Brotherly love

Even sick days can be sweet days when you have a house full of love.

On Thursday morning, Brady came down with a tummy bug. After two days of snuggling and laying low, Brady does seems back to normal. The boys certainly have their moments of irritation with each other, especially now that they like to play with the same toys, but over-all, they are so loving towards each other.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the past 2 years that show this sweet brotherly love:

How it all started

October 2006

May 2007
June 2007

October 2007

February 2008

May 2008
June 2008

August 2008October 2008, Brady turns 2

Halloween 2008
January 2009

Brotherly love, nothing could be any sweeter to this mother's heart

How do you spell hat?

Cooper is spelling lots of the "_AT" words, and apparently Brady has caught on to at least one as well!

"A real Archaeologist"

One of Cooper's Christmas presents was a $5.99 TJ Maxx find - a Dinosaur Skeleton Excavation Kit. We found out this afternoon that this may be the best $5.99 we've ever spent!

Cooper woke up from his nap and was looking for something to do; Brady was still sleeping so it seemed like the perfect time for Cooper to start excavating!

3pm - the project begins

The first sign of dinosaur bones encourages more scraping. This is no easy task and he works and works on it. Scraping & dusting, scraping & dusting...

The excitement is building as he "discovers" more and more hidden bones. At around 4:30pm, I suggested that he take a break, but he informed me that "real archaeologists don't take breaks." He is dusty, the table & floor are even more dusty, but it doesn't matter, he's finding dinosaur bones!!
Around 5:45pm, he has discovered and carefully excavated all pieces of the skeleton. Next he washed them off in the sink, and we assembled this lovely Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton. A proud moment for both of us!
It is sturdier than I imagined it would be, and the joints fit together perfectly!
I asked him what he thought and he said, "I just love dinosaurs. Do you think they have a Triceratops." I'll be looking!

Happy New Year!!

We were so focused on the countdown (around 9pm) that I couldn't get one really good picture of the boys, but we sure had fun and good food to celebrate the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009.

At the end of our countdown...10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.... we heard, "blast off" instead of "Happy New Year."

Mom, do you recognize your Christmas bows? See how useful they are, Dad? ha!

Happy New Year !