Ball blowing toy is still the best

Ever still thinks that his ball blowing toy is still the best.

Hours are spent at this toy watching the balls come out and catching them and putting them back into the toy.

Ever's First Birthday!

Today was Ever's first birthday.  We made him a lego cake which came out pretty cool.  

The little guy got a dump truck that he can sit in!  Rhiannon thinks that it is the coolest thing also, so we will have to keep our eyes on them for when the figure out that they can take each other for dump truck rides, them dump each other.  That should be interesting.

Rhiannon was alot of help with the unwrapping of the gifts, and yelled "mine" a whole lot during the ordeal.  So I am not too sure if she has grasped the idea of a birthday party yet.  She has though, grasped the idea of "if there is a toy in the house I am claiming it as mine"  

  All in all the birthday fun went pretty well and Ever got all kinds of trucks and trains and boats and one year old fun things.

Ever was having a wonderful time as Dad and big brother in the background attempt to unchain toys from their packaging.  Al did a pretty good job of using the wire-cutter to free the toys from their confines.

This photo was pre-everyone-showing-up so the house was still pretty much clean and tidy.  Ever has the look of great things are to come.  

Half way through January ---Already!

Wow how time flies!  We have had some snow and some outdoor fun, although Berks County has pretty much dodged every storm that has come our way so far this winter.  Rhiannon loves to go sledding in the backyard, while Ever had a good time too, he wasn't showing as much enthusiasm after the sniffels started.

Rhiannon going  FAST

Ever all bundled up.  He looked like a tick about to pop.

Our little snow bunny

Ridin the sled together

We had to bribe Rhiannon with hot chocolate in order to get her to go back into the house, but then she was not interested in actually consuming the hot cocoa.  

George is back at school after work two days a week, and Jennifer starts up next week for another fun semester of nursing school.  Wish us luck!  and lots of naps here and there and everywhere.  I already cannot wait for summer.  :)

One of Ever's Christmas gifts was a set of blocks that are made of some hard, yet soft foamy stuff and quite cool.  The following photo is George's masterpiece using every one of the blocks that came in the set.  It stood erect for all of like 30 seconds before King Kong Rhiannon did her Godzilla impression and turned it into rubble.  Her Godzilla giggles alot while destroying things.  ha ha ha

Ever has found that being able to walk around and chase his sister, and be chased by his sister is very draining and naps must be taken at any opportunity!