Somone is getting Big!!!

Benjamin is getting so big so fast, here are a couple images of our growing Peanut!!

A Whole Hand!!!

This year Jack turned 5... A WHOLE HAND... I am not sure how that happened so quickly but sure enough we officially have a big boy in our midst. Due to all of the craziness with the Christmas and New Year's holiday we decided to have a birthday party for Jack in January. We celebrated on Jack's actual birthday by going to the bounce house and then having a small gathering and Gigi & Pop Pop's house to have cake. There was a specific request for vanilla cake with strawberry frosting, which of course went uneaten by the birthday boy who doesn't actually like cake ;) but Mommy knew that would happen.



The gel for writing was really melty !!



For Jack's January party we decided to celebrate at the place where he takes gymnastics classes, Kinetic Kids. It was a great idea because all of the kids got to burn off some pent up winter energy. We were so lucky because in addition to our awesome cousins Dean and Lillian, Aunt Nitu, Uncle Gautam and Asher were able to come visit from Boston too. Unfortunately, Uncle Gautam wasn't feeling very well and didn't get to come to the party. It was extra special because Jack's friends from the neighborhood were able to celebrate with us too, Leticia, Nathan, Andrew, Dantae and Gianna were all there to have fun doing gymnastics too. They got to do fun things like swing on the bars, jump on the trampoline and go through an obstacle course that Ms. Sally set up for them. It was a great day for Jack and we were thankful that all of his friends were able to celebrate with him.

 

 



Christmas and the Ruby Red Sneakers

This year Jack did not have an extensive list for Santa, there were just two items that he really wanted. Ok, so you would think it would be some kind of car or Transformer knowing Jack, but nope...he wanted Red Puma Sneakers and a "J" necklace adorned with "jewels" that he had seen at Kmart. Being his father's child Santa could understand Jack's request for the sneakers as Daddy is also quite obsessed with shoes as well. Jack was very concerned that Santa would not remember the Red Pumas that he made an effort each day to remind Mommy to tell Santa that these sneakers were the only thing he wanted! And the necklace, yeah, not so sure about that one, maybe his fashion influence is Mr. T :) Of course on Christmas morning before the rest of the family could wake up Jack ran downstairs to examine the gifts that Santa left and proceeded to bring them upstairs one by one and leave them in a pile next to Mommy & Daddy's bed. Of course he had already singled out that box which he assumed (correctly) contained the Red Pumas. We were blessed this year celebrate Benjamin's first Christmas and we are so grateful for all of the gifts that Santa brought and that were given to us by our family.

Christmas is Coming

So boys, we have so much to update!! Mommy hasn't been too prompt in updating our blog! So, this year we were super lucky because we had a very special delivery from the North Pole. A couple of days after Thanksgiving Jack woke up to a visitor in his room, Judd the Elf. Santa sent Judd to keep an eye on our family leading up to Christmas and to let him know if we were being naughty or nice. Little did we know that Judd had some tricks up his sleeve to entertain us while he visited. One night Jack woke up to find that Judd had decorated his room with some new Christmas decorations!

Everyone was super excited about that especially because we found two new ornaments for the tree, one that had Jack's name on it and one that said Benjamin's name.  Another morning we awoke to see that Judd was leading a parade of matchbox cars out of Jack's room and into the hallway!!!

Another day Judd decided to have a slumber party with the other stuffed animals in the house.

Even though Benjamin can't really be naughty yet...(yet.....) Judd visited his room and stole some goodies for there as well.

We were also very lucky because Judd was very generous to our family. He brought us Christmas movies, PJ's, a Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar as well as special Christmas mugs!!

And he must have known how much we all love Scooby Doo because Judd went on a case with Mystery, Inc. and captured Santa and Rudolph in a trap!!

We were all very sad when Judd had to go back to the North Pole after Christmas so Judd hung around for a little while but we can't wait until he comes again next year!!!