The Erickson Family: December 2011

Time to dump my pictures off my cell phone again!

Here is a picture of Jayden, asleep with all his "friends." He literally sleeps with about ten stuffed animals. He calls them all his "friends," but they all have names, too. He squeezes himself between all of them, and it is amazing when he knows one is missing. He has a tiny dog, the size of his hand, and he woke up and couldn't find it. It was a tragedy! We had to find it so he could go back to sleep. When he was sick with a cold, he wanted to put his "friends" in a different bed, so he wouldn't get them sick.

He is very serious about all these animals! ;)

Brady's favorite thing to do...read!

If you look at his socks, you'll notice he has two different ones on. He shovels through Jayden's sock drawer until he finds the character socks. Then, he always separates them until he finds two different ones.

Here are some pics of the boys baking with Gaga.

These baking pics are from October, when it was warm.

It's been cold here, so we have NOT been in shorts and t-shirts. :)

A friend of the ours dropped off coloring books and crayons to the boys,

when we were stuck inside for a month. (when they were sick)

Going for a morning walk...in our pjs!

Shamu still accompanies us wherever we go.

Jayden is doing so well riding his bike around the block.

Swinging

Brady will bring my phone to me and say, "Cheese!"

Decorating his tree!

He has done this MANY times since we put it up.

Little brother does whatever big brother does!

I walked into the room and saw my mom playing, "Octopus" with Jayden. Remember that game? It was mine when I was little. You roll the dice and have to match up colors. You strap velcro on to your wrists, legs, and head. SO funny!

Brady wanted a turn, too!

On the weekends that Jamie has to work, I get the boys ready for church and let them watch a show in Jayden's room. I leave their "church shirts" off until it's time to go. They looked so cute sitting in their white tshirts.

I LOVE to watch and listen to my boys play together. My mom has a drive-thru McDonalds at her house and these two love to pretend play with it. Jayden orders, hands Brady the money, and Brady puts the money in the cash register.

Brady loves to wear hats!

Jayden asked if he could bring his "friends" downstairs to watch tv with him.

My parents have a "Santa" that is bigger than Jayden. It sings and dances. Brady isn't too sure about it, but then will warm-up to him. Here Jayden and Brady (and Jamie)

are dancing with Santa!

Here's a picture of Paige and Brady having a snack at Little Lambs.

I love Paigey's smile!

"Cheese!"

Jayden loves to play with my old laptop.

It doesn't turn on, but he tells me he is chatting/skyping with Conner.

Randy was trying to share his green beans with Brady.

(Brady loves them!)

Hanging out, having a snack.

Here are some pics from Build and Grow. Lowe's had a train project, and it was 3 consecutive Saturdays. I have a picture of the finished product on my camera, but here it is...

a work in progress.

The boys really love to do the Lowe's projects!

Daddy and his boys

Jayden wanted to make a cake!

This wasn't for anything special, so I let him do it almost completely by himself. There "might" have been some eggshells in the cake. But...he didn't mind. He loved eating it and did such a good job making it.

One of Jayden's favorite games right now is Memory Match.

He is really good at it, and he LOVES to beat me!

The boys watching a Christmas movie, having a snack on the couch.

This is a huge deal since they can't eat/drink outside the kitchen at our house.

Gaga bought 3 new stools for her house! The boys loved them!

Playing in rice at Gaga's house! She has a tub of rice with a bunch of stuff hidden inside it. My mom is SO good about letting the boys explore and make messes at her house.

Brady doesn't like his hands messy...can you see his fingers! Haha!

But, he liked playing in the rice with a spoon!

Jayden showing Brady how the carwash works.

I love how sweet the boys look when they're asleep!

Hope you're having a great week!!

I just realized I never published this post! After we had our family pictures taken, we headed up to Oak Glen. We had told Jayden that if he was a good listener during pictures, he could choose a treat up in Oak Glen. We drove to a little village/shop and visited the animals first.

The boys love animals!

We walked through the little shop, and looked at Halloween decorations.

Jayden decided what he wanted...a GREEN apple! Yep, an apple as a treat. Definitely not what I would have picked if I saw fudge, and other chocolates, but my little boy sure does love apples. Besides that, green is his favorite color, remember? He is ALL about green!

Jayden wanted to stay and eat it there. The place was empty since it was a weekday, and the leaves were so pretty. Brady wasn't interested in an apple, so he had a cookie. :)