Playing With Christmas Toys!

For the last few days we have been playing with all the new stuff that the boys got for Christmas. We have been very busy! We are having a really good time. I am loving spending time with the boys! The boys received Lego Creationary! Like Pictionary but instead of drawing you build with Legos. This is Kellen building a dog house!
Ethan working on a cannon. We all thought that it was a duck. But we were wrong.
Kellen go the Lego Minotaurus Game. Above is the game board with the guys moving on it. I like how you can build it different every time you play it!
Ethan the winner with the Minotaur
Ethan got Creepy Crawlers. Here they are baking
Kellen playing his new DS game!
The boys got a Cotton Candy Maker. So of course we made cotton candy!
Ethan spinning his cone to get the candy out. For Ethan's we used Smartees Candy Canes. He really loved it!
Ethan and the finished product. We had some trouble getting it to stick to the cone. So they both made more than you see. They ate it all!
Kellen spinning. Kellen used lemon drops for his. The candy came out so lemony! I loved it!
Ethan's cotton candy beard
The boys making Creepy Crawlers
Ethan working on the Creepy Crawlers
The bugs that were made
Kellen working on one of the many Lego kits that he got!
Both boys got Eco Racers! They are water powered cars. I thought that there would be a HUGE mess. Water all over the place. But they were very clean. The water charges the cars. The water does not go into the car at all. So I was happy. Above is Kellen pouring water into the charger.
Ethan working on his Legos
The boys got some growing crystals. So we had to grow them!
The purple ones ready to grow
The Eco Racer car
The charger working
Charging the car
More charging the car.

The boys have had a blast using all that they got. We still have a lot to do and we will get to it. They love everything that they got! I will post more when they do some new things.

Christmas 2010!

Christmas was of course Fantastic! It is always fun to see the family, hang out, play games, and eat good food. My little family had a blast! The boys are looking forward to playing with all the new stuff! It is such a hard job to tell them that they can't play with it all in a single day. I have to be the mean one. But then I get to play with them! These are some brownie cupcakes that I made. I even made the candy toppers and they were easy. If you want to know how just e-mail me.
Kellen checking out his stocking from Grandma and Bumpa
Ethan and his stocking
Ethan being goofy
Bella and Lulu
Kellen rolling for doubles during the game
The beautiful Trevor
Ethan opening his watch from Grandma and Bumpa


We spent Christmas morning at Grandma Schumacher's house. Santa came and visited the boys there.
Ethan and his "sock" reindeer
Kellen showing off something he got in his stocking
Checking out his stocking stuffers
Look I got coin candy
Opening up the BEST thing that they ever got! That Santa is a crazy guy! He brought both of the boys BB Guns. Yes, they are Red Rider BB Guns! And there will be no shooting any eyes out.
More present opening
The boys and the Red Riders
Playing with the Zibits that Santa brought
Playing "What's In Ned's Head?" A very cute game, but more for smaller kids
Kellen coloring his color blanks
Kellen holding Marcus!
Lucian
More Ned's Head
SEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kellen target shooting
Ethan practicing

Jared had to get in on the fun too!


Kellen's target
Ethan's target. By the time Jared and the boys came in Ethan had gotten quite good at hitting the target. I even tried but I never actually hit the target.

Have A Very Merry Holiday!

The Teche Family wishes you a very Happy Holiday Season!

Love,

Jared, April, Kellen, Ethan, Lily, and K.C.

Tiny Triumphs 56! A little different!

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a cat.
The stockings were hung by the door with care,
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there.

Well, it seems the end of the year is on us now. I can not believe how fast it has gone.
Our boys are another year older (and I guess so are Jared and I)
So for this Tiny Triumph I want to write down what I am thankful for.
I know I should have done it around Thanksgiving. But, with the end of the year
I am feeling very thankful. I also want to point out the major
changes that have happened in our lives in the past year. It has been a BIG year for us.
This way when I am older and greyer (ask the boys how old I am) I can look
back and remember 2010 as a good year!

Things I am thankful for:
Jared, Kellen, and Ethan
The rest of our families
A warm house
Food on the table
Time with the boys while they are young
LOVE
And so much more than I can list!

Major Changes:
Jared got a better job!
Moved to Marshfield!
April became a stay at home mom!
Kellen started French Horn!
Ethan is getting help with reading and getting much better at it!
We added K.C. into our family!
AND the litter was taken care of all year! I had to add this in!

I hope you have a great rest of the year and Tiny Triumphs will be back to normal next week. I am looking for a few new things to add to the blog. So if there are any suggestions I would love to hear them. I was thinking of a what we are reading Wednesday. What do you think?

Tiny Triumphs 55!

Okay, this week has been like all of the others! Busy! We seem to be gearing up for the holidays here. We are going to have a white Christmas! What more can we ask for this time of year? We also have all the gifts bought and all but one wrapped! So let's hope that we have a stress free couple of weeks.

1. We are all dug out after the nasty weather came through. We had 17 inches of snow come down on us here. So being dug out is big! Thanks Jared for doing all the work!

2. Swimming lessons are over for this session! Ethan has now moved up to the next level! Kellen has a few things to work on before he moves up. I am sure he will get them soon. We signed the boys up for four swimming lessons during winter break.

3. Ethan and Kellen are now getting over their colds that they have had!

4. The litter has been taken care of all week!

Have a great week!