Birthday Party #2

On Natalie's birthday, the Flannery crew stopped by to sing happy birthday, and we have some pictures below. But earlier in the day, Natalie also got the chance to open a couple of presents since Mom and Dad just couldn't wait :-) She spent most of the morning playing with her new dolls and taking pictures with her new camera!





That evening everyone arrived and we sat down to a nice dinner followed by some yummy birthday ice cream cake.






Then we had some play time before we started opening presents. Eric is a huge fan of balloons.




Then it was finally present time!



Everyone got a chance to play with the toys.


And Eric got to help out Mom as she tried to use the Jaws of Life to remove a toy from the packaging.


And in case anyone is wondering, Dad does actually attend these events, he's just usually behind one of the cameras. Here's some proof!


Thanks for coming over everyone!

Happy 4th Birthday Natalie!

Just a quick note to say Happy Birthday to our little girl. Happy Birthday sweetie!

Love,
Mom & Dad

Birthday party #1

The Robinson clan came down last weekend to celebrate Aunt Emily and Natalie's birthdays. It's always great to get everyone together and we had a pretty good time. Happy Birthday Aunt Emily!

We got to play a few video games together. Here's Julie and Rachel trying to make their way through the new Super Mario game.



Meanwhile, Grandpa Steve was hanging out with the kids.


We also had a yummy pretzel sandwich for dinner. Aunt Rachel was hungry :-)


Then it was time for cake and ice cream!







Then finally it was time to open presents. Eric was eager to help however he could.





And then of course there was some time to play with the new toys. The new tent was a big hit.


Eric always enjoys the balloons.


Natalie also loves her new crawling doll, now named Ellie.


She was also showing off her drawing skills and showing Aunt Emily how she can write the alphabet.



And the traditional pin the crown on Ariel game.


And she even played with Aunt Rachel and Uncle Nick.


Thanks for coming everyone!

Flannery Christmas party

We also had Julie's family over for a Christmas party on Christmas Eve. Dave, Nancy, Jeff, Todd, April, and Uncle Brian all came over with Grandma and Grandpa to eat a nice dinner and open a few presents.




The kids had a great time opening presents




And so did the adults! Grandma and Grendpa loved their new TV.



And check out Uncle Brian in his new snuggy! I warned him the picture would end up on the internet...

Fun in the Snow

In December and January we've had a few days of decent snow, and Natalie and Eric have taken full advantage of them.

Eric spent most of his time eating as much snow as possible. He's apparantly completely impervious to the cold, because he just kept eating and eating the snow despite his super-cold little nose. We eventually just had to wrestle him inside before his face completely froze.




Natalie helped Dad shovel a bit.


Then made a snow angel.



Then made a snowman.


Then went sledding with the neighborhood kids.



And then crashed on the couch to recover.