Leyton, Cal & Fiona

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Random Update

I have been terrible about updating the blog lately, so here is a random photo update of what we've been up to the last couple months!

A couple weeks ago I took Leyton skiing. We had gone last year and he loved it, so we decided to have a Mom & Leyton day and go again. It was fun, not too cold, and Leyton picked it up pretty quickly again.

He has mastered the chairlifts!

Tired out and read to go home:

We watched Lucy play basketball one weekend. She did great, and is lucky enough to have her mom as one of her coaches!

We've been doing a lot of ice skating. Both Cal and Leyton seem to love it.

Fiona is getting so goofy. She loves her hats and will randomly wear them around the house- i'm guessing when she thinks it completes her outfit for the day ;).

We had a babysitter the other weekend and the boys were excited to bake cookies with her!

Last weekend we went to Aunt Kelly's house to hang out, and Kelly happened to be getting her hair cut- and by cut I mean CUT OFF! She donated 10", and then Cal was lucky enough to get in on the haircuts as well. It looks great and was better than dragging three kids to the haircut place after work. Fiona had fun playing with Grace and Lucy, and I think they had fun dressing her up in their old dance clothes!

Getting that long hair cut!

Fiona has discovered that she likes to dig in the lower cupboards, and lately she cant resist the cupboard that has the baking supplies in it. I found her having a blast with sugar one day...

And Cal... my cook. He loves to help cook, and loves to eat just as much. I found him in his room with a frozen stick of butter one day. I know that is a little disturbing, but it was pretty funny too. When I asked him why he was eating it he said "It smells so good!". Yuck!

Fiona is getting so big. She is talking so much and her hair officially fits in pigtails :)

We were busy cheering on the Pack the last few months, even though they once again broke our hearts! But we'll be back in the fall, ready for more :)

Eric and Cal went ice fishing one Saturday. It was way cold, and we don't have an ice house, so Cal didn't last too long. I think he still had fun though.

Ella, Maggie and Fiona looking cute:

And Fiona passed out after enjoying Maggie's Frozen-Themed Anna cake:

Monday, February 9, 2015

Santa!

The kids must have been good again this year, because Santa came to our house and I think they each got something they really wanted. Here are a few photos from Christmas morning!

The main thing Leyton wanted was Lego Chima sets. He was really excited about getting this one:

Connect 4 is still a great game!

The other thing Leyton really wanted was a Goalie Hockey stick, so he was one happy kid.

Cal asked Santa for a Grader, and Santa delivered:

Cal got a big John Deere Tractor, which he could not have been more excited about!

Cal loves his giant Moose!

Fiona got some new PJs:

And immediately wanted them on:

She also got a doll crib, which gets a ton of use!

Friday, January 30, 2015

McNamara Christmas

On Christmas Eve we got together with Grandma and Grandpa McNamara and the cousins for brunch and some present opening. It was a good day, followed up with Christmas Eve for the McNamara side at Kelly & Dave's house. Dan and Eric were nice enough to help my Dad milk the cows so my mom could have a break. Tina and Susie and the kids were in Missouri visiting Susie's family, so we missed them, but it was still fun hanging out and eating good food!

Cal and Luca, ready to open presents!

Fiona figured out what to do pretty quickly.

Fiona got a Bitty Baby from Grandma and Grandpa that she loves:

Fi and Ella in their matching outfits:

Eric, Lucy, Grace and Leyton, getting ready to hand out presents:

Fiona was overly tired and a total goof ball by the time the McNamara Christmas eve started that night!

Pat and Terri brought this very good idea for a game to keep the kids busy. It was candy and little toys wrapped in a giant ball of packaging tape, and each kid got a certain amount of time to try to pull out what they could before passing it along. It took the boys almost an hour to get it all out of their ball!
Luca trying his hand at the impossible tape ball :)

Leyton really put all of his muscle into each of his turns!

Cal taking a turn:

Rory did a good job too!

More cookie decorating. Cal was very excited to make these to leave out for Santa that night.

Luca taste tested the green frosting a couple times:

Lucy, Fiona and Rory, looking cute and goofy:

Another photo of Luca and Cal!

This picture cracks me up... The poses are pretty adorable!

Pajama time! They were wound up and excited about how soon Santa would be coming.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Visiting Santa

We visited Santa at Farm & Home again this year, and we had no tears! Fiona was very hesitant about me putting her on his lap, and seemed like she might cry, but she held it together for the photo!

Christmas with the Krumm's

The Saturday before Christmas we celebrated the Krumm Family Christmas, at Grandma Krumm's house. It is always a lot of fun, with so many people and little kids running around. Its great to see everyone, and of course eat lots of good food! This year the kids were even surprised by a visit from Santa. Growing up Santa always visited Grandma and Grandpa Krumm's Christmas, so it was fun to see him come to visit all of our kids now!

Fiona is turning into a little ham when you ask her to smile:

Fiona, Lucy, Ella, Grace, Lauren and Leyton. Leyton's fake smile cracks me up in this picture.

Best buddies. They kept themselves busy playing basketball pretty much all night...

Grandpa & Cal:

"Hanitizer" may have been Cal's favorite gift. He still brings some to daycare pretty much every day and shares with his classmates...

Aunt Jessie and Kelly made cookies and brought decorating supplies for the kids to do:

Kelly had a couple games for the kids to play, including this one where they had to knock over the water bottles by swinging the ball in the stocking. The games were hilarious to watch.