Its begining to look alot like...Christmas!

With Christmas just around the corner I wanted to post pictures of our decorating, baking and picture posing all through out these past couple of weeks. We are done decorating and now it is time to relax. Wow, I can't believe I just said that!
-Maartje



Our finished product...Do you like?


Will getting ready to prepare Christmas Sugar Cookies


Frosting Cookies as you can see


All finished! He did a great job making them and eating them. yummy:-)


William the Giggling Reindeer


Jack the Calm Reindeer


The boys with their Santa Claus Pj's


Jack Meets St.Nick

Here's a picture of Jack meeting Santa for the first time. He's actually trying to crack a smile if you look closely. Brother Will on another note, had no intentions on giving Santa a Christmas list this year:) ha ha. He made me promise to give Santa the list from him.

Christmas Party

Hello everyone, I would've added pictures of yesterday's Christmas program but,unfortunately, we took a camera without batteries. I sound unprepared, but Will was not in the mood for pictures anyway. I have one single picture of his eyes rolling backwards because he does not like attention in public. We were still able to record video of Will not singing any of the songs he practiced for weeks. Oh well, he still did great considering some kids barely made it to stage without crying. By the way, I want to share these pictures with you taken today in Will's class room. Hooray!!....school is out for Christmas break. Exactly two weeks from today will be Christmas!!!

smiling extra big when no one is looking:)

Will playing a game of "musical presents" with the boys in his class

Will and his bestfriend Tate from school.
He is very artistic. haha He loves to visit brother at school. Loves the snacks too.

Happy Birthday Will!

Can you believe this picture was taken just three years ago? I can't!

The day has come and gone. Will is now officially four years old, and we are still in disbelief of how fast these years have gone by. We had such a great time today with just our family. Will's Nana and Papa were there, as well as Aunt Amy and Aunt Angie. Will was so happy with his birthday party, cake, and of course gifts that during bedtime he said he did not want his birthday to be over. I guess this is about the time when he begins to remember and looking forward to upcoming birthdays. I added several pictures and would have included a few of Will's baby pictures and first birthday pictures, but they are in our external hard drive, and Adam left it at work.

-Maartje

Will's party theme.

Jack and Will playing right before the party:)

Will loved all the birthday cards he received.

Loving the Nerf gun!

Testing it out.....

Aunt Angie and Aunt Amy's gift to Will. He loves dinosaurs

We love to hug

Will counting the four dollars he received from daddy;)

Papa, Will and Nana cuddling.

Absolutely loved his Transformers cake

His favorite is blowing out the candles

Early Christmas Gift

WoW... It is hard to believe just how quickly Will has grown up this year. Looking back through these past 4 years I start to get nostalgic about everything he has accomplished, survived, and learned. Adam and I will sometimes sit in front of our computer screen and play back all of the videos taken since he was born. We can't help but laugh, aww, and cry at all the things he has done. By far, we are so thankful and grateful to God who has given us this amazing opportunity to be part of their lives. I have to say that with a family like mine I'm truly the blessed one! Will is getting to be such a big boy that he has graduated to a new twin bed. This early gift is from my mom who cannot spend Christmas with us, so she decided she would give Will his first big boy bed. Thanks mom:) it was well needed. As for this week it could not be going by any faster. Will's 4th birthday is coming up on Saturday, and time is going by fast. On a final note, although our year has been busy with Adam's school and work, Will going to pre-k, and Jack becoming a toddler, we have truly found what is most important in our lives.

-Maartje

Adam and Will moving the new bed in.

William getting aquainted with his new bed, and Jack testing the springs.

William the Pilgrim, at his Thanksgiving party in school.

Will, Jack. Jack, Will. Nice to meet you.

Family picture at Nana's.

Two of my favorite boys.

The other favorite boy.

Happy Thanksgiving! By the way, Jack just loves that scarecrow in the background.

Backyard Fun

I took some pictures of the boys playing outside yesterday. Will rode his four wheeler, and Jack cruised in his firetruck. We had so much fun, especially since the mosquitos are out of the picture, and the boys are able to enjoy their outdoor play to the fullest without being attacked! Only one of our smaller trees is shedding its leaves. Even though there are only a few leaves on the ground, it was enough to amuse the boys all afternoon. We'll just have to postpone raking the leaves for a while! So, I guess there is a touch of fall to these wonderful pictures.

-Maartje

Catch me if you can daddy!

We love fall

Jack just cracks me up:)

Jack showing mommy dirt he picked up.

Will holding a crunchy leaf.

Happy Birthday Adam!

We celebrated Adam's 30th birthday at our house on Thursday. Adam wanted finger foods and a Dairy Queen Ice cream birthday cake... which by the way it was "delicious". We all made a dish and ended with so much food similar to a buffet. We had sandwiches, bite size pizza's, nachos & rice, pigs and blanket, and so on. By the way, thank you Mom, Dad, Angie and Amy everything was yummy!! Will and Jack thank you for running laps around the house...you are always the highlight of a party!!:)LOL. Adam had so much fun. To this I want to add how thankful I'm to share moments like these together. I love you Adam, Happy Birthday!
-Maartje

Bulldogs, or Trick or Treat?

We decided to have a party at Nana's and Papa's instead of dressing up and trick or treating. Recently I have been behind on blogging so I'm posting pictures of the boys carving pumpkins and having a party at Nana's. So much for the big party bulldogs! Oh well, there's always next year :) Go DAWGS! So far Jack has been expanding his vocabulary and of course I'm so very proud of him. He seems to be adding a new word each day and he expresses himself very firmly (if you know what I mean). Adam and I are having the time of our lives with Will and Jack. The things they come up with are, well, let me just say funny and silly!! They seem to be becoming best of friends!!
-Maartje

Will getting messy!

Scooping was his favorite

Does the pumpkin look like Jack?

We love cheering for the DAWGS:)

Will loves Aunt Angie!

Family Picture(before the game). Matthew, Cacey & Elijah we miss you!