December 14, 2013

What do you do at a Hot Wheels themed birthday party?  Race Hot Wheels, of course.

  Erik's friend Javier, in the red shirt, told Erik he was going to have a contest to see who could get the messiest eating his cupcake.  Ryan gave him a run for his money.  After that contest, Erik announced his own contest of who could stay the cleanest.  There's no question who won.

December 13, 2013

Christmas 2006.  That was a good year.

December 12, 2013

 Sydney's Christmas choir concert.  Here she's doing Silent Night in sign language with her BFF Emma.

  Does it seem like this year's December pictures are an awful lot like last December's pictures?  I feel like I'm living my life in dejavu.

December 11, 2013

I found the boys playing mummies in the tub tonight.

I thought it best to take a PG-rated picture.

December 10, 2013

Time for Christmas recitals.

 Shelbi convinced me to play a duet with her.  Yikes.  I messed up.

 
Sydney switched to guitar recently.  She has lucked out with the nicest teacher in the history of guitar teachers.  We love Mr. Steve.

December 9, 2013

  Went to both girls' spelling bees today.  You probably already know my thoughts on the subject.  We've had good and bad experiences, but this year's bee was pretty uneventful.  I don't think either girl had grand ideas of winning; neither of them put much work into studying.  It turns out two sisters won.  The winner from Shelbi's school has won five years in a row.  Hard to beat that.

December 8, 2013

Christmas 2005