Catching Up

A few days before Christmas, Ryan got to celebrate his friend Landon's 2nd birthday with him. Landon had a barn themed party and pony rides! Ryan wanted absolutely nothing to do with them though...until the ponies were leaving-then he wanted to get on. So, he got to sit on a pony but didn't ride it. Which is funny considering he rode ponies at Gavins birthday last year and liked it alot. Either way, he had a great time at Landon's party!
Happy Birthday Landon!

All the kids were given hats at the party that Ryan refused to wear...until we got in the car, then he thought it was the greatest thing ever :)

On Christmas Eve, Gavin came over to help Ryan make his cookies for Santa. They had fun stirring and sampling. Mommy accidentally overcooked them a bit, but Daddy said Santa didn't mind at all :)




On Christmas morning Ryan woke up a bit grumpy (mostly because he stayed up late with Gavin!) but once he saw the bike he'd been asking Santa for he seemed to cheer up a bit. I think that when we were telling him to ask Santa for the toy he wanted that he thought he'd just be getting 1 toy, so everytime he got another and another he kept getting more excited. Oh, and he had to stop in between presents to play with his new tool bench and take a spin on his new Diego bike.





After plenty of playing with his new toys (and sharing with daddy!) we all got dressed and headed over to Gavins house for more presents and dinner. The boys got about 5000 presents each...and took forever to open them :) I don't know why I didn't take very many pictures, I think I was excited about opening my own gifts! But, here's the boys opening a couple gifts.

And finally....we drove all the way to Stone Mountain on Saturday night (which is about a 90 minute drive for us) when we got there Ryan was tired & grumpy and I was feeling sick...so we walked around and checked out some lights and then watched the parade just to drive 90 minutes back. Perhaps next year will be more successful. The lights were beautiful though and Ryan got a kick out of the parade.

Happy Birthday Gavin! and World of Coke!

On Saturday we went to Gavin's 3rd Birthday party!! Ryan was excited because it was a Bob the Builder party!

First, everyone got to paint their own truck

And after some pizza and playing it was time for presents! Gavin was nice enough to help Ryan with his presents not so long ago...so Ryan thought it was only right that he get to help Gavin open his presents!

Gavin making his big birthday wish

And of course....Ryans favorite part of any party-

Happy Birthday Gavin! Auntie, Uncle Dave and Ryan love you very very much!

On Sunday we went to check out the new World of Coca-Cola. Ryan and I were pretty bored, but daddy had a good time so I guess it was good :)
Ryan wrote a letter to Santa and then tried to get some soda to come out of the machine

He only started having fun when it was time to drink some "juice". He tried some lemonade and some fruit punch, but his favorite was Strawberry Fanta...he had 3 glasses of it, and he enjoyed every last sip!

The last thing we did was check out the 4D movie-which Ryan was VERY excited about...until the chairs started moving and wind and water came at his face. Then he wanted out! And he refused to wear his glasses so he didn't even get to enjoy the whole experience :)

We're Back!

First of all, my apologies for the short hiatus-I've been feeling a bit under the weather. But, we're back!
So, on Friday we went to check out a drive-thru light display at Petit Creek Farms in Cartersville. It was a long drive and Ryan was restless so we ended up just driving through, checking out the lights and heading home. Ryan really enjoyed the lights though.

Alright, let me start this one off by saying that Jaclyn has been telling me about the "Christmas House of Lights" for weeks now. She insisted that it was going to be amazing and we just HAD to take the boys. So, we finally gave in on Saturday night. We headed out to the Christmas House of Lights...which is supposed to be a walk through Christmas attraction. The website said there would be snow, dancing toys, singing and all sorts of good stuff. WELL...let's just say that there's twenty bucks we won't be getting back! The "characters" were creepy, the displays were lame and the boys (and us adults) were scared! Its in a building where they usually have a Haunted House set up...and Yes, I felt as though at any second someone with a chainsaw would be around the corner. Not to mention that right outside where the lights were there was a "Slaughter House" sign that they didn't even bother to cover up! Ok, that's it! Oh...that's not it...the "snow" they advertised was actually a bubble machine! Needless to say, I don't recommend it! And a special thank you to Jaclyn who now owes us $20 and an hour of our lives back. :)






Through the "present doors" was Santa and thats when Ryan called it quits. He wanted nothing to do with the scrawny Santa around the corner!


Awww...

Tree Lighting and the Choo Choo Park

Last night we went to Hiram for their tree lighting. First we saw Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive in a horse and carriage and then we saw Santa's reindeer and all was going well. But...then we waited in line for an hour to have a photo taken with Santa. Ryan absolutely freaked out when it finally came to be his turn. He screamed, he cried, he kicked and then finally ran away. So-sorry no Santa photo! I guess he really thought Santa was creepy because he continued to cry and cry until we finally agreed to leave and head home. So, we actually spent more time waiting in line for a photo than anything else.

This morning Gavin called and invited Ryan to check out his favorite park. We had never been before so Ryan was so excited when we got there and it was a "choo choo" park. The boys had lots of fun climbing, sliding and running around together. And daddy got in on the action too :)