Christmas Joy

Christmas Eve - the boys were getting wound up, but did pose for a few pics before church.

Paige enjoyed opening gifts and ripping the paper into teeny, tiny shreds. Then she would put her paper stash in her new car and make a getaway (backwards).

Aidan shows off his new crossbow and furry hat.

Austin couldn't be more happy with his army camo clothes and his army lego set with 1000 pieces!!

For Christmas dessert we made a big top donut cake (and iced it with ganache so it would be extra yummy for the adults). Paige's new tea service got a lot of use too!

The Pumpkin Farm

Well, I can officially say that our life is crazy with three kiddos, work, home, etc. And, that might just be the reason why I haven't posted anything since Paige turned one in June!

We went to Hall's Pumpkin Farm, just a few blocks from our neighborhood. The boys weren't interested in wearing their costumes, but were keen on the idea of Paige wearing hers. Here are a few shots of the evening.

Our Little Lobster, Paige

Good Ol' Boys

The Threesome

Grumpy Lobster and Aidan

Birthday Cake Footage

Attached is our first uploaded video to YouTube.com. Check it out! (if you want to see 5 slightly edited minutes of the Wevodau kids :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBX5YMjogXA&feature=channel

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

At the ripe old age of 1, Paige had blonde hair, green-ish eyes and a strong will. She pushes bar stools around like they were feathers, she races down the hallways on all fours to catch her brothers, she likes catfood - based solely on taste, eats cheerios, says "more" and "all done" with sign language, and is an all around happy girl, unless she is hungry.

SERIOUS PLANNING

THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND

SAMPLING THE PINK PUPPY CAKE

Kindergarten Graduation

AUSTIN'S BIG DAY

Austin is now a 2nd year Glenhope Gator - otherwise known as a 1st grader. Graduation was a cute little ceremony where they sang "First Grade, First Grade" set to the tune of "New York, New York".



The graduates all wore men's long sleeve button down white shirts - backwards as their gowns. They paraded around the school and all the other grades sat in the hallways to cheer them on.

Eggs to Dye For...

Easter weekend was wonderful. The boys dyed eggs and added some glitter. Austin let me know that he does not want to crack his green one. He wants to keep "him" safe forever! We went camping at Lake Grapevine (the boys and Ed camped, Paige and I returned home late in the evening, after the egg hunt, scooter rides, water battles, grilled fajitas and fresh guacamole, white wine and a sunset. Paige and I made it to church so she could show off her fun, green Easter dress.

An Artist At Work

"I sort of like eggs; they're just not my favorite"
(looks like lots of chef salads for Mommy)

The Admiring Observer

Egg-stra Dry Time

Egg Hunters

Every Bunny Loves Me

Snow Day

Last week was the culmination of an unusually cold and wet winter in north Texas. Grapevine got ~8 inches of snow! Ed and the kids got the day off from school and fun was had by all.

Snow Tunnel

Ed constructed a snow tunnel with fallen branches and packed snow. The boys, including the neighbors enjoyed the tunnel, but really enjoyed destroying it the next day.

Snowy the Snowman

Aidan built his snowman and pecan shell eyes, a cool hat and juice from holly berries to make the mouth.

A Work of Art
Austin's snowman required Mommy's hat and scarf.

Austin is 6

Wow - time is flying by. Our little Ausitn turned 6. He wanted a "war" party at the house. If it had been warmer weather we would have played capture the flag in the yard, but seeing as it is actually January, it was necessary to stay in side. This year Austin was willing to invite girls (although we didn't). He said since it was a war party they could just watch.

So 10 boys got decked out in camo (except for Austin who always seems to change his mind on the day of). We painted their faces, handed out dog tags and tatoos and sent them on their way to basic training with Ed. They enjoed the jungle crawl through the hallway and just ranning around, playing war and doing some nerf gun target practice.

Ed tried to get the boys to work on some "first aid" training. He had one of our friends posing as an injured soldier. When he asked the boys what they should do (hoping they would shout something like "Get the Medic"), he got responses like - "Take over command" and "Kill him". Alas, none of these lads are likely to be medics.

A White Christmas

MAKING COOKIES FOR SANTA

PLEASE COME VISIT OUR HOUSE SANTA

THIS WAS DADDY'S IDEA - I AM NOT A BUCKETHEAD


FIRST WHITE CHRISTMAS IN NORTH TX SINCE 1926!

All Hallow's Eve

A Happy Halloween was had by all!

We had a little neighborhood gathering prior to trick or treating. The weather was fantastic - just a cool fall evening. All the boys enjoyed playing, but little Madison (a neighbor in Austin's kindergarten class could not be convinced to join the photo with all the rowdy boys).

Aidan was a sargent in full camo. Austin was going to be a bat (and was earlier in the week), but his game day decision was Boba Fett. Paige was a pumpkin.

The boys had a lot of fun trick or treating with friends. Aidan lagged a bit behind the group as he was interested in looking at every piece of candy as it was acquired and he also followed directions and did not run across any lawns, but instead used the sometimes winding sidewalks.

My favorite haunts in the neighborhood are the stiltman's house and the house with the haunted castle blow-up that you have to walk through.

Out of all the candy, Aidan said the mint (a red & white dinner mint) was his favorite. Of course, that turned into drama when 10 minutes later his brother ate it and there was only one! Austin's favorite is the lollipop, followed closely by Hershey's chocolate.

Little Pumpkin

Our little pumpkin enjoyed her first trip to the local pumpkin patch at Halls' Farm. The boys picked out pumpkins, traversed the corn maze with Grandpa and climbed up the slide over and over again. The pumpkin patch has grown in popularity over the last few years and this year their parking area was full and on many evenings, there was traffic getting in and out. I would guess there were 200-300 folks there at any given time.

Paige had her first tooth pop through this week and the one next to it is just below the surface as well. She is trying out her Johnny Jump Up this week. She is interested, but also seems to have scared herself by moving around too much. I think she will really like it ultimately since she enjoys standing on laps.

Weekend Warriors

Or at least that was the plan. We had so many activities planned, but one by one, they fell off the list. Had to reschedule vet visit because Ricardo was too upset, no baseball due to saturated fields, no hockey skating lessons due to a figure skating competition and the list went on. Instead, the kids spent most of their time playing with friends, we had a couple nice dinners at the house with friends and family and we got a few tasks done around the house, including breaking out the indoor and outdoor halloween decorations.

Aidan & Ed

Ed and Aidan got to watch some playoff baseball. This was the last game in the metrodome, as the Yankees beat the Twins for the third and final game of the series. Go Yankees!

Austin, Clifford & Jack-o-lantern

Austin worked with me on completing his Clifford the Big Red Dog - costume decorating. Austin decided to make Clifford a vampire - but what he really meant was "Frankenstein". We have an inflatable Frankenstein in our front yard that Austin has come to love (after overcoming a natural fear of large blow-up yard art).

Warning - cute kid here

And Paige, she just enjoyed the cool fall weather and car trips to church, the car dealership and Lowe's.

Paige at 3 months

Paige likes her fingers and thumbs. She has discovered her hands and enjoys interlocking them and looking at them or just sucking on them.


Paige is grabbing at things. Here she grabbeb a ring in her crib.

Paige doesn't particularly like tummy time yet, but she is staring to raise her head when placed on her tummy.

First Day of School 2009

Austin is a Kindergartener. His teacher is Mrs. Gray (who also taught Aidan). I met with his teacher after his individual assessment and she started by saying that Austin was reluctant to talk with her. I said he was reluctant to talk with me too - because we are girls! Austin will warm up to kindergarten. In fact, now he is counting down the days until he gets to stay in class a full day.

Aidan is in 2nd grade. He is very independent, however he doesn't want to make a mistake. He headed off to his classroom by himself but a few minutes later was tapping me saying all the doors were closed and he couldn't find his room. He got distracted by the utility closet and adult bathroom doors - his room door was in fact open and he had friends calling him to sit next to them when he walked in the room.

Mary Janes

Mommy said that Grammy just loves the mary jane shoes. And since we got a whole stash of mary jane looking socks from my cousin, Nevie, I had to get dressed up to show them off!

Hi, Grammy. Hope you like my shoes, I mean socks.

Ah, hello Mother, can a girl get a little help here? I've fallen and I can't get up.