Boaz enjoyed playing with all the kids. Here is Gpa Bartlett, Boaz, Bailey, Ayla, & Jason doing puzzles. 
Dave & Linda have a toy closet off the dining room that houses all the amazing toys! If we couldn't find Boaz, this is where he was!
And here is Boaz with his Great-Grandpa Bartlett. Boaz sat on his lap for quite awhile when we first got there. He's a fun great-grandpa!! 
He carried around this apple all morning... it was his favorite!
Here are he and daddy with the oranges they got in their stockings. Guess the fruit was a hit this year!! 
He's been into Mickey Mouse lately. He got little Mickey & Donald figurines... here he is discovering Donald. 
He sure does love making music on his guitar. Mommy hopes he'll get really good at the guitar someday!! 
"Merry Christmas, Everybody!"
Here's a little Christmas tune to enjoy today...
And Cainan wishes you all a Merry Christmas, too!
Then he helped put the snowman cookies on the pan. (Yes, I cheated and bought my sugar cookie dough and these cute ones with snowmen designs)
I wanted to see if Boaz could help frost cookies, so I gave him his own supplies. Of course the first thing he did before I could explain anything was take a giant bite out of the cookie! Here he is making a go of frosting...
And frosting didn't last long... it quickly turned into eating!
Lately he likes his hands to be clean while he's eating and often requests a washcloth. 
And now, we've created a cookie monster. We really don't ever have cookies in the house- and now that he figured out that we do, he constantly requests cookies.... for breakfast, for dinner, and every hour inbetween! So far we've gotten away with eating one a day. 
It was pretty nice on Saturday, so we made up some plates and Boaz helped me deliver them to the neighbors. Boaz greeted each neighbor by yelling "Merry Kisses!" as we handed them the goodies. He was sad that we were giving the cookies away, but we had a good talk about sharing and being nice to our friends- then he was excited to share. It was a fun way to spend a morning- we love Cookin!
This picture is for you, Luke! It's the first Aldi fudge striped cookie that Boaz ever tried. He definitely liked it. These are a staple for Luke... I'm hoping they won't be for Boaz quite yet. :) 
Cainan usually has one long stint in the swing a day. He loves to stare at the bears hanging above him. He's content to sit and swing while Boaz tears around the living room. 
And here's something I'm soooo excited about! Our newly organized basement! My friend Katie saw that Ikea had free shipping on orders over $500 on cyber Monday. So several of us pooled our orders together and I finally got the cube shelves I've wanted for a couple years! I am so thrilled to have a place to put all of the toys! And Boaz thinks it's really fun to put things on the new shelves... hope that lasts!
Dear Blake & Brenna,
Thank you so much for the playdoh you gave me for Christmas. I like it so much. Here is a video of when we first played with it on Sunday. "Oh my goodness!" I was very excited about the animals that grow hair! I had so much fun playing with you and our other cousins at Grandma & Grandpa Glace's house. Have a merry Christmas. Love, Boaz (and Cainan)
Our family in front of Mom's Christmas tree. 
Funny story.... Greg took our camera while we were sitting around the living room and took a bunch of pictures of Nolan. I totally forgot they were all on there until I downloaded everything tonight. This was the only normal picture of him- the rest were all 'creative' shots of his hand, his feet, etc. I laughed so hard at Greg's photographic eye. Thanks for the laugh, Greg! :)
Boaz was so excited about all his presents. In this picture he was literally hitting his head saying 'oh my!' while daddy was getting the trucks out of the box. It was hilarious. 
This bulldozer moves up and down and makes noises. He's carried this around the house the last few days. He loves to press the button and watch it go. 
Grandma showing Boaz how the bulldozer works...
Grandma & Grandpa Glace have given each family a kid's table to have in our homes. This year was our year to receive one. We had a kids table set growing up and I remember all the hours my sisters and I spent doing projects on it. Cainan got this awesome set from them and I predict hours and hours of fun on it in the years to come for our family. Thanks, mom & dad!
Boaz LOVES music. He is really into horns these days... tumpents, tubas, tombones, etc. He received this 'tumpent' (recorder) and was in heaven. He likes to play it loud. I decided that it is going to be a special toy we keep in the basement instead of upstairs!! :) Cainan can't quite get used to Boaz's loud 'music.' 
Cainan decided to add some excitement to the evening as well. While we were opening presents, Luke was holding him on his lap. We heard some rumbling in Cainan's pants, but decided to let him sit a minute to be sure he was finished. I grabbed him from Luke and immediately noticed Cainan's socks were yellow... and so was the front of Luke's jeans, Cainan's pants, the back of Luke's jeans, the carpet, etc. It was an amazing site. Thankfully Grandma Glace was there to help with the cleanup! I'm not really sure how poop got on the back of luke's pants, but I guess that just proves how powerful this blow-out was! Nice work, Cainan!
It's always fun to have the whole family together. We are so blessed to have amazing parents and siblings. Thanks, everyone, for the great weekend! Love you all...
I'm pretty sure I may have gotten the first giggle out of him yesterday, too!??
This is my absolute favorite one of Cainan...
Brotherly love... 
