miller goes to kindergarten!

on january 11th, miller got to be a special guest to toby's class! they are learning about measuring, and comparing. so, mrs. lyle measured how long miller is:


then traced how big his hand is- we barely got it flat, he was holding a pretty tight fist:



all the kindergarteners had brought from home a piece of yarn that their parents had cut to be how long they were at birth. then, later in the day, they compared whether they were longer or shorter than baby miller, and what their hand tracing looks like compared to baby miller's. they wrote out sentences and drew pictures all about their experiment! (so cute to see on the wall of their classroom- all the pictures and sentences about each of them and baby miller!)

they were pretty entertained to have him in class that morning:


and of course, this kindergartener was just beside himself to have baby brother at school!

bathing beauties

boys in the tub. these are from back on new year's day. i'll be catching up on all of january in the next few posts.............

lazy mornings

cute, eh?

new years eve, 2009

i asked toby if he wanted to try to stay up this year for new year's eve. he said, "of course!" i thought for sure he wouldn't be able to make it past 10pm. well, he did last, and last, and last.

he stayed up and energetic the whole night. he was playing with his legos in the dining room when matthew and i sat down to watch an episode of arrested development at about 11:20 pm. when we finished it, at 11:45, we found this...................

completely knocked out. we then debated whether or not to wake him up. we decided he had made it so close, he would be crushed to find out that he missed it. so, we tried to wake him up.

it took 3 or 4 tries, but he woke up, and got to see his first new year's eve countdown. i don't think he was that impressed. but that could have been the sleepiness ruling his reaction.

sweet boy.

train park, christmas 09

on december 29th, we bundled up the boys and headed to the mccormick stillman railroad park to see the digs all dressed up for christmas. it was cold! cold! cold! rainy! and COLD!

that smile- he's just so darn cute!

and, a cheeky one of toby and mommy.....

the heard museum

while my sister and nephew were in town, my folks wanted us to go watch the indian dancers at the heard museum. we had a picnic out on the lawn there of frybread- both navajo tacos and honey/powdered sugar. here are some moments captured....

not sure why he's showing you his new watch, but i thought these two little girls were so cute- the one in the pink is only 7 and performed with her uncles during the hoop dances!

christmas 09

it's miller's first christmas! we got him a couple of really cute ornaments- which are now packed away, or i'd take a picture to upload. and we started the "elf on the shelf" tradition. we also had the honor of having my sister, mystee, and her son, matthew, staying with us.

keeping with our usual routine, we did stockings, then had breakfast, then opened the rest of the presents.

excited boys at the top of the stairs........

the unwrapping begins.........

i think, he might be excited about the legos santa brought.....and it didn't take him very long to put the bulldozer together......

toby also got a special present in the back yard from mommy and daddy, nana and bumpa, and grandma and pappy....

a couple days later, cousin matthew helped him learn to ride without the training wheels! big step!

cookies for a breakfast dessert is ok on christmas!

it was a lovely morning, then the four of us left for jim and sandi's for more festivities and lunch. then, we came home to host the leno side of the family for even more fesivities and dinner. what a long, but wonderful day! my photog, matthew didn't take anything after the first part of the day- but i promise it was all good!