Tired of Mom's Lunch

This is a very common scene around 12:00.  (Notice the Peanut Butter sandwich again.  Poor kids, Mom's not very fancy!)  If you try to feed McKay lunch before his nap, this is what you get!

McKay and Thomas

Can anyone see the common denominator in these 3 pictures?  We now have our biggest Thomas fan yet.  Not only do we watch Thomas at 6:45 in the morning, after naptime, during car rides, etc., but we have to wear thomas now too.  It started with one pair of PJ's I bought with Christmas money from Grandparents.  He went crazy over them giving his excited laugh every time he saw them.  After wearing them for 3 days (day and night!), I decided we needed another pair to rotate with.  Then I decided it was time to stop wearing pajamas to the store and the doctor and everywhere we went so we invested in a thomas fleece and thomas shoes.  Next time you see our sweet boy, bet you can't guess what he'll be wearing!  (Yes, he is in pajamas with the shoes.  They come off after he is asleep!)

New vision for Nate

• Today, during our fancy lunch of peanut butter and honey, Nate decided to try on our glasses.  First he tried  mine and said everything looked funny.  Next he put on Mike's sunglasses and responded, "These make everything look like soy sauce!"
  

McKay does the dishes!

Recently we've started letting McKay pull his weight around the house.  He has really taken a liking to putting the dishes away when we unload the dishwasher.  Not only does he love doing it, but he knows where everything goes!

No more strep! (Hopefully)

A few weeks ago TJ had his tonsils removed.  He had gotten strep throat 6 times in the last year, and it seems as though his tonsils we a magnet for the bacteria.  It wasn't a fun experience, but he sure did enjoy the popsicles and ice cream!  We're just glad that he's feeling better after waking up in the night a few times with his throat hurting.  Hopefully we've kicked strep for good!

TJ's and Chess!

This past school year, TJ has joined the chess club.  So far he's done really well, and I go volunteer every Thursday with the rest of the club.  A few weeks ago he played in a non-rated Chess tournament.  He played five games with 1 win and a stalemate.  He did a great job considering all of his opponents were older and more experienced than him!  Although I'm more concerned about him having fun than winning, it sure is a nerve-wracking experience watching him play!

We look forward to state championships in a few weeks :-)

Everybody's doing it!

Well, I suppose it's time to start a real blog.  We've enjoyed looking at all of our families' and friends' blogs, so Alisha and I decided to start one as well.  We've done some on a small scale for particular events, but not really continuously.  I was going to do mikeandalisha.blogspot, but I guess there's another Mike and Alisha who beat me to it.

So, in short, welcome to the Draper Neyman's blog :-)