My Grandpa Roy & Mr Bean's Christmas Nativity Scene

I LOVE My Grandpa Roy

I have so many favourite stories & memories about my grandpa. 

He loves to build things & one year my Grandpa decided to build a Christmas Nativity just like the one from Mr Beans Christmas. Yes, this nativity scene has animals, helicopters, Santa, outhouses & more. 

I love it & have been so lucky to have given it.

Each year when it's time to put up Christmas decorations we always have a special place for the entire nativity. Here are a few pictures from last 2010.

  

And now 2011 Christmas.

And many more Christmas's to come. 

Uncle Darren

Our boys are loved & spoiled by many Aunts & Uncles.

We don't get to see them very often but they sure love our boys. 

That's one of the great things of having a big family with 3 sisters & 2 brothers.

Uncle Darren is my older brother who lives in Winnipeg Canada.

He has only met Little B once & has yet to meet Myles. 

Here's one of the pictures I found some a previous thanksgiving in Calgary.

Uncle Darren is a great Uncle who is always thinking about us.

This past year he sent all of us Winnipeg's official NHL sweaters for Christmas & Birthday presents.

            

 

The boys were a little more excited for the ALL the Candy that Uncle Darren sent. 

Even though you may not be able to tell by all their facial expressions. 

             

And Since Uncle Darren wasn't able to be in Ohio for Christmas to see our boys open their presents. I posted a few more pictures of all the fun gifts from Uncle Darren.

                        

                         

 

The boys sure had a lot of fun & A LOT of sugar thanks to their Aunts & Uncles.

At the end of the day they were pooped.

We LOVE all our family & wish we could see you more. 

Frosty The Snowman

We had our Official Snow Fall back on Dec 12th, 2011.

And now a month later I am officially posting our 1st Snow Fall.

Prior to the snow fall Little B had been asking for snow every day.

Every day he asked if he could build a snowman, wear his gloves & his hat so when it finally snowed Dave & B went out to build their 1st official snowman. 

Here are a few pictures of our very proud little B & Proud Daddy.

Our little man sporting his Canadian "toque" 

The 1st Official Snowman

And then they made a Snowman of Bryant, Myles & Lady

The Snow came & went with in a few days but the boys sure did have a lot of fun.

The Born Family "Curse"

Baby Born #3...

You may be wondering why I titled this Blog As "The Born Family Curse" & Then Post a Picture of our Upcoming New Family Addition....Born Baby BOY #3. 

(We Really are SOOOO Excited for Boy #3)

However, It All Began When I first met my Lovely Mother-In-Law.

Yes, Years ago one of my first visits with my Mother-In-Law was about the topic of future children. UGH!

Her thoughts on the topic "I hope you like boys because Born men DO NOT make Girls" 

Funny because my thoughts were.....

 "I was a teenage girl once & don't really want to raise one"

And then when we got pregnant with our 1st & then our 2nd the comments continued....

"Born Men DO NOT make Girls"

"You're going to have a BOY"

"You're going to have a BOY again"

It's almost as though it was this genetic "Curse". The UNREACHABLE task.

Again....We love our BOYS! 

However, when I found out I was pregnant with #3; 

I was also hoping to "spite" my mother-in-law.

I was hoping, just hoping, I would prove their family wrong.

AND, because I never like to be told NO. 

And my strong will always finds a way to prove that NO wrong.

BUT, when we saw our baby BOY #3 we knew he was meant to be. 

And we wouldn't trade ANY of them for the entire World!!!!

                      

Because, we make the Cutest Baby Boys Around. 

And I already can tell Baby Boy #3 will have the same cute Roy Family Nose.

We LOVE our BOYS!!!

(I will find other ways to use my POWERS to take on OTHER unreachable tasks).

(As a side note Dave's middle Brother did break the tradition & have a cute baby girl, but MY theory is that the middle child is usually genetically programmed unique so it doesn't count).

One Little, Two Little....3???? Little Pumpkins

Only time will tell. 

May 2012

Happy Halloween!

   

 And Yes, Myles reached his goal & got to go Trick or Treating as a Walker. 

And Yes, Bryant got to go Trick or Treating with a  Pink Pumpkin

The Pink Shopping Cart

And no....this story is not about Little B even though he still loves pink.

This story is about Myles.

Today Myles turned 17 months. 

At his most most recent appointment we were told everything is great.

However, for some reason Myles refuses to walk.

Every pediatrician says he's almost there, no worries, things are great, etc, etc 

But, you start to wonder when little kiddo's 1/2 his age walking circles around him.

So, I have come to the conclusion that Myles has inherited the stubborn Roy gene.

Generations & generations of stubborn Roy's have been born.

These stubborn Roy's do what they want, when they want & how they want. 

This is Myles. He is STUBBORN.

He is our STUBBORN Little Mogli (Jungle Book)

When the ground is rough or cold he would rather lift his knees then walk. 

It does not matter how much you bribe, beg or trick him into walking he refuses.

BUT, I too am a Roy & have inherited such traits & have years of Stubbornness behind my belt & I am more determined to get him to walk.

My SOLUTION: The PINK Shopping Cart.

Every night we are now doing Pink Shopping cart laps around my kitchen.

Yes, laps & for lengthy periods of times. We make games & Bryant is involved too.

Everyone loves it & it has become a daytime & nighttime game.

To make it a little manly we started to include the green lawnmower. 

Tonight we are seeing progress. His laps "tricked" him into taking steps on his own.

Our STUBBORN little man will walk.
B/c his STUBBORN mother is on a mission. 

It's all about "The bare necessities, The simple bare necessities..
..."Of mother natures recipes, That bring the bare necessities to life".

Life with Uncle Stephen - The Boys are Baking.

While the weather was nice the boys spent many hours outside. They love the outside & below is one of the few snapshots I snuck from my office window. A few weeks ago they decided to have lunch outside. 

Now that the weather is getting colder we needed to start thinking of ideas so that our boys do not turn into regular "Monsters". 

If they are caged up too long they really do become "dragons".

Here's a sneak peak of our upcoming Halloween Dragons with Uncle Stephen. 

To prevent a lot of craziness we have decided to plan a few different activities for different days of the week.

Monday is now our Baking Days. 

The Boys are going to Bake goodies & decorate little cards for Grandma, Grandpa, Monday night Missionary dinners & whoever wants to try out the goodies these 3 boys create. 

Today the boys made brownies with candies galore. 

And their brownies included a portrait of a special someone that all our 3 boys adore. 

The portrait is on the bottom right.

Do you know who it is???

Her name starts with an "S".....

Let's hope for many more fun indoor activities. 

And if you would like some goodies please let us know because I do not need the extra winter pounds.