree soon!

Thanks boys for a fun date! And thank you Sam for the yummy dinner! Love you boys!