Pete Pages: Merry Christmas 2009

Monday, January 4, 2010

Merry Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful and busy Christmas break! Lots of time together and with family (Rob's youngest sister and bro-in-law for Christmas, and then my two brothers and their families for New Years) and I spent very little time on the computer or even taking photos for that matter...

I didn't want to get too far into the New Year without capturing a few things from Christmas.

The crew on Christmas Eve:

A priceless face:

Too busy playing with each gift to be bothered with photos:

Burke (age 7) and his favorite gift:

Which reminds me that this is me (age 7) with my favorite Christmas gift:

And exactly one year after finding out we were having a baby girl, here she is complete with festive slippers:

2009 was a year of BIG changes for our family and many, many blessings.

Happy New Year!

11 comments:

Tricia said...: I love their stripe-y jammies. So cute! And, I totally got Lucky Charms and it is still my favorite cereal.; January 4, 2010 at 10:21 PM
The Laundry Queen said...: I love seeing a little of your Christmas-- it makes me feel a little like we were there. The first picture is adorable, and I especially love the look on Liv's face. See you soon!; January 4, 2010 at 10:22 PM
janeannechovy said...: I love the similarity between Liv's and Burke's expressions in the first shot. And of course I love the stripey jammies! I am also cracking up about the boxes of cereal--I'm sure Rob has told you that his favorite gift every year was a box of Golden Grahams. Just one more piece of evidence that you were destined to end up together!; January 4, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Tom and Maryana said...: What a great year this has been.; January 4, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Michelle said...: Those pajamas are THE BEST! I want some for my kids :); January 4, 2010 at 11:13 PM
rachel said...: Have to reiterate what's already been said a couple of times: Liv's face in the first picture is hilarious! And Burke's, too! I LOVE her slippers. She's a perfect little elf.; January 5, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Colleen said...: I LOVE those jammies! Glad your Christmas/New Years was so fun!; January 5, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Roger said...: It's really the grandmother on the grandfather's computer, but it was great to see what beautiful grandchildren we have. I loved the Christmas pj's. See you soon!; January 7, 2010 at 4:02 AM
SP said...: Some great photos!! What a fun time you all had and what great memories this Christmas.

Lots of love,
Sherry; January 8, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Melinda Lindahl said...: So fun! Love the picks! Especially of you! Liv is an absolute doll! By the way, was Rob present during the opening of presents? There wasn't a pic of him? haha; January 10, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Michelle said...: These photos are so cute! Isn't this a great time of life? So busy, yet so much fun!; January 24, 2010 at 10:33 PM

Pete said...

Hewitt was just telling me about a new game he created where you can't touch the ball with your hands or feet. He said, "You can only hit the ball with your leg or foot-wrist." And so I clarified, "You mean your ankle?"
(10/8/09)

Me to Hewitt: Whatcha doin?
Hewitt: Arting. It's making art.
(10/2/09; Hewitt's 5th b-day)

Two jokes by Burke:
What does a storm wear?
Thunderwear!

What do you call King Kong's feet?
Big Foot!
(9/26/09)

I had the following conversation with Tosh:
Me: Are you a boy or a girl?
T: Boy
Me: Is Livvy a boy or a girl?
T: Baby
Me: Yes, but is Baby Liv a boy or a girl?
T: Girl
Me: Is Daddy a boy or a girl?
T: Big boy
Me: Is Mommy a boy or a girl?
T: Mommy a babe!
(Not prompted, I promise! 9/3/09)

Hewitt had set up a bunch of toy figures and Tosh was trying to play with them... Hewitt was telling Tosh not to touch them and I asked him to share the toys or to go and get some more figures for Tosh to play with. Hewitt said, "These are not toys! They are art!" (9/3/09)

We were driving along a road near our house (a rather quiet highway, really) and Hewitt suddenly exclaimed, "Mom! I just found the road to our old house! Keep driving straight!" I looked up and realized there were some big mountains in the FAR distance. Hewitt clearly thought he was staring at Utah. (8/28/09)

Hewitt brought home a little "Groundhog's Day" craft that he had made at preschool and kept calling the groundhog a bear. When I tried to tell him it was really a groundhog he looked at me like I was very silly and said, "It's a BEAR Mom, not a CORNDOG!" (2/2/09)

I explained to Burke about the recent airplane crash into the Hudson River and knowing that he would be very concerned, I quickly told him that all of the passengers were just fine. He looked at me with a worried look and said, "What about the birds? Are they okay?" (1/15/09)

I have a trunk full of old performing costumes from when I was a kid. Hewitt saw the trunk in the basement and told Rob that he wanted to open up the "treasure chest." Rob asked him if he knew what was in the trunk/chest and Hewitt replied that it was full of clothes. When Rob told Hewitt that he didn't want him to make a big mess Hewitt said, "I won't make a mess, I will just get out one clo." I guess that "clo" would be the singular form of clothes... (1/13/09)

Burke is always mentioning how he wants us to have lots more babies because he wants "hundreds" of brothers and sisters. I was explaining to him this morning about how it gets harder and more dangerous to have babies as a woman gets older...he looked at me and said, "Well, you look young Mom, like 19!" Then he leaned in closer and said, "Well, I do see some indents in your skin around your eyes (those would be wrinkles--thanks for noticing)." (12/26/08)

Hewitt blew his nose and must have accidentally gotten some snot or tissue in his mouth because he said, "Yuck! That tastes like cow dung!" (12/24/08)

Tosh got to Hewitt's cup of water at the table today and dumped it all over Hewitt's lap and onto the floor. Rob asked Hewitt, "Are you a little wet?" and he said, "I'm a BIG wet!" (12/24/08)

Rob was playing "Memory" with the boys and when Burke got a few matches in a row Hewitt said, "Wow Burkie, you're on fire!" (11/08)

We just bought some sod for our park strip and while Burke and I were looking at the pallet, I mentioned that some of the pieces looked like crabgrass and that we needed to find the best pieces of grass to buy. Burke looked at the sod for a little while and said, "None of it looks like crap grass to me!"

While I was flossing Burke's teeth he said, "Wait--I need to tell you something." I paused flossing and he said, "You sure know how to be a good mom!" (now there's a treasured compliment!)

Hewitt watched Rob kill a fly in our kitchen and then asked, "Did he cry? Did he want his mommy fly?"

I told Hewitt that I was going to get Tosh a snack and asked if he would like one. He paused and then said, "I'll take a milkshake." What am I, a drive-up window?

Hewitt was asking for toast today and when I pulled out the bread he said, "No, the 'letter O' toast!" I finally figured out that he wanted a toasted english muffin.

Burke came down for breakfast and said, "Mom, it might not look like my bed is made and you might not like it, but it's really stripes that I did as a design on my bed."

Hewitt has really liked eating plain tortillas lately. When I asked him if he wanted one he said, "Oh. Sure. I'll have a mamma mia."

Hewitt understands things very literally. When Rob told him that he "needed to fly" this morning (go to work), Hewitt asked, "Where is the fly? In the house?" When Rob asked him if he had a runny nose he said, "No. It's just boogers."

When Rob was leaving for work he hugged the boys and told them to "be good for Mommy and do exactly what she says." Burke said, "OK bye Dad, you be good at work and do exactly what your boss says."

We were discussing prophets in the scriptures for Family Home Evening and when Rob asked Burke which prophet(s) wrote the Book of Mormon Burke said, "Nephi, Jacob, Enos..." and continued to name the books in order. Rob and I were pretty surprised and couldn't help laughing.

I was just eavesdropping on Hewitt while he was playing with his toys and heard him say, "Ladies and jumpingmen..."

Burke was heading off to a neighbor's house to play and stuck his head back in the door and called, "I'll be traveling by bike."

When the garage door opens for us to drive in, Hewitt will pretend to be scared and say, "Oh no, it's the garage mouth! He's going to eat us!"

Hewitt got distracted and starting playing with his toys during lunch and when I reminded him to please keep eating he said, "But Mommy, I'm working."

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