Black Eye

Who else would you think would get a black eye?  Of course the Tiny Tornado!  Our boys have never had a black eye, so this was a bit of a new adventure.  It is hard to see in the pictures because of the lighting but Addi had quite a little green shiner on the top of her right eye!  Thankfully she was no worse for wear, but it does make us chuckle at the trouble this girly can find herself in!

Riding her toy in the bonus room (still with the black eye)

Reading stories with Daddy (and still with the black eye!)

Taking a rest with Daddy.....did we mention the black eye? :)

In a totally random picture, this is currently what our dining room looks like.  Isn't it a decorators marvel?  The huge brown thing on the wall is a piece of felt - we got the idea from one of Amy's employees at work as she complained about the fact that this room is SUPER LOUD with the fact that we don't have much in it and the sound echoes and bounces around on the walls.  Her son is an architect and suggested some felt panels, so Amy took it all the way in her desperation to quiet the room down.  It worked like a CHARM - we intend long-term to get acoustic panels with artwork on them but for not, the $16 piece of felt is primo! :)  Notice also that we now have an "eclectic" dining room table - our old one and then the D's kitchen table as they replaced theirs with a new dining room table (very lovely) - anyway, we're "housing" it for a while at our house.  It has come in handy as we can fit 14-15 people around it, so lots of fun to be had! 




We continue to love the Olympics.  So far, Kaleb's favorite sports are the "bob race" (aka bob sledding) but he does love to pretend to be a figure skater and "twirl" around the house! Zachary's favorite is curling (good little Canadian!) and the luge.  He was however devastated when the US men lost in hockey against the Canadians - he was definitely cheering for US in that one.




Our little "bob racer!"

We had a few other random pictures from Disney that we wanted to share - the boys are growing up so quickly!

 

 

Disney

On Superbowl Sunday, we decided to join the masses and use our Disney tickets to head out to the Magic Kingdom - we had been told that Superbowl Sunday the crowds were minimal and frankly that is the only way that the Z-parents can abide the thought of going to Disney - we just don't like to stand in line for an hour to experience a 60 second ride! :)  The Bergherms came with us, as they are the experts, and we knew that our day would be much more enjoyable with friends, and expertise, along! Addison spent the day with Grandma, as we didn't think that she'd be able to last for such a long time, and little Miss Tornado surely wouldn't take a nap in the stroller if there was something to see! :) It worked out perfectly, because older boys and the men all went home in order to watch the game while the smaller boys and the moms stayed later at the park the enjoy more rides.  The weather was perfect, so all in all it was a great experience!

 

We were able to do a ton of rides, thanks to Jennifer's wisdom of which ones to hit first etc - we didn't do Space Mountain (didn't think the boys would be old enough for that "thrill" yet and the Splash Mountain was closed, but we did the majority of the other rides except for Peter Pan - who wants to wait an hour!!



Riding in the boat on the way over - all set!



Enjoying the jungle cruise

See, no crowds that we could actually get a good picture of the castle!

Front row to watch the parade - and this was after we just happened upon it (we hadn't staked it out an hour in advance....perfect!)

Kaleb and Mom on the Dumbo ride.

Phrase of the week:  Ding-dong!  It is a tradition, we've taught our babies that if they press on our belly-buttons we pretend it is the doorbell and say Ding-dong.  Addison loves this game, and so is now walking up to one and all (not just parents!) and lifting their shirts to find their belly buttons to press them!  So much for personal space!

Catch up!

With all of the posts about our Z-Christmas, we have some catching up to do - so this will be a mish-mash of things - because let's be clear, we'd rather be watching the Olympics than writing a clever blog entry! :)  We love the Olympics!!!!

A few weeks ago, we had the traditional post-Christmas get together with Cochrans, Deiningers and Johnsons to enjoy some visiting and of course the kids love the gift-giving! :)

 

Karis also went on his annual "mens-only" ski trip - the very one in which he broke his ankle last year.  This is always an anxious 5 days for Amy as she's managing the house and kids by herself at the same time as she's in year-end and work is crazy....but add to this the fact that last year he came back maimed, there were a lot of prayers going up!  Thankfully, each day the guys would text Amy with a picture of Karis - happy and whole!

Grandma Bobbi had her birthday as well - and we enjoyed a delicious supper over at Aunt Louise's to celebrate another year!

While Karis was away, Amy took Zachary to his "learn to play hockey" skating lessons - and was thoroughly impressed!  The skating skills that they teach on that side really are impressive - they weren't playing hockey but were learning how to use their full stride, do hockey stops, concentrate on edging etc. And it was nice that they all had to have a helmet on - safety first! :)

Phrase of the week:  "A-boo!"  Addi loves to say A-boo - especially as Peek-a-boo is one of our favorite games!  She also likes to say "baby!"  In other developments - she's absolutely a cheese lover (must be the Syfert genes!) - and Amy gives her the baby bell cheese snacks to eat from time-to-time - and today she decided to grab one when the door was off and managed to get the red wrapping paper off before starting to just bite right through the red wax!  Gotta have me some cheese!  She also said "Je-fer" once (not sure if it has been repeated or not! :)

Kaleb lamented one night as Amy was telling him that he wasn't allowed to do something "Why are mom's so cruel?"  It is such a rough life! :)

Zachary shared with us that his favorite Bible characters are Joshua and Noah - so wanted to save this for posterity sake.