permalinkThanksgiving
November 28, 2011
We had another great Thanksgiving at our house this year. Uncle Keith, Aunt Michelle, Grandma & Cousin Emily all came over, bringing the food with them! It's never an easy Thanksgiving with two kids, but all the help and well-behaved boys made it a great day. We topped it off, Busam family style, with a game of Charades after dessert. Emily's boyfriend Art showed up to reinforce "Team Men" and propel us to a dominating win over the women :-)Vince
permalinkDevin turns 4!!!
July 12, 2011
Devin turned four today. He started his birthday with a present from his brother (a train, of course), followed by his favorite breakfast of cinnamon rolls ("cakes!"), and bacon. He helped frost the rolls and brought a bunch to school for his friends, even carrying it himself. As we dropped him off, he still insisted he was three (which was sort of correct, since he wasn't born until noon), but by the time we picked him up, he was telling everybody he was four! We had a family dinner at home with Uncle Keith & Aunt Michelle, followed with his first blowing out a candle (with some help). This capped off a big birthday week that included a trip back east to see family, and two viewings of "the biggest movie ever" (in his words) - Cars 2. All in all, a great week, and a great beginning of this fifth year in our adventures together.Vince
permalinkHapy Birthday Grant!
April 03, 2011
Grant turned one year old last Sunday! We had a little party in the afternoon with the four of us (Devin got a large party in the back yard, with beer). Today Grant got his first haircut (I got a quick picture, then went back to dealing with Devin, who wasn't liking getting his hair cut at the time). Devin also got 3 blog posts around his first birthday, and now I'm a week late with a short paragraph. Such is the life with two kids. Vince
permalinkTraining
October 11, 2010
We're not sure what the regular world's been up to recently, but we've been working hard getting our boys Devin and Grant going with potty and sleep training, respectively. It's taken a lot of work with demonstrations and lots of rewards in the form of M&M's, popsicles, and trains. Finally he got the hang of it and he's made it through the past several days without any accidents, and taking care of everything himself without any prompting from us. He has the biggest smile now when he's going, then walks out saying "Good Job Devin". It could be the proudest momet of our parenting thus far.Grant is growing and eating more. He'll eat a very big dinner of rice cereal mixed with vegetables, which fills him up enough to sleep all night! He'll still moan once or twice, but it just requires us to go tuck him back in, and he'll stay down until 7.
With more sleep, and fewer diapers, we feel like we're moving along. We feel almost human. Maybe we'll get a handle on this parenting thing.
Vince
permalinkDevin turns 3!
July 12, 2010
Today is Devin's third birthday! He had a great party on Saturday, highlighted with a big jumper house in the back yard, and a piñata. Today we made his favorite breakfast - cinnamon rolls - to bring into school. He got lots of gear of his new favorites "Cars" and "Wall-E" to go along with his still-loved "Thomas" stash of toys.It's hard to believe it's only been three years. We can't even remember what life was like before Devin. We feel very fortunate to have such a wonderful boy in our lives.
Vince
permalinkE.R.
July 08, 2010
permalinkTaveling with Two
June 02, 2010
permalinkMarch Madness
March 27, 2010
