It's time to decorate the Christmas tree!

Family Photos

It's wonderful when you make friends with another photographer!  The wife of one of Jason's coworkers is a professional wedding photographer, and she made the suggestion of doing a photo swap... well, okie dokie!  Go check out Rebecca's website {there's some gorgeous photography over there}.

rfitzpatrickphotography.com

Great Wolf Lodge Adventures

Every evening, Great Wolf Lodge has a little animatronic puppet show.  Some new-agey Mother Earth type stuff, and we've discussed this with the boys, but they love watching the puppets.

Heading down for some late-night ice cream and bowling... Will they go to sleep, do you think?

 

 Not sure how it works, but it's a blast!Silly Mommy Faces :)

Hooray for LifeProof cases!

Aren't we a schnazy-looking couple? :)

Jason's Second Marathon

{iPhone: L to R} 1) Jason's pre-race preparation {giggles}; 2) Lucas and Jackson at Circle Centre Mall waiting while Daddy finishes his race; 3) Jack just ridin' and chillin'

Lucas turns 4!

Where has the time gone? Jason and I found our camcorder recently... wow!  Are we bad at moving files to our computer, or what?!  We found so many videos of Lucas at 1 and 2 years old... such a baby!  He is growing up way too fast!

Jack, of course, thought he was the one that was supposed to be unwrapping, so we had to pin him down and tickle him :)

An extremely silly Sully mask... the mouth and eye brows move when Lucas talks.  We were all belly laughing at how funny it looked :)

Meeting President Lincoln

A park near our house hosted a Civil War camp and reenactment.  Lucas is only just really starting to grasp the concept of "history,"  but we still tried to briefly explain the Civil War to him.  The boys thought the whole idea of camping at "their" park was the coolest thing in the whole world.  For Jason and I, we saw it all with new eyes as we explained everything to them. What would have been fascinating to us at the surgeon's tent, we had to pass by quickly so the boys wouldn't start crying.  Blankets and pillows on the ground outside looked like an adventure.  We were debating staying for the battle but decided against it when both boys started crying during gun practice.  Oh well... maybe when they're older :)

Lucas and Jackson had a hard enough time adjusting to all of the people in funny clothing, but even I was startled a little bit when "President Lincoln" reached his hand out for mine and bowed over it instead of shaking :).  I felt like I should throw a ball gown on and start dancing!

Indiana State Fair 2013

Haha!  Look at Jack's eyebrows!  Apparently, the higher they go, the bigger his mouth gets :)

The Boys' First Baseball Game

We took the boys to their first baseball game last Friday.  Our minor league team here has a picnic area beyond the outfield which ended up being perfect for little children.  We brought small gloves and baseballs for them to play with, and at one point, one of the photographers for the team sat down in the grass nearby and just kept shooting photos of Jack playing with his ball and glove.  Yes, my children are adorable, and I will be looking forward to seeing him on your advertising materials :) (Jason checked.  Apparently buying a ticket gives our consent).

Jack's baseball was plush... and it fits perfectly between the links in a fence... (whoopsie daisy!)

Needless to say, Lucas was not happy about donating a baseball...

Oh well... it was Star Wars night at Victory Field, and for some reason that called for fireworks after the game.  Nope, no pictures.  I've decided that fireworks are fireworks, and I'd rather cuddle with the boys on a large horse blanket and hear them whisper, "Oh! Peety!"

Happy Birthday, America!

We went to Symphony on the Prairie again this year.    That experience will never get old!  Sitting at the top of rolling hills under the setting sun while listening to an orchestra... beautiful!

I don't think he was upset... he was just trying to maneuver a mouth-full of grapes :)

Okay... so Lucas has played around with my camera several times, and he loves taking pictures of everything.  I set up the camera and told him to have at it.  The next four pictures are by him.  I mean, wow!

After each picture, he turned the camera around and said, "Do you want to see your picture?" :)

Oh, and of course, the fireworks pictures... (no, I didn't bring a tripod... I need to get a slightly more portable one.)