A Day with Superfrog

Greg and I went to the TCU v. Wyoming game on Saturday. We had a good time watching the Frogs win again - and in much better weather than the Air Force game we went to in October. Who would have thought that Wyoming in November would be nicer than Colorado Springs in early October?

The boys and I had a pretty good week with Greg in New Mexico. They went to 2 Kung Fu classes, which was adorable. I got a card when we went Trick or Treating at Aspen Grove for 6 weeks of free Kung Fu at a place in Littleton. I called the guy and he said we'd try it out and see if they would be interested. He is really impressed with how social they are for 3 year olds. He said most of the kids that age will freak out when they walk in the door - Ryan and Luke marched right in and followed everything he did and asked. He was impressed with their coordination, he sees many 5 year olds that can't do the Kung Fu moves. I don't know if we'll make it 6 weeks - the boys may not stay that interested - but it is so cute to watch them kick and do all of the Kung Fu stuff - which is alot like dancing. Ryan, in particular, is really good - he is so dramatic, so it isn't really surprising.

We've had some bedtime issues lately. Ryan and Luke (especially Ryan) think that bedtime means party time for about an hour (which means they get one less hour of sleep at night). On Monday, after several warnings to stay in their beds, I closed the door. Luke freaked out for a few seconds and tried to open the door, but he then said to Ryan, "It's OK, Bro." When Luke started to cry again, Ryan said, "It's OK Bro, don't cry." They went back and forth for about 5 minutes and then proceeded to talk about how guys with moustaches are scary. I sat outside the room and just listened to their conversation. Within 10 minutes, they were asleep. We haven't had any more parties this week, they have gone to sleep quickly and quietly.

Nana and Grandad come in a few days and the boys are getting excited about that. We are all looking forward to a few days off.

Below is a short video of Ryan singing and playing his Xylophone book.

Rah Rah TCU

In case you haven't kept up with college football this year, TCU rocks. When Greg and I were in school they were pretty awful, 1-10 when I graduated. Since then, they have been really good and this year they are really really good. Greg and I went to the game against Air Force in October and we are going to the game in Wyoming next Saturday (hoping for better weather than the last game). Anyways, this weekend TCU played their biggest game of the year (perhaps ever, considering the implications) and it was expected to be tough. They totally dominated the whole game and are now undefeated with 2 easy (hopefully) games to go. It looks like they'll go to a BCS bowl game and perhaps (with a whole lot of help from other teams) the national title game. I'm hoping we can go to the BCS bowl game - it looks like it will be in Phoenix or New Orelans. Airline tickets and hotel should be covered thanks to Greg's business travel, so we would just have to get the game tickets. And I'm sure my parents would come and stay with the boys (mom and dad, are you interested?).
Besides watching football yesterday, we had a pretty quiet weekend stuck in doors thanks to more snow.

Nothing like riding your bike in the snow and eating it at the same time.

Even better is drinking hot chocolate from big boy cups after spending time in the snow.



For fun tonight, I swaddled the boys in our king size blanket the way I used to when they were newborns. They thought it was really funny.


Video of Ryan climbing up the hill in knee deep snow. It was almost dusk, so the light isn't great. By the way, Greg rescued Luke right after I recorded this.


Lastly, I made this cake for a baby shower last weekend. Cristy is expecting twin boys, so Greg and I are excited to share our stuff (and clean out the basement). Greg and Jeff have been friends since early childhood, so it is neat for them to share this in common. Unfortunately, Cristy has had a tough pregnancy and is now in the hospital on bedrest for the next few weeks. In the end, it will all be worth it to bring home to 2 healthy babies. Our advise to them has been to have someone stay with them for the first few weeks. My mom staying with us for the first 6 weeks was a life saver for us. I know they've already got their guest room set up and family in line to come over.


Greg will be gone this week, so I'll probably not update until next weekend. Hopefully I'll have good pictures to share of Greg and I at the TCU v. Wyoming game.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween weekend. Ryan was Harry Potter and Luke was Harry's bestfriend Ron Weasley. Since my favorite books are from the Harry Potter series, I've been wanting to dress them up as these two characters since I found out I was pregnant with 2 boys. When asked, Ryan said he is "Harry Totter" and Luke said he is "Won" (pronounced like Juan). On Friday we went the Children's Museum's Trick or Treat Street and on Saturday we went to a few houses on our street and to Aspen Grove shopping center for a costume parade and trick or treating at the stores. We had many compliments on their super cute costumes and I, of course, thought they were the cutest kids there.

We called Nana and Grandad last night on Skype so they could see the boys in their costumes. They both got their treat buckets and pulled out almost every piece of candy to show them - I think every one that Ryan pulled out was his "favorite." This morning they both went downstairs and were quiet for a good hour, buying Greg and I an extra hour in bed (especially nice since they didn't get the memo to sleep in an hour later do to the time change). As we had predicted, they had got into their candy (I had put it up, but not out of reach of them pulling chairs over). They apparently had 2 lollipops and M&Ms for breakfast. Oh well, it was totally worth it for us to sleep a little longer.








Pumpkin carving with Daddy.



Another part of our Halloween day was sledding in our backyard. The snow was so deep it was really hard to get a good trench for the sled, but it ended up being perfect for them. It was so warm out by Saturday that I was wearing snow pants and a t-shirt - crazy weather.




Lastly, short video the boys on the little train at the Children's Museum.