Grandma Dorothy's Birthday

Our attempt at getting all of the kiddos to sit for one picture....

 Ethan and Parker blowing out the candles (and spitting a bit on the cake I'm sure:-)

Brady surrounded by the girls:-)

Typical night at the Cour House

Brady hanging out with some books...

Ethan eating a snack at the table and playing on his Leapster

Brady and his best friend...the vacuum cleaner:-)

And the family room....this is actually only minor damage...Brady can do much worse!

Ethan's Last Day of Indoor Soccer

Getting his medal...

One final team huddle!

 Ethan and his best bud Zac

 Checking out their hardware! 

Ben Nohren's 2nd Birthday Party - Decatur Children's Museum

Tonight we went to Ben's 2nd Birthday Party at the Decatur Children's Museum....Brady woke up sick from his nap so he stayed home with Mimi while Mommy, Daddy and Ethan went to the party. 

One of Ethan's favorite parts of the Museum was the grocery store....go figure!

Ben, the Birthday Boy!!

Ben with his Mama Liz

After the party we all went to dinner at The Beach House in Decatur....all the kids at one table...SCARY!

Ethan, Kai and Kanoa

Ethan's Friends Come Over to Play

Ethan had his friends Andrew and Zac over Saturday night....it was his first time having friends over where it wasn't considered a "Playdate" (i.e. the parents didn't come along).  They had a great time and it was so much fun to watch them interacting and just being boys.

 

Oh the stories they told at dinner....most of them I needed an interpreter for!

School Valentine's Day Parties

Brady and I went to Ethan's Valentine's Day Party at Cathedral (Brady was home "sick" that day....acted like he felt fine but because of daycare's 24 hour policy he was home with me). 

 

 

Brady made himself right at home:-) 

 

We then ran over to First Impressions for Brady's class party....I didn't want him to miss his first school Valentine's Day party!

Valentine's Day Art Project:-)

Ethan putting together his necklace

 

Kailyn and Maddy

Our little artists had a work.

 

The finished projects....BEAUTIFUL!  (I love how the boys (2 on the left) incorporated brown and got quite carried away with the stickers while the girls (2 on the right) stuck with pink an dpurpoe and used minimal stickers. 

 

Ethan's canvas

 

 

Brady didn't do his own canvas....maybe next year....he did have fun hanging out with Kate though.

 

Kisses for Kate:-)

And last but not least is the art project for the adults....with help from the kiddos (Ethan and Brady each did handprints....Brady's are the red and Ethan's the purple).

Lazy Sunday Morning

Ethan and his best friend Zac....donuts on a Saturday morning!