Chubbers the Caterpillar

We decided to bring Chubbers down from the upstairs closet.  He was a favorite toy of Asa's and we hoped Asher would enjoy him as well.
He seemed to get a thrill (after he opened his eyes to really look at him) and even gave him a hug :)

Asher's 9 months old!

Snow Day! Jan 9,2011

TL and Asher out on our snow day walk

Hershey grew snow pants after romping around in the drifts

Tim showing Asa how to make a snow angel

Cutie pies!

The Christmas Season Finale - Garvan Woodland Gardens

I think we've been going to Garvan Woodland Gardens the day or so after Christmas since Asa was 6 months old.  It's just beautiful with Christmas lights all over the place.  We highly recommend it for a family outing.

TL and Asher enjoying the lights

Saul and Asa checking out the reflection on the Koi Pond

Grandpops and Grandma taking a stroll

One of the new features.  You could walk through the train and pull the train bell.

An attempt at a family photo

Watching the electric trains

Decorating Christmas Cookies

Grandma and Asa getting busy

Grandpops focused attention to the details

There is always one, usually more, that gets transformed into all that Christmas is not.  Poor gingerbread girl never knew what was coming.

The sprinkles tend to get out of control.

Christmas has finally arrived!

Not at all thrilled about having to leave milk and cookies for Santa.  Oh dear!

Our ethnic Santa - We all giggled  :)

The loot Santa left.  Notice the finger at the bottom pointing.  I think it was Asa pointing at the dragon hat in his stocking.

Checking it all out.

Our sweet Santa with his Santa gift

The amazing chess set Robert made for Tim.  Yes, hand made, all out of wood!

Robert smiling at his stocking stash

Saul pondering his new book.

Fireworks discovered!

We discovered a box of fireworks in a closet.  We weren't too sure how old they were or if they'd even work.   So we dediced to have an evening of fireworks.  The favorites were of course the Chinese dragons.

Silver Dollar City

Christmastime at Silver Dollar City

I believe there is a 4 year old standing under the SDC sign

Decorating one of many sugar cookies in the toy store

This was the family favorite spot I think.  Everyone got involved in collecting, loading and shooting those balls.

Notice the smiles on the big guys?

Asher just taken it all in and waiting on the train to arrive.

A big cheese with the the Coca Cola bear and pretty ladies

Jingling his bells :)

A pose with Santa Claus

Taking a stroll with Bapa

Silver Dollar City at Christmastime is a lot of fun for the whole family.  SDC is decked out for Christmas with twinkling lights on nearly everything.  It's just beautiful.  We made a trip up there just before Christmas with the whole family.

Attempting a Christmas Card picture

Ever tried to get 2 kids to smile (sweetly) at the same time?  Yeah, not really the easiest thing in the world.  Here are a few of the examples from my attempt at getting a picture for our Christmas card.

Asa looks like a giant here

Loosing it slowly

Totally not interested

I think this is the one I used

Great smile Asa, Asher not so much

And it's over