Breakfast With Santa

On Thursday, Little Tad's school hosted a breakfast with Santa. Tad was even able to come join us for breakfast.
Tad once again didn't trust Santa, so we all ended up in the picture.

Liam was brave enough to sit alone with Santa. We couldn't really get him to look at the camera since he was distracted by Santa's beard.

Tad made a shirt at school to wear to the breakfast. It is a reindeer from his footprint and two handprints. The reindeer did have eyeballs, but someone pulled them off.

New Playhouse

After months of searching for a used playhouse, we finally bought one from an ad in the paper. It wasn't as big as I wanted, but I figured I better nab it since these things are so hot. I wasn't up to paying full price, so we'll take what we can get.

I also found a slide for free on the side of the road so I loaded that on up for the backyard. We also have another climber/slide combo and a swing for Tad, so he is having lots of fun in the backyard!!

Zoolight Safari

This past weekend we met some friends at Zoolight Safari. They decorate the zoo with tons of holiday lights and have different activities for the kids.

Tad is not keen on forced pictures lately. Yes, his hands are painfully red because he refuses to wear mittens or allow a blanket to be put over his hands.

Sometimes Christmas trees are used for different purposes - yummy..........

Afterwards we did some fine dining at Wendy's, and Tad gave his friend Anna a hug before we left. Yes, the days of waiting in nicer restaurants are over for now.

Birthday Party and Playing Together

A cute thing at Tad's age is they start making friends. It is cute when his little friends come up and say "Hey Tad and Hey Mrs. Erin." So one of his classmates Miriam invited him to her 2nd birthday party. It only took an area with lots of balls to win him.
This is just a cute picture of Tad and Liam playing together. It is neat to see them interacting more and more.

Santa!!

Last week we went to see Santa with our dear friend Lisa Freeman. She worked in our store, and has become a great friend. She treated us to a day at the Galleria complete with a visit to Santa, a ride on the carousel, lunch and picking out a toy at the toy store. We started with a picture with Santa. Tad didn't like Santa last year and that didn't change this year. So I ended up in the picture to keep the peace. Santa actually hid behind the bench and when we were all settled he got the go ahead to stand up. Tad had no idea that Santa was right behind him. At least you can still fool them at this age. However I did feel a little bad after seeing the kids in front of us and behind us screaming about sitting in Santa's lap. The things we make our kids do, but guess what - we'll do it again next year.

This was also the first time Tad and Liam rode a carousel. Tad would not get on the reindeer so I had to hold him. I am sure next year I probably won't be able to get him off of it. Lisa is on the left side of the picture holding Liam in the sleigh.

At the toy store we picked out a tool set for him since he is always trying to help his dad out with our home projects.

Liam's On The Move

Liam has been practicing for several weeks, but he has truly mastered the skill of crawling. It goes to show how every child is different because Tad didn't even try to start crawling for another 3 months. However he has Liam beat in the walker category. Poor Liam just doesn't get the idea of the walker. Tad was flying around our house in his walker and would even look over his shoulder to back up. Here's some pictures of Liam crawling.

Thanksgiving at The Kings

This year we had Thanksgiving lunch and dinner at my parent's house. This was Liam's first Thanksgiving, but he wasn't big enough to dine on any Thanksgiving treats yet. Tad is big enough, but he is not an adventurous eater. My sister's inlaws family also joined us so we had a full house.
Tad played on the computer with big bird after lunch.


On Saturday we watched the Alabama/Auburn football game with family. Liam was beat after the game and took a little nap. Roll Tide!!

A Tribute to the Camry

This past week we sold the '93 Camry with about 186k for the grand sum of $1250. At least it was a little portion to compensate for the new Yukon. Tad and I were reminiscing about the old gal. Tad bought her in 1998 in Massachusetts. Tad's parents drove her south while Tad and I drove my car back from college in Vermont in '99. She was the "good car" for awhile until we bought the Montero. We never had many problems out of her except the persistent oil leak. However several quarts of oil added over 5 years was a lot cheaper than the $900 oil leak fix. A mechanic bought her, so I am sure she will be well cared for. Here's to you Camry! You served us well!!

Girlfriends and the McWane Center

The days that Tad is not is school we always try to go somewhere. Some days it is just the grocery store, but we have a membership to the McWane Center which is a science museum for kids. Last week we went with our friend Sarah and her daughter Julia. Tad and Julia loved looking at the train exhibit.


They have an area that is called "Just Mice Size" that is all fenced in and is only for children in kindergarten and under. The have a water table for the kids to play in, with toys and a little waterfall. On Monday we went back to the McWane Center with Tad's friend Anna and her mom Sarah. Tad didn't have school this week for Thanksgiving break. She introduced Tad to the sand table. He played for awhile but does not concentrate on one activity for long periods of time. Thank goodness for this double stroller that our friends bought when we had Liam. It is huge, but it has been a lifesaver!!

First Time User

In an attempt to keep everyone up to date on our family, I am creating a blog. Hopefully we will be interesting enough to entertain you guys over the years to come!! So let's see how Little Tad and Baby Liam grow!