Chicago w/ Ian and Alyssa

Good times downtown w/ the family. Ice skating, Christmas market, a little shopping, Weber Grill, and Garretts Popcorn!
A Big thanks to Uncle Ian who ended up with Taatjes on his shoulders the entire time!!! I think we should send him a massage gift card:)
The pic of the Cube is for you HeeHaw! Look at poor Taatjes falling asleep while he was eating dinner. It was so funny to watch him chewing with his eyes closed! The Christmas Tree at the markets smelled so good! The boys had to fight Darth Vader in the Leggo store! And, the train ride home with the boys passing out and the grown-ups wanting to but keeping it together for the kids:) Now next year we add one more baby to the mix!!!! I think we need Grandma and HeeHaw's help.

Teague how old are you? 2!!!!!

Teague is 2 now! He is lovin' 2 and mainly all the presents that came w/ it. His brothers picked out gifts for him with alterior motivations. I think thier thought process was what toy would I enjoy playing with after Teague opens it! Needless to say Teague had to run around all day and claim his toys for himself with a loud "MINE" at any touch of his new toy from a brother. He was all about his big day! Walkin around saying "my birthday", "Teague is 2", and "my present". He has offically found his 2 year old voice:)

We all love you Teague and are thrilled to have the adventure of watching you grow into 2 this year.

Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving

Dad, Taatjes, and Teague vs. Ian and Trey

Turkey Bowl Classic 2008 rocked! The boys had a blast and so all would be happy the game magically ended in a tie:)

Hail, Hail, to Michigan (maybe next year will be better)

Thanks Pappa Doc for the Michigan Game!!!! What an thrill for the boys:)

As you can see it was freezing and rainy, but, the boys still cheered as loud as they could for UofM. Go Blue!

Help! I've been kidnapped and put in a house w/ 3 Tasmanian Devils!

Thanks to his brother waking him up early!

It is only 10am, poor boy:( Taatjes woke him up some time around 5 am and it took him a while to stop crying and fall back to sleep until his regular 6:30 am wake up from Taatjes. AHHH!

Is taking a pic of this encouraging this behavior?

Don't worry I do not let him out of the house like this:)

Yes that is also underwear on his head!

Costumes

We had a monkey, a pirate, and a "master of disguise" (Zorro). Halloween turned out to be one of the most beautiful days. As you can see no one had to wear a winter jacket over their costume! In fact I was worried Teague was going to be hot in his monkey costume. Trey had a parade at school which was outside this year due to the nice weather. It went through the neighborhood allowing me to take Taatjes and Teague in the stroller to watch all the kids walk by. So cute to see all the kids from his school dressed up. A favorite of Taatjes' was the older boy dressed as a toilet! Good times, but way too much candy:)

Hook for a 3 year old = danger!!! As you can see from the pics it was his favorite part of the costume! It is away now!

I just loved their mustache and beard:) They ended up itching them too much to leave them on for trick or treating.