Photo by Daddy

I took my mom and auntie to Wicked for Christmas, so that meant Dad was on duty! The boys crashed their Komo's house for a while and then came home to play. Han loves any opportunity to have the boys pose for pictures. He asked them (OK, MADE them) put on a "nice" shirt. Before they put on the ones seen here, Tyler pulled out his preschool field trip t-shirt and demanded that it was a nice shirt! Finally, they agreed on these cute plaid button downs and flashed their handsome smiles, all to make Daddy happy. What sports!

The Newest Snowboarder!

Aidan absolutely loved snowboarding! So much so, that he spent the entire day doing just that! After he would come down the hill he would yell to me, "I get to do it again!" He's eager to get back on the slopes, but next time wants to get on the lifts! You go boy!

I love his smile at the end

SNOW DAY!!!!

We took off to Dodge Ridge with the Woos bright and early, well dark and early as the sun had not yet risen on Saturday! We made great time and arrived right as DR opened. We enrolled Aidan in an all day snow boarding lesson. What about Tyler you ask? Ummm, he informed me that he didn't need to take any lessons because he already knows how to do it! He was happy making snowballs and mini snowmen. I'm hoping to get him on a board in a few weeks when we go to Tahoe, because I know he'll pick it up quickly.

This devious smile courtesy of a big snowball in his Nuna's back!

can you tell Tyler is getting tired of being at the snow?

taking a breather

Tyler was content playing his DSi while we watched his brother carve up the bunny slope

best cousins ever!

what a day, let's go home!

Happy Birthday Han Cho!

We celebrated Han's birthday (yep, he's a New Years Baby) by visiting our local donut shop for a quick breakfast bite. We then headed to the Japanese Gardens in Hayward for a little stroll. It was quiet and serene until we arrived...Tyler and Aidan began climbing, yelling, rolling around on their Heelys until they finally started complaining about being STARVED! Lucky for us, they did allow a few snaps of our time in this beautiful little space.

love Aidan's face...

deep. thoughts.

We finished our adventure with a yummy lunch at Sushi Monster in Belmont. Hope you had a wonderful birthday Mr. Cho!

Santa Was Here

Christmas morning arrived and we were visited by the big man himself and his reindeer too! The boys were so surprised to see that Santa had left a note which included Rudolph's signature! They made out like little bandits, no surprise there. After all their loot had been spread out for proper examination Aidan turns to me and says, "Mom, there is no way you are Santa. You couldn't afford all this stuff!!!" Love!

I'm still trying to learn how to edit the boys and their reaction video, will post that once I have figured it out.

Christmas Eve BINGO and S'mores

We had a nice dinner on Christmas Eve here at home after a loooonngg day of last minute shopping. Luckily for me (and my guests), my mom did all the cooking, all I had to do was provide the house. Aidan and Tyler were bubbling with anticipation to open presents, and were relentless with their asking which turned to whining, which turned to pleading, which turned to begging. FINALLY, they were allowed to open 1 (okay 4!). One was a shared gift; a BINGO game! We all gathered around, collected our quarters (oh yeah, we play for money!) and sat down to some friendly gaming.

Aidan was really good at calling the numbers

So nice to see Steph all the way from NYC, and Trina home from EL LAY!

Tyler gave it a shot too, and kept confusing us with his transposition of numbers: B-41, oops, I mean B-14! haha :)

Then we made some fireplace s'mores, they were finger lickin' good!

get ready s'more, you're about to be eaten!

delish!

When I finally got Tyler to bed after much explaining about Santa not being able to deliver presents if he is awake, etc., etc., he declares, "I really liked this day, Mom." Well that's what it's all about now isn't it...

Aidan's (The Pro) Holiday Performance

Aidan performed his holiday program last week with the rest of the 2nd grade classes. He has no problem getting up and singing nowadays. He's a pro! He was sandwiched in between two chatty girls, one who was talking pretty much non-stop the entire time!

eagerly waiting for big brother to start!

Aidan and Justin

One proud Lola