More Bow-ties

The boys were busy "wrapping" presents for each other this morning. They were taking toys and wrapping them in blankets and riding in their imaginary sleigh down the hall. Thomas wrapped up the hand mirror on my dresser and gave to me. After the normal exclamations upon opening it, he asked me where I thought he bought it. I didn't know, so asked him. He said he bought it on-line. : )

Thomas took left over material from a skirt I made and made two bow-ties from it. He just folded up some larger pieces into rectangles and then took some stringy pieces and tied it around the rectangle to draw the center together. The strings were long enough to tie around his neck....his creations entirely.

Over-all Dudes

Thomas and his grandpa looking pretty spiffy!

Cute kids!

Thomas wants a bowtie so he took a clip-on and tied it around his neck. Look closely at Nathan. His teddy has a tie on. He has wrapped his belt around one belt loop so that he can hang his drill and phone from the new loop his belt makes. He also has a pencil behind his ear. He has what he calls his knife hooked on the belt too although I can't see it in this picture. It's a hook from his tonka crane and not sharp but he has deemed it his knife.

The joy of outdoor iceskating

Our neighbor's field floods and freezes making for a great little ice skating rink. We went Friday and Saturday last week to get our exercise! I love having ice skating partners! Check out Nathan's face in the second to last picture and look at Thomas' tongue in the last picture.

Boys in their Plaids

Both Grandpas wear plaid flannel shirts....so their grandsons want to too! Nathan took the last picture of his little bears. He gets attached from time to time to a stuff animal (or two) and currently it is these two beany bears.