October beach house visit

Boys enjoying the play equipment
A flock of rosie spoonbills landed on the bridge behind the house. Neat birds!

Hanging on the hammock with Brayden and Lea

Newest addition...baby girl Sky

Scary picture of me!
Sky getting all the taste of her last cookie off my hand!

Such a pretty girl!

Christmas week

Brayden gassing up at the Children's Museum
"What do you think this button does?"

Festive fireplace. This is the first time we have used in since purchasing the house almost 4 years ago! First winter that has been cold!

Brayden put all of his Handy Manny tools in his lego bus and was driving them around in his tricyle...oh complete with new softie blanket

Pop and Benny relaxing!

Playing Christmas Day

I love this picture of Brayden
Benny cruising on his plasma car

Taking the new bike for a spin. Brayden did great and only crashed once when he rubbed a training wheel on the curb. He is so big!

Brayden's birdhouse

Brayden fishing with the new fishing set

Christmas Morning

This picture is of Brayden's side of the tree. His big items were the Handy Manny workbench and his bike.
Ben saw his train table coming down the stairs and was saying "Choo Choo!" and squirming to get there faster!

Ben also got a farm set and enlisted Pop to help him open it.

Ben playing with the farm

Brayden in his Wild Things pjs with his wild bed head. I believe he constructed a birdhouse.

Late Christmas Eve

Brayden "adding" a few things to our letter to Santa.
Very serious work!

More Christmas Eve

On our way home from looking at the lights, we noticed the church across the street from us had two squares of snow. We had to stop!
Brayden loved it!

Ben was cold, hungry and tired and not so into the snow.

Christmas Eve

Lights in River Oaks

Dr. Seuss visits River Oaks!

Boys helping Pop crush peppermints for peppermint bark

Boys hanging with Mimi

Dec 23....yes Ben is in a t-shirt!

Christmas Train

Brayden was in control of the throttle. Ben would say faster and he push the throttle to the top and the train would derail. Brayden says "slowly, slowly." Perfectly sums up personalities!

S Sweet little goof ball!

Crab leg lunch

Brayden loves crab legs

Ben tried it but wasn't a big fan.