Getting ready for Christmas!

This years attempt at making gingerbread houses went much better than last years for several reasons. 1) I found pre-made gingerbread (pre-cut and everything!!) at the store, so I didn't have to bake it myself 2) Emily can actually decorate 3) the candy (decoration) options were much better this year 4) it was actually enjoyable. Here are some pictures.

Em contemplating what to do next.


Emily getting some of the"glue" off of the knife.


Emily Decorating


Most of the candy didn't make it to the house.


Emily carefully putting the Smarties on the roof of her house.



Our finished Houses. Emily's is on the right and mine on the left.



I tried to get a good picture of the 3 kids for Christmas/New Year cards, but they didn't co-operate very well. I did get a couple cute ones though in the few minutes I got out of them.

Emily and Dominic have really cheesy smiles




The finished product! Not quite what I wanted, but with 3 small, very active kids I only got 4 minutes before they wouldn't sit anymore

Let it Snow!!!!

Winter has arrived. One day it was a nice balmy fall day, and the next there was several inches of snow on the ground and it was below freezing. Correction. Not just snow on the ground, but falling blizzard style from the clouds. Here are just some pictures to give you an idea of how much snow we got in 2 days time.

Day 1





Day 2

8 Months

The boys are now 8 months. It is CRAZY how fast they are growing. This is just an update on their stats:

Liam:
8.7 kgs (19.2 lbs) 71 cm (28 inch)

Dominic:
8.5 kgs (18.7 lbs) 71 cm (28 inch)

Both are:
-rolling both ways (L at 4 months, D at 4 1/2)
-army crawling (L at 5 1/2 months, D at 6 1/2)
-eating solid foods (both at 6 months)
-pulling self up to standing (L at 7 1/2 months, D at 8)

Thanksgiving 2009

Just Kidding. We didn't really have Thanksgiving this year. It's an American Holiday that is not celebrated in Switzerland and I'm very THANKFUL that I didn't have to go through the stress of making a huge dinner, decorating, et cetera. But even though we didn't celebrate, we do have a LOT to be thankful for. One of those things is family outings. Didier's job may take him out of town a lot, but usually he is able to take an afternoon (or even a full day) off to spend some time with us. Didier took a day off right before thanksgiving and we all went to the Wild animal park just down the hill from us.
Feeding the Deer


Looking at the wolves

One of the wolves

Emily looking at the bears

One of the bears


The entire herd was following us through the park

Photo Overload

So basically I just downloaded all the pictures off of my camera. They are in order, oldest to newest, with captions. Enjoy!

Emily asks me almost every day if she can paint. I give in about once a week.



Jason's visiting right now (more pictures from his trip at a later date). It's been great having him here. When he first got here, he wanted to see if both of the boys would fit in the baby swing. It worked...sort of





(Fake) Baby Uggs


Happy boys


Spoon wars! Dominic and Liam are constantly fighting over things, and they are only 7 months old!! Here they are fighting over a teaspoon that Emily gave them.


Liam's got it


Dominic's go it




Dominic fell asleep while eating bread. By the time I found the camera, he was awake...


The boys LOVE this new carpet. Liam lay down on it and was asleep with in minutes. Dominic is laughing and having a great time.


Liam asleep


Dominic playing on the floor.


Em playing outside


For Didier's birthday this year, Emily, Didier and I went to the circus! Unfortunately, I forgot that I had my camera while we were outside and didn't get any pictures of the circus people, but I got a couple of Em and Didier before the show started.


Tired girl


I watched my friend Jess' baby boy Aiden the other day. I put all the boys in their carseats, and with in several minutes, all 3 were asleep!!


Em hiding from the camera


There she is


Dominic reading a book


Liam


Liam and Dominic sitting up


Liam waving