A Wonderful Visit

So happy Gogi was able to spend Chanukah with us. Owen and Gogi rode ON A BUS! to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. O had a great time showing his Gogi all of his favorite dinosaurs. I have a feeling there are lots of adventures ahead for these two. Can't wait to see you again in February!

Chanukah Shabbat

His favorite gift of all the nights combined. A "tinky"

Six Candles: A special visitor

Tuesday evening our power went out again from 1-3am. Owen's music, light and fan turned off and he was scared again. He was wide awake, crying and asking for food while Jeremy and I scrambled to find the LED lights we went out and bought the night before. Jeremy was on call and trying to make sure his alarm was set and thankfully Gillen's ipod went to battery back up and he was the only one who wasn't awake!

Needless to say Wednesday was a very tired day for this Mama. In the evening we welcomed a VERY special visior - GOGI!

I was busy making dinner so I didn't get any pictures of Owen opening Chanukah presents with Gogi but he was thrilled with his doctor costume and I'll have to post a picture of him in it very soon.

Thursday Gogi and Owen went on a special adventure on the BUS to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Owen had a blast showing Gogi around the dinosaur museum.

After naps, Daddy came home early and we bundled up the boys and walked up the street for Chinese food.

That night Owen opened presents from Uncle Phil/Aunt Marylou and his Doda Kelly. He was so exited he could hardly stand it, that and he has been opening up Gillen's presents too so double the presents!

Four Candles

Today we joined our friends at the Children's Museum to jump in the bounce tunnel some more. Owen wanted to bring gelt to share with his friends for Chanukah and it was a HUGE hit. Owen was so proud to hand out the candy to his friends after lunch and they were all saying they wanted to be Jewish like Owen so they could celebrate Chanukah too... it made my heart swell so big.

After we lit the candles Owen opened up his presents from Nana and Papa right before going to bed. Gillen was super tired but stayed up long enough to watch big brother.

He got a dot-paint set and paper that he has been using at Miss Yovonne's class and now he can paint (mess-free!) at home. He loves it! He also got a basketball hoop for the bath and now wants to take a bath all day, every day!

Three Candles, no power

Today our power went out around 3:30 and didn't come back on until 9:30pm. It was so dark in our apartment and Owen's nap music went off and woke him up less than an hr in. He wasn't very happy. We laid in my bed while Gil napped/nursed and O watched Curious George on the ipod and then I was going to make dinner. Turns out even if you have a gas stove, you can't cook on it in a power outage.

So a friend offered to have us over for dinner and we accepted. Owen was scared and I only had one flashlight.

We lit the candles early tonight, we needed a little extra light :)

Chanukah: Two Candles

The boys woke up in the morning and played blocks together. We put Gillen in the bumbo for the first time and he absolutely loved it. He's both strong and fat so he easily sat up and watched his brother play blocks. Owen gave him one to chew on and it was pretty adorable seeing how interested Gillen is in everything O does. The shot of the two of them, I couldn't get Owen to stand still so his face is blurry, but it's too cute not to post ;)

 

Tonight Owen opened up a dicast toy airplane and a soccer ball. He has been asking for a soccer ball for a while now so he was SO HAPPY! (We ended up having to take it away after several near-misses to Gillen's head, but we'll try again tomorrow.)

First Night of Chanukah

Tonight we went to a Chanukah party and ate lots of latkes and doughnuts. When we arrived back home we lit our candle and Owen opened up his present from Sissa - an adorable wooden train menorah, which he was so excited about.

Owen is obsessed with socks right now, so he also opened up a pack of socks from us that had a pair of snowman socks and reindeer socks. He is so excited to wear them!