8 Months old

Liam turns 8 months tomorow!  I CAN'T believe it!  He is doing well, he eats 2 sometimes 3 meals (baby food) a day and eats some of the baby puffs.  He is sitting up pretty steadily with the boppy behind him, and loves to jump, he has also been going in the go-around and has started taking steps around to get to the other toys.  He still is such a good baby, takes 3 naps a day (we're trying to get it down to 2) and sleeps a good 12 hours at night.  We can't complain.  As always he is always amused by his 2 big brothers, they especially like that Liam is much more interactive, They can ALWAYS get him to smile and laugh.  Life is pretty good!

Worth its weight in gold

Since Brady has started Karate he can earn stipes on his belt for doing things around the house, Brady being the smart kid he is, he listens to what other parents stand up and say they are giving their child a stripe for.  Last week one parent said that their child cleared the table without being asked, So Brady decided to take it a step further and wanted to wash the dishes, the nice thing about this is that Cameron wants to be just like his big brother and helps out too.

So Daddy decided with all this extra time.......

He would catch up on his reading.

An aMAZING day

Today being a holiday we decided to take the kids to amazement, the boys got to get out some energy and Liam had a ball watching the kids play.

A leader in the making

 Brady has been doing KArate for two weeks now and on Friday we had a confrence with Mr. Munoz who felt Brady was ready to start leadership class.  When you join the leadership class you get the official Black and Red Ocasio Gi.  I have to say I was very impressed, Brady stayed for Leadership class Friday and this class has all different age groups in it even soem adults, Brady was one of the youngest in the class.  At one point they split them up into groups of three and had each one of them take a turn being the instructor to the group for pushups.  Brady did well in his group of three, then they got back into the big group and the instructor picked a few to get up and instruct the whole class, well he chose Brady, I was so nervous for him and wondered if he would be intimidated.  this is how it went
Brady: Attention
Class: Sir
Brady: Push up position
Class Thank you sir
Brady: On my count... 1
Class One sir

Brady lead the class through three push up and then had to return to his spot.  I was so proud of him! It was so great to see him have such confidence.  I talked with another mom who couldn't believe this was only his second week cause she said her son would only watch for the first month.  Brian and I think this is going to be wonderful for him.

Cameron decided to try on Brady's Gi and they both put on their best Warrior faces.

An igloo in New England?

Only in the Stacks back yard will you find an igloo, As with everything that my boys do it has to be over the top.  My kids and husband can't just go out and make a snow man or just go sledding no, no!  The have to build forts or rather in this case an igloo.  OK so they cheated a little by using black spray paint but come on you have to admit it looks pretty good!

From a fort to....

An Igloo!

The Harlem Wizards come to Sanborn

 Thursday night, Sanborn had a fund raiser for the elementary school, they had the Harlem Wizards (a take of the Globe trotters) come to play against the teachers at the district.  Brian being the good sport that he is signed up to play.  Seeing as there was a lot of people who came to play each staff member got to play for about 2 min.  As soon as he got in the game he got the ball and he did attempt a basket but ubfortunatley didn't make it.  Oh well the boys had a blast getting to see Daddy out on the court.

The boys hangin' with Daddy before he goes in the game

The boys watching daddy play

Winter Fun

We had our first blizard of 2011 the other day, so that meant snow day here, unfortunately Daddy had to work from home which meant he was up in our home office (the bedrroom) on a confrence call all day.  He came down 2 times when they took a break to shovel the drive way.  Seeing as it was still snowing pretty hard Cameron didn't want to go out but Brady was all about going outside!  We had a lot of snow!

The boys had a fun and relaxing day, Liam is still working very hard on sitting up with no support and he is doing a a really good job.

Here we go!

Brian and I had been trying to think up a good activity for Brady to get involved in, since he missed the cutoff to enter Kindergarten this year he has been a little bored with going to preschool.  We finally decided to try him in Karate and after one week we are very glad that we have!  Brady can go to the class 3 times a week if he wants but they want them to come at least 2x a week.  His first class was Monday, he was very timid. The kid who is usually LOUD all the time at home was very quiet.  The Karate studio is the place for him to be loud and assertive, He also found out that he can earn stripes on his belt by doing good things at home, like helping out around the house without being asked, or being kind to his brothers, well let me tell you as soon as he heard that he has been a very well behaved boy, looking for things to help out with and being extra nice and helpful to Cameron.  Wednesday night when Mr. Munoz asked the parent's s if any students has earned a gold stripe I was pleased to stand up and tell him about Brady's good behavior.  He received his first stripe and was beaming from ear to ear.  Also On Wednesday night only is second class I couldn't believe how much he remembered from the first night.  He remembered to take off his shoes and get his card to pass in and he remembered to bow and say "vision Sir" before getting on the mat.  He was asked to get up in front of the class and demonstrate a move and he did with much more confidence than the first time.  We got a call from his instructor last night to schedule his "leadership Academy time"  right now he wears the white uniform, but the other kids in the class all have a red and black uniform, the only get the red and black uniform once the instructors feel they are ready and go through the leadership academy so Mr. Munoz feels one more week of classes and he'll be ready for Leadership Academy.  Not sure what this will entail but we'll find out on the 19th.  We think this is going to be great for him and he so far is really enjoying it!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all!  We rang in the new year with some good friends and family!  With lots of food, fun and laughs.

Brady and Daddy made a snow fort

Liam playing in his go-around

Cameron enjoying some goodies

                          Before the boys went to bed I got one last picture of them for the year 2010!

We hope everyone had a wonderful new years and the year 2011 will be filled with love and good health!