Five Years for the Blog

I just happened to notice five years ago today, I posted my first post on this blog.  It was fun looking back on those first month or two of posts.  Hard to believe that was five years ago and what did I do with my time back then? 

Class Valentines

The newest favorite show in the house is Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Since it's a new show there is nothing out there with the characters on it. Nothing. I found this (I think the only option) on Etsy. So, we got crafty and made our own this year. I think they came out really nicely. Even though Alex was feeling under the weather today he helped me make nearly all 40. Yes, 40. For whatever reason they have two valentine's day parties and if you go both days you have to bring enough for the two classes at his school. For each day, you are allowed to bring one guest. So, I'm going Thursday and Kris is going Friday. Alex is lucky to have parents with flexible work schedules.

Poor Luke

Luke has gone from a week long cold to a week long stomach bug.  This has been his state for awhile now, lots of tears, poor guy. 

Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel

We went over to my mom's house for dinner and brought along one of our favorite Christmas presents, The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game. It's a very cute game, the boys love it.

a winner!

oooowwww!  Margaret got squirrel storm!

New Year's Eve 2013

We were all under the weather for New Years, so we had a party at home.

Theresa didn't mind our germs and joined us (nurses aren't scared of germs)

Happy New Year!

Party games, nothing better than Candyland!

After the kids went to bed, Kris went to get carryout from Gratzi.  It was a pretty good alternative to going out. 

Fingerpainting

Grandma Porter was so nice in giving us wonderfully messy finger paint. It was actually minimally disastrous thanks to Alex's lack of participation for 75% of the time. Either way it made for some great photos.

This doesn't look good, why is he using his hands to paint?

Ahh!  Can't he see I'm trying to keep these paints clean.  He's just getting more and more messy!

So fun!  This is great!

I would love to do this with my food.  I can't believe I'm getting away with this.

Alex decided he wanted to join.  He asked for a brush a few times and then gave in to using his fingers.  I believe it's the first time he has finger painted.  Guess he gave into to peer pressure, wondering why Luke looked like he was having so much fun.

Yikes, messy.

Not so bad.  I have messy hands to show too.

Snow Landscape

I have come to the realization that my boys will soon grow up and I will not have their cute faces to photograph. So, I have decided to take photos of other things and perhaps when the day comes that they run from the camera I will not be so sad. I like how these came out.

Snow, Snow, Snow

The snow fell after Christmas as well. Which has made for a daily activity while daddy has been home this week. Luckily I have a husband that loves to play in the snow as much as a kid. I'm not a fan, too chilly for me.

Luke prefers to go down on his belly.

Underwear Model

I'm pleased to announce that Luke has been completely potty trained at the wonderful age of 31 months.  He has been accident free for the past three weeks.  Way to go Luke!  Therefore the Phibbs household no longer has use for the diaper caddy that has been sitting in our home for the past four years.  It has been wonderful no longer buying diapers. 

Christmas 2012

On Christmas we went to 9am Mass and were amazed that there was not the usual mass crowd. It was quiet a relief. I find the huge Christmas/Easter crowd makes good church behavior very difficult. So, it was a nice beginning to the day. We later went to Kris' moms that morning. We went home for a well needed rest and then to my parents house. I guess I ran out of steam for taking pictures. I only took a few there. I used the other camera this year for video at the various events so I feel like I have it pretty well documented.

Melts my heart :)

The best Christmas presents I could ever ask for.  My sweet boys.  I didn't even have to bribe them to take this!

Daddy face!  This is a really cute game.  He got it from Theresa, but she went shopping in my stash in the basement.  I typically buy the boys birthday presents when all the toys are on sale during the Christmas season.