Ryan, Kaitlyn, and Colin Madden

Thursday, January 13, 2011

bathtime - January 11

My sweet water babies. Thank goodness the two of them love bath time. I have a feeling I am going to have my hands full this summer with the pool!!

play

Kaitlyn and Bricen...

getting locked out of Ryan's room

Jake was LOVING this fire station. Somehow, I see one in his future.

Tuesday playtime at our house. It was so much fun. I don't know why we don't do this more often...

January 10 - Ice, no snow

Jake riding around the back yard

Get ready...

Slide!!

Jake crunching on some ice

Ryan trying some frozen treats!

Pushing the boys down the hill... 1, 2,

3...

GO!!!!

Ryan taking his first trip down the driveway...

He didn't make it very far...

We wised up and got cookie sheets for the next go-around.

Mike's turn...

Straight into the road

Ryan goes again...

and this time with Beth

My turn...

My little "ice" bunnies.

We were supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow...everyone was SURE of it. What did we get -- a trace of snow and a LOT of ICE!!

YUCK!

We still went outside and found a way to have fun, though. We watched Jake and Mr. Tyson trying to slide through the snow in the back yard. The boys took a turn together going down our tiny hill from our yard to theirs. They decided that ice tastes good and had quite a nice time picking out pieces off of the ground to sample. They stomped and crunched all through the ice and enjoyed the noise they made.

Then the adults decided to have a little fun ourselves...what can we use to slide down the driveway? Why, cookie sheets of course!! We had so much fun sliding down our totally ice encrusted driveway over the bump and into the street. More than one of us ended up totally soaking wet! It was a blast. Ryan really got into it. I loved it and went a few times until the last time I busted it over the bump and landed in the slush that we had created in the street. That was enough for me and inside we went to find some dry clothes. All in all, it was a fun hour spent enjoying the ice. Wish we were Atlanta or Columbia - They still had some snow a WEEK LATER!!

January 10, 2011

Did I mention that Kaitlyn has started crawling!!!

January 8, 2011

Oh, Man!! How did this happen? When did she get big enough to crawl?? Time is flying by and here, my baby, is starting to crawl!! Ugh, there go my peaceful breakfast times!! There will be no more sitting for me when she starts doing this in earnest...ugh!

Sidenote - these last 2 pics were taken by ryan...not bad for an almost 3 year old!

My South Carolina Babies!

Mimi and Doc's!

Oh, oh, oh...what is this we are getting...

A Rock and Roll star!!! (aka a guitar)

Ryan was so excited about this gift he could hardly stand it. He loves our neighbors, Jake, and just had to have one for his very own. He sings and dances around the house every chance he gets...somehow, though, with or genes, I don't see him in any kind of band as a profession!!

We arrived at Diane's to find Weston on the road with his new dirt bike. So, of course we had to immediately get out and show off Ryan's new bike. They took a few tours around the driveway. Diane's is a tradition that started out being on Christmas day, but for us has turned out being a few days after Christmas. It is fun to get together with extended family and hang out for an afternoon. Ryan loves it!! Dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, trampolines, tree house, a pool...what more could someone ask for at their house?? It is like a little kids dream center!!

Anyway, all of us were there and we had a lot of fun.