Two Cuties Singing Just For You Mom!

It is my mom's birthday on December 30th and I was delighted with how sweetly Tobiah and Asher sang her the birthday song in the following clip.




Mom, you are very loved in this household! I hope you have a fantastic day. Wish we could be with you, but we will be celebrating you and your wonderfulness across the miles!

Asher Saying Happy Thanksgiving

Red and Yellow and Orange and Brown...

Enjoy a video clip of Toby (front row in yellow) singing with his classmates during their preschool Thanksgiving program. It was extra special for us because last year he developed a terrible fear of the stage and church sanctuary at the preschool. He had a really hard time during practices and bravely survived the program. So this year it was fun to have him in the front row, singing and enjoying himself!! We had not talked about his fears last year because I didn't want to put any ideas in his head but this morning he brought it up. I asked him why he was afraid last year and not this year and he chalked it up to the fact that he is now 5, and that was long, long ago when he was only 4. Kids are unpredictable!

Happy 65th Birthday Dad!

My dad happens to be in Brazil today, on his birthday. We were thinking about him and celebrating his life, which in turn gave me life, and now Tim and I have two boys to show for it! Speaking of those two boys, here they are below sending Grandpa their birthday wishes. Asher was a bit camera shy. We love you dad!

Creative Play...Compliments of Costco

Costco boxes have always been a source of fun for our boys, but more recently they have found that the big packages of diapers are even more of a blast! Toby uses them as surfboards or to slide down the stairs. Here is a video clip of Asher after a recent trip to Costco. Toby was at preschool, so Asher got the diapers all to himself!

Happy Birthday Papa!

Our area is having some warm weather, so it inspired us to wash the car and truck this afternoon, with the boys "helping". Tobiah loves spraying with the hose and it made us smile when he got talking, and listed his Papa as one of the people that he is allowed to get wet with the hose during car washing. He was remembering when his Papa and Nana (Tim's parents) helped us wash the car and truck when they visited last year. Daddy is also on that list of people who Toby can get wet, but Mommy definitely is not! :)

We wanted to wish Papa a very Happy Birthday today!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Mama, Dada, Ya...

I think Asher is confused. By now we would expect him to be saying his brother's name, but so far the best we get is, "Ya." He hears us call him Tobiah, Toby, or refer to him as brother...so possibly he just can't figure out which name to use? Toby's little friend Katie used to call him "Biah" when she was Asher's age, and we liked it, so we've been trying to encourage that. All this to say,we are excited to hear what he finally decides to call his big brother, who he works so very hard to keep up with and imitate!

Toby, on the other hand, quite often calls Asher, "Ash". He will say, "Look at this, Ash!" and Asher will obligingly reply, "Wow!" They are a fun pair. Soon we will be making the big step to putting them in the same room, so we'll keep you updated on that...

If you watched the video, Toby wasn't too hurt there at the end. :)