Happy New Year 2011

We had a practice 2011 countdown with the boys, celebrating Chilean midnight (7pm). The boys popped confetti poppers and yelled happy new year. Then we had a sparkling cider toast.

We wish you all a very happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!

More Crafts

Alex and Zachary really enjoying doing craft projects. I wonder where they got that? (wink wink)

Snowmen

Working with their new watercolor books.

Handprints.

We also made larger plaques, with both boys' handprints on the same one. But they were gifts, and after I picked up the finished plaques, I was worried about mailing times, and wrapped and mailed them without taking a picture. (Maybe someone will send us a picture...)

Lawrence Hall

We spent the day at the Lawrence Hall of Science with friends. They boys enjoyed playing the math games, even if they were making up their own rules. The hall is featuring Scream Machines, and there was an area where kids could make their own roller coaster tracks and then send a ball down them. Around that area, there were a bunch of pre-designed roller coaster tracks, with different angles and loops. Each one had an objective that required a mathy answer, for instance, trying to determine how much speed would send the ball flying off. While they enjoyed experimenting with all of these, I wasn't able to capture them in action. I did however get this picture of their friends trying it out.

Overheard

Alex had to have a preventative filling on one of his teeth. He did an amazing job of enduring the procedure. The dentist did an amazing job of explaining in silly terms what was happening. At one point she was talking about putting a star on his tooth, and from under the counter Zachary could be heard singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". The dentist then started to sing with him.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

The boys are already having trouble sleeping on Christmas Eve, and they already get up pretty early. What is in store for us next year?
Here is the calm before the boys were released.As they came down the stairs, they stopped at the landing to see all the presents and then came running down to open up their stockings.


They had fun sitting in their new chairs, and we've been moving them from room to room depending on our activity.Zachary is auditioning for a new position.And of course, the after picture. I'm not sure how or why everything became piled in the middle.

Looking Festive

Here's a look at the festive decorations at the Prather house.

Penguin!

Santa is almost down the chimney!Kid art and holiday cards.

The tree is almost ready to go.

Special Visitor

It's a good thing we had the cookies decorated and ready to go, since Santa made an advance stop at our house tonight! He and his elf just showed up on our doorstep with presents for the boys.
Zachary was still feeling a bit skeptical, but did enjoy the visit.
Santa brought them the perfect gift. Pillow Pets!