We had a low-key celebration for Cole’s birthday, but I think he had a lot of fun.  The weekend took on a “game” theme.  He was able to join Joe at the monthly poker game, which absolutely thrilled him.  He did quite well – he’s turning in to quite the poker player, especially now that he gets the poker face concept. The next day, we met Grandma Pat and Grandpa Bob for lunch at a Chinese buffet that Cole really likes.  Zach and Alex got to try all sorts of new foods – the wontons were big hits with them.  Then we all went back to the house for presents (lots more games) and cake.   Check out the pics in the Cole’s 12th Birthday album.

I’ve also added a bunch more photos to the “misc” Jan-Feb 2007 album (previously known as the Jan-Mar album until we filled up 20 pages in two months!).  I haven’t had a chance to put captions on the newest ones yet (maybe this weekend), so if you check the album out in the next couple days, be sure to check back so you don’t miss my witty commentary.

Tags: birthday, Cole, playtime

As predicted, the Vandermarks and Belouseks went a little crazy with the cameras at Christmas.  It didn’t help that we had three cameras going at various points.  We actually had about 600 photos between the three!  I did manage to whittle it down to a much more reasonable number – still a lot, but when you consider what I started with, I think I did pretty good. Check them out in the Christmas 2006 album.

Zach and Alex had a lot of fun with all the new things to see and play with.  And we all had fun celebrating that first Christmas with them.  However, I have to say that for the first time ever, I was happy to take the tree down this year.  The boys were just fascinated with it, always wanting to put the branches, ornaments, and lights right into their mouths.

Other new photos have been posted in the newly-created Jan-Feb 2007 album and a couple cute ones from the last days of 2006 (my favorite is the one of Alex sleeping on Eeyore).

Tags: Belouseks, Christmas, holiday

We’ve all gotten a little snap happy around here, taking even more pictures of our favorite subjects (and an occasional one of the rest of us in the family). New pictures start on page 11 of the Nov-Dec 2006 Family album. And to think we haven’t even gotten to Christmas yet. (The link is correct now, if you tried this before)

Tags: Alex, playtime, Zach