The Aasmyr Family: December 2009

Friday, December 25, 2009

School Christmas Parties

In lieu of time, I'll spare any major details about the boys' Christmas parties at school. For the most part, Benjamin had a blast, and Timothy just wanted to eat! See the pictures below.

Benjamin & Olivia getting candy!

Confetti - Every parent's nightmare!

He's so proud of his goodies!

He's having a great time throwing confetti on his friends!

About to get his daddy with confetti!

He loved the magic show!

He was volunteering to pet the rabbit! So cute!

Petting the rabbit with his friends.

Benjamin loves Santa!

He's saying, "Cheese" for the picture!

He stopped to take a quick picture with mommy before

she left for her work Christmas party!

Timothy patiently watches the others sit with

Santa. He wouldn't do it!

He is showing Ms. Yolanda (one of his former teachers)

his present from Santa! He LOVED Ms. Yolanda!

He loves his moose!

Here, he takes a shot at the pinata!

He liked the confetti!

My big boy!

His favorite thing....eating!

On our way home with his balloon!

A fun time was had by all!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Our sweet little Timothy turned 2 on this past Sunday, December 20th! Timothy is such a ray of sunshine each and every day - his happy demeanor and "Dennis the Menace" personality constantly makes us smile. He's a handful - needing lots of attention and getting into things regularly, but he is so adorable, and sure to get a laugh out of those around him.

We thought that he would never talk, but now that he is started, he never shuts up! He says EVERYTHING. He repeats what we say, he answers every question posed, whether to him or someone else, and he is almost talking in complete sentences. Needless to say, he is going to be a talker.......and...As Harry would say, "He get's it honest!" Enough said.

We celebrated by having a party with his best friend, Tanner, who shares the same birthday! Tanner's mommy and I met about 3 1/2 years ago when Benjamin started going to daycare at Crème de la Crème downtown.

Tanner's has an older brother, Brady, who has been in the same class as Benjamin since they started school at 12 weeks old! We had our 2nd baby boys on the exact same day, and so Timothy and Tanner were able to celebrate their special day together, with their older brothers’ right by their side!

We had a small party at our house with a jumping castle, popcorn, and cotton candy. There were a few technical difficulties, but all in all, it was a huge success! I hope that you enjoy the pictures of our special day.

Ready for the party!!!

Timothy on the slide!

Benjamin swinging, while Connor pushes

Erin & Timothy on the glider.

(Cameron & Jerome stand guard!)

Kate & Benjamin swinging!

Timothy & Erin enjoying the glider!

Tanner & Timothy - The Birthday Boys!

"Happy Birthday to you......"

Tanner - such a sweet boy!

Tim & Michelle - Brady & Tanner's Mommy & Daddy!

Sutton LOVES that Cotton Candy!

Benjamin and his very best friend, Connor,

playing with Connor's Dad, Jeff! He's loads of fun!

Here Jeff is loving on his baby girl, Kaitlynn! So sweet!

My mom (Nonna) gets in on the action. Here she is

sharing a loving moment with Kaitlynn!

Timothy likes cotton candy! Shocker!

Here Timothy takes a break to focus on eating popcorn.

Claire & Timothy playing in the castle!

Benjamin LOVES to play with Claire!

Drew - such a sweet picture of him!

I LOVE the look on his face!

Timothy excited that he might get to use crayons in mommy's house!

He LOVES LOVES LOVES his frog rug.

(He begged for this in the store, saying, "MY FROG! MY FROG!")

Benjamin being such a big/sweet older brother -

helping a tired Timothy open his gifts.

Wow - they both like the horse trailer and horses!

Such a tired boy! I snapped him yawning!

A very tired and worn out mommy & Timothy!

It's been a LONG day!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Thanksgiving and Snow.....Say what???

Well, I am getting very behind on my blogging! So...I got up before 6:00am, ON MY DAY OFF, so that I could post an update! It seems like once Thanksgiving hits, the month of December just flies by! Add to that - my new puppy dog takes up any "extra" time that I had, and Timothy's birthday falls in December as well!

I was sick the week of Thanksgiving (stomach virus), and it took a good 2 weeks for me to get back to normal.....if you can call me normal! :-) We spent Thanksgiving day at 2 homes. First, we traveled to the Champions Forest area to spend some time with my cousins Connie & Grant. They welcomed us into their beautiful home, and we had excellent food, prepared by Connie...and excellent entertainment by Grant! Grant is always a delight - funny and interesting! Even though we don't see them very often, we always enjoy catching up and spending time together.

For our second visit, we traveled to Beaumont (2 hours) to have an evening dinner with my sister's in-laws, the Roys. They too, are wonderful hosts, and we always enjoy spending time with them, and all of my brother-n-law's family. Overall, Thanksgiving was a huge success!

The weekend after Thanksgiving, we celebrated Christmas with my aunt/uncle/cousins at my house. We did this a little early this year since my sister was in town from California. We always have so much fun when we are together. I grew up with my cousins, and they are like my brother/sister.

Lastly, it actually snowed in Houston a couple of weeks ago! Craziness, I know, but we enjoyed the beauty of it all. With that said, I'll try to capture what we've been up to in pictures. Enjoy!

Timothy and Liesl sharing a kiss!