Pictures from this weekend

We have had such a great time this weekend. George has loved playing with Sam and spending time with his Grandparents. We went to the park, MOBIUS (children's museum) and just played around the house. Here are a few pictures of the kids.

Tapping Sam

We went to the Children's Museum in the mall yesterday with Mickey, Jon, Emily, Sam, George and Henry. We got so many great pictures and videos. This is a video of Sam tap dancing. He seems to be a natural. This was at the beginning and Mickey and I agreed that he was getting better the more he did it. I am not sure where he has seen this but it fascinates me that he has the arm and leg movements of some of the great tappers. He had his own personal percussionist, she would do costume changes but Sam stayed consistent in his wardrobe.

Riding With Sam

Happy Thanksgiving to all! This is a little movie Drew put together of George and Sam riding their scooters in Spokane. Emily, Kevin and Henry make cameo appearances too.

Henry at the tire store

Henry and I went to get snow tires for the van and we were there forever. I made a pallet for him and he was being so very cute. He gets camera shy and clams up when I pull out the camera but I did manage to get a cute one of him "talking" to me.

Pictures from Grandma's visit

Here are some pictures from Grandma Blair's camera - isn't she beautiful?!?!?

Just an update

Difficult to believe it has been over a month since I last posted something (blame it on facebook if you will). The boys and Emily have been so busy. Mom and Grandma Blair came for a visit - all of the pictures are on their cameras so I will have pictures when they send them to me (hint, hint).

Emily turns 14 in two days and is such an amazing individual. She is more beautiful everyday and I couldn't love her more because of her inner beauty and strength. Her school work still needs to be first priority which she forgets but as long as we stay on her (poor her) then she does well. She is in choir this year and loves to sing. Her french horn playing is improving and she just completed the chromatic scale which will soon bump her up to the Symphonic band. She anxiously awaits basketball and track. We went to a batting cage the last time we were in Spokane and she really liked batting and would like to try out for softball however it may interfere with track so she will have a tough decision ahead of her - maybe there will be a way to do both....

George turned two and is really starting to understand what a birthday is. He had a great party with good friends all around. He received so many great gifts, lots of trucks, a scooter and a wagon just to name a few. The last couple of days we have been "ditching the binky" which is a tiresome process. Now that he is a big two year old he can have the binky for his nap and at bed time but otherwise they are for babies. Next step will be to not use for sleeping - baby steps. We are entertaining potty training but it is difficult to find a couple of days with nothing on our plate to focus on it. George is always the entertainer and stunt guy. He finds many things to jump off of each time just barely missing the coffee table or wall. He is enjoying the use of Skype to talk to Auntie Anne and Maw Maw - such an amazing thing (anyone else who is using Skype let us know and we will put you on our list). We also use gmail video chat to talk to daddy while he is at work.

Henry continues to steal our hearts by the minute. He is smiling and talking and just brightening every morning with his presence. What an amazing individual! Our trips to the cardiologist have been very positive and the last visit Dr. Hardy said a "more than 50% chance he will never have any more surgery" - first commitment from him :-). We go back on Dec 12th for another visit and we only expect great things.