Big and BIGGER

One

little

girl

with

a

BIG

personality


and

one

little

boy

with

an

even

BIGGER

smile.

Once Upon A Time...

Life with Aunt Nee Nee is never dull. There's the castle she built...out of popsicle sticks.

It's still a work in progress, but apparently she would do anything for her nephews who requested it. And now we can add it to our collection of other popsicle stick models by Renee- the pirate ship and the race car.

That's when she wasn't being the teacher, adventurer, builder, scrapbook artist, gamer, biologist, chef and play mate. And surprise guest reader. Renee surprised Garrett and Blake by being the guest reader in each of their classes.

Renee reading Giraffes Can't Dance for Garrett's class

and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs for Blake's class.

The boys tried to play it off as if they knew (like how they know everything), but the stunned looks on their faces, blushing and constant and proud smiles gave them away. Unfortunately...I wasn't able to capture that on camera (note to self: check camera settings before trying to capture a memorable moment).

And they learned happily ever after...

Garrett and the Grinch

This one really amazed me.

I still haven't decided if Garrett really captured the Grinch or if the Grinch embodies Garrett... Either way, pretty impressive for a five year old.

The Wilcox Bowl

Who wants to sit and watch "bowl" games all New Year's Day, when you can actually play them? For the past several years we've made it our family tradition to go bowling on New Years. It's something we all look forward to all year long (at $40 a game- not including the twins- it is sure to remain a novelty) and it's a fun and memorable way to start the new year. Here are some fun pictures of my super-bowlers.

You can't really go wrong with a guide and bumpers...maybe next year we can convince the boys to try it without the guide.

But for now they like their sure-fire knock downs. Blake's victory face.


It was Garrett's idea to play boys against girls (and he got to be on the girls' team). Smart boy...the girls (me and Renee) won by a long shot. Here's Renee in perfect form.

Our own personal cheering section. Chella got to run around about halfway through (another perk of New Year's Day bowling- we have the place to ourselves in the morning) and especially enjoyed the glow in the dark arcade.

Stay tuned for the Wilcox bowl '11.