Merry Christmas to All!

Santa!

How did we get Blake to smile this year? We reminded him the Man in Red will bring him T.O.Y.S!!! Worked like a charm...

We Three Kings

Adorable enough, Coby's preschool put on a Christmas play this morning and our little Coby had a speaking part. He was the First of the 3 Kings and his line was "Where is the one born King of the Jews?" He did excellent and I have it on video, but of course the "Blogger" won't allow me to upload it. Maybe the file is too big, but I will continue to try. Below are some of the actual pictures I was able to get when not video-taping. Don't you just love his pimpin' hat????

On the projection screen they flashed pictures of the kids

here is Coby & his friend Indiana

Coby is on the left
Adjusting his costume

Fa La La La Laaaa!!!

The PK4 class singing Feliz Navidad

All hail King Coby

Cute, huh?

Best Tree Ever!

For best Christmas Tree ever goes to the Digirolamo's!!!!!!! Why ours, you ask? Well simply because every ornament on the tree is handmade with love by the sweet little hands of Coby & Blake! (and Mommy's of course to help) It was the rule for our tree this year and by far I think it is the best one we've ever had. My thumbs were blistered for just a few days stringing the popcorn, and paint sure has ruined a few sets of kid clothes, but in the end it all paid off and I think Santa will be very happy. Take a look and see for yourself...

Ta-Da!

Snowman Ornament &

Hand-Strung Popcorn

Paper Garland and Handpainted Santa's

Handpainted Penguins and more

Popcorn & Paper Garland

Gingerbread Men, Reindeer & Snowflakes

Our Handmade Angel Tree Topper

Smiley face included

Turkey Time!

So you would think at Thanksgiving you are eating, turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, corn and all yummy veggies. But not for the kids! They got stuffed on cake and cookies instead! They were bouncing (literally, since my brother had a bounce house set up for the kids) yes, bouncing off the walls with all of the sugar the inhaled that day! But we sure did have a great day with the family. Happy Thanksgiving!

The kids' cookie bouquet

each pilgrim had their names on it

Oh yes, and of course,

Coby & I made the turkey cupcakes!

Aren't they cute?!?!

Blake, Coby and Sydney admiring the treats
Blake ready for some turkey... the cupcake kind!

Coby wants in for the picture, too.

YUMMY!

Mmm, Delicioso!

Now that's the first time I think

I've seen Blake smile that BIG!

And here's what happens when you forget your camera at the host's house...

Candid's of my sister and sister-in-law

And Sydney smiling SOOOO big with the teeth she has left :)

Girls Night

I had a great time out on the town with my mom and sister at one of my favorie waterfront restaurants, Bimini Boatyard. So pretty and the weather was great that evening!

The Karate Kid

As you can see, Coby is now attending karate classes. He goes 3 times a week and absolutely LOVES it. He practices all of the time (thankfully, not on his brother). he has been using the old crib mattress as his "punching bag" and practicing all of his kicks and punches. It is so cute to watch him when it comes time to sparring. I will try to get a few pictures of him in his class one of these days. In the meantime, here he is in his fighter stance. (Notice the serious face)

Happy Halloween!

Wow, I have been slacking on the blog! Here are pics from Halloween...

Showing off their newly carved pumpkins

Decorating cookies at a Halloween party
Blake gets help decorating his cookie

Batman & X-Man Wolverine

AKA Blake & Coby

Mummy Hot Dogs for dinner

Our pumpkins!

First House!

Chocolate!

Trick-Or-Treat!

Blake can't get enough of his chocolate!

He won't even pose for a picture!

Uncle Grant (Geico Money Man), Batman Blake,

X Man Coby & Angel Zoey... where's Syd?

Hooray! Candy!!!

Still checking out the chocolate

Coby ran into his friend, Tommy (AKA Spiderman!)

And then the Candy Fairy came and took the candy

while we were asleep and left a toy & $$$MONEY$$$!

Ladybugs Galore

We went to a Ladybug Release today and could not believe that they were everywhere! As we waited for the ladybugs to make their grand entrance, we played with the existing ones in the nature trail area. I kid you not, they were everywhere, I had the heebie jeebies the entire time. But of course the boys loved it. So I had to stay! We even managed to keep one... until he flew away... he's somewhere in my car...

Coby showing off the ladybug on a stick

Ladybug crawling on my foot
Ladybug on Coby's arm

Hey, what's up, Ladybug?

Coby just received his handful of ladybugs

to "release" into the environment

Starting to release them but

they don't want to leave him!

Blake's handful