7

Dawson turns 7 on January 30. 
Wow, I think I lost track of all that time somewhere! 
We had a birthday party for him at a Plymouth Whalers game, with some of his friends.  They had a blast...as you will be able to see below....

 

Shooter the Whale

Ryan . Brandon . Danny . Julian . Dawson . Mikey . Josh . Jack

Brandon & Josh (our neighbors)

Ryan & Jack (friends from school)



Ryan (friend from school)



Jack (friend from school)



Mikey (friend from school)

Julian & Dawson (friend from church)

Danny (friend from school)

Grandma V keeping Jamie entertained

They had a great time, even though the Whalers lost in a really long drawn out shoot-out.

The bad news is...after going to bed that night, Dawson woke up at 1am with the flu and is in rough shape now.  Tough way for the poor kid to spend his birthday weekend.

Daddy is Home!

Something the kids worked on this afternoon.

Trying to keep from being too bored (which equals crabby), while cooped up in this apartment...

Ice Fishing with Grandpa V

Shoes & The Office

Ever since Jamie got the multiple pairs of princess shoes for Christmas....she wears them as much as possible.  It is pretty odd to have a tom boy on the top and a princess on the bottom.  She could care less about brushing her hair, but the shoes are very important to her looking and feeling pretty. 
Also, this area pictured is her "Office" (or hiding spot away from everyone behind the sofa).  The apartment is feeling smaller and smaller everyday...so any possible hiding spot to get away from everyone is in high demand.
Also...side note - Auntie Kim: those big balloon things from Christmas (top right corner) have driven me absolutely nuts for the last 2 1/2 weeks.  So they just randomly had an accident with my scissors one day.  Please, no one make mention of them again, since no one has asked me about them since they disappeared. :)  They were fun while they lasted! Thanks A lot.

Christmas With David's Family

We had a fun couple days at David's parents house over the Christmas weekend....

Cookie Making

 

Stratego Playing



This is just a reminder to myself (and others maybe) not to throw away any of the kids handmake ornaments, no matter how junky they seem now.  Look how cute this one from young David is, that I found on his parents tree!



Josie, Jamie, Daniel, Dawson, baby Peter, Nathan, Caleb

Just the Boys

Treasure hunt to get to the big gifts.

Two of Jamie's favorite gifts: princess earmuffs and goldfish.

Christmas With Janet's Family + On Our Own

Fun Christmas with Janet's big loud family

Jamie, Kelsey, Cassidy, Sarah, Taylor, Megan, Emily, Nathan, Dawson, Katie, Jack, Jonathan (all the cousins, minus Lydia)

 

Jamie waiting VERY patiently for Grandma to take her picture.

After all the Christmas fun was over with family....we had our own Christmas at the apartment.  Jamie was pretty excited about this one.

Dawson got to build his own house with his new present.