Little Engineers

Last Summer when she and Ranie visited, Grandma Sam brought engineer overalls and engineer hats for both kids. They were pretty big at the time, but the kids seem to be loving them now. Katie asks to wear her "Granpa pants" and loves her pink hat. Josh just likes to go along with her and they have a great time dressed up like Grandpa.

Also - Daddy wanted to play with Josh's Birthday present. Yep, Josh chose it himself...he wanted to be...well, you'll see.

A 4th Birthday

Yep - a boy around here turned the big #4!!!! No party, cause we're recluses like that, but we skyped with Abuela y Abuelo and ate cupcakes. The kids had a blast and we even wore party hats.

More White Stuff

We got more snow! I think this is the most we've seen since we moved here and it stuck around awhile. All of the snow you see here appeared in about 24 hours. The last 2 or 3 pictures are the next day after it had snowed all night. Yep, life in Nashville shut down.

I didn't want to just make a long list of pictures, so I fiddled and created a slideshow. No music, so if you feel a need for a soundtrack, click Play on the music player to your right. Enjoy!

The Outfit Grandma Bought

Here is a post dedicated to Grandma Sam, who bought Katie and outfit "just because" and sent it cause it was cute. Here are the pictures we promised:

First, please note the sparkly, blue shoes. No, this isn't a great shot, but it's the best I can do (I promise they are very glittery). Also, notice the jealous boy with a mohawk trying to edge his way into the center-of-attention. He was wearing half-pajamas, half normal clothes and old, battered, orange crocks. The height of fashion.

Next, let's check out the awesome embroidery on the legs of these pants. Very chic.

Notice the Frankenstein-esque pose of the model.

Again - some boy who wanted in the photos and caused this photo-shoot to turn into some sort of monster-mash. Oh yes, he's put a shirt on over his pajama-shirt.

And finally, the adorable cuteness that are my kids. Yay.

Snow! ...well, a sprinkling

The kids played in our first snow of the year! They loved it, and Katie ran around until she got cold. Josh played with Sarge (see video) and enjoyed every minute of it.

oh yeah, blame Miguel for Katie's dirty face.

Abuelita's Visit

Okay, so there won't be any actual pictures of Grandma...There will be pictures of kids doing silly things FOR Grandma and cuting up for Grandma. Also pictures of kids in pajamas purchased by Grandma. Yay for Grandmas!!!!

New Year's Eve

Just like last year, we had our own little party. I busted out the hats and noisemakers and we seriously considered using the fireworks we purchased last July (and never used due to RAIN). We decided against it, but had cute kids in cute pictures anyway.

Then the noisemakers were used as weapons.

We've already used the fireplace a number of times this year. We had a nice fire and the kids stayed up until 11 pm. Low key and nice. I hope this is how the year will be.