Simon and Max – growing up in a big, big world

Simon and Max will have 2 weeks off for Christmas and New Year and on their last day they got to wear their Santa hats.

We are not sure what inspired Simon tonight, but he decided to wash the hair of Max, and it was very cute.

This morning Simon and Max got to find little surprises from St. Nikolaus.  They had been good, they cleaned up well yesterday and left their boots out for Nikolaus.  So today when they got up they looked at the boots with the surprise but decided to first go for the morning milk.  Smart kids with correct priorities – milk over candy.  But once the milk was gone it was time see what Nikolaus had left them .

Heute Abend kommt der Nikolaus und Simon und Max freuen sich schon richtig. Sie mussten daher aber vorher aufräumen und die Stiefel aufstellen.

Als die Buben dann im Bett waren kam der gute Nikolaus tatsächlich

Not sure how this gets started but it is happening for sure – bathroom reading

On this very cold Sunday we were busy decorating a gingerbread house and afterwards we took the boys to the playground.

The anticipation

Max also was ready to get going

Simon was a pretty good helper

Max was after the m&m candy and the icing.

The finished product.

A quick clip

Ready to go for a chilly walk to the playground

Apparently only mama and papa noticed the cold temps.

A bit of balance beam action.

Max walked quite a bit despite the bulky clothing.

Mama and the boys

Max visited the dentist to have his chipped tooth checked out and we were assured it was all well. Nothing to be done really. Picture below shows the dental assistant with Max in action to get a picture of his teeth.

Although we did not encourage this, Simon has somehow mastered a new skill on the slide.

Max was completely fascinated with the massive music box on the roof of the Wake Health Hospital.

Below are a few images from recent activities with the boys, in no particular order and with no particular theme.

Bread shopping with Papa downtown

Discovering shadows

Bottle juggling

Chasing Mama and Simon

Race car drivers

That was hard work

I can now float in my back

We have an exciting new throne