Fun in the Ice??

Illinois has been hit with freezing cold weather, including ice and snow and below zero temperatures. Most of the ice was inches thick in most places. Right now, about a week after these pics it is sunny and in the 50s! Illinois weather is always crazy! Who knows! Steve got a cheapo sled for Colin and brought him out on the driveway to slide down it and into the street. Yes, we checked for cars each time! :) He had so much fun going down and then trying to make it back up with the sled. Dad ended up carrying him and the sled up again because it was so slippery. Colin really wanted Cade to come with him. So, I bundled him up (if you look closely he has no boots on, yes, bad mom I am! - his don't fit (from Colin) and I didn't have anything that would fit him, so we went out quickly with no boots on). He wasn't very happy (what is it with this kid lately!) I think they are hilarious though. Colin and Cade going down and Cade just screaming - probably due to the shear freezingness of the outside, not to mention he had nothing on over his socks. Well, we lasted....40 seconds outside, if that! Colin and dad only lasted about 4 minutes but had so much fun. It was way too cold to stay out longer than they did. I was freezing in the few short seconds I ran outside to take their pics. I guess braving the cold was worth it because after Colin thawed out, he wanted to go again!!

Santa visit

We made it out to visit Santa at the mall one afternoon. I knew Colin was very into Santa this year. Cade...well, I thought he might a) laugh hysterically at a man dressed in the red suit or b) pull his beard and then laugh. Cade never really cries at anything, except maybe when Colin takes toys away from him or he is tired. Little did I know...Cade did NOT like Santa this year and screamed very loudly at this strange man holding him. They caught Colin halfway smiling, but most of the time, he was looking at Cade with shear disappointment telling him to stop crying on Santa's lap and telling him that Santa is watching. I didn't really mean to laugh at my child (who is only 1), but I couldn't help it. My mom and I were both in the background by the camera and were just laughing. Poor Cade! Here is the pic of them...Colin halfway smiling and Cade, well, just screaming his head off!

The Cunningham Rewind...

I have been a terrible blogger the last month or so. It has been crazy around our house and I haven't had one moment to sit down and load pictures on the computer so I could blog. Then, I got so far behind, that I didn't have enough time to catch up. So, I am slowly doing a rewind of our last month. I caught up on 3 main events from that time and still have several to catch up on. People probably will get bored and not want to read any more, oh well! :) Enjoy your trip through October and November with the Cunninghams! Colin and Cade's birthday posts are coming next, so stay tuned!!

The Birthday Party

We had the boys birthday parties on November 15th this year. Since the boys birthdays are only 2 days apart, we will always have joint parties...at least family ones! We had a lot of people here and the boys had so much fun and got lots of fun things too!
Here are some shots of the boys opening presents. Colin loves opening presents, and wants to make sure he knows who each one is from. Cade got into it also. Once he opened one thing, he just wanted to walk away with that and left me opening presents. People would point him back in my direction and we would start all over. He did a nice job of not eating the paper, so I was impressed!

Colin and his cake. We have had a "CARS" party for the last 2 years. He absolutely loves the movie and all of the characters. He chose MACK to be on his cake this year. It turned out awesome and Colin couldn't have been happier. He just kept smiling and saying "Mack is on my cake!" When I went to cut it, he had to have his eyes...that was kind of hard, but how do you tell the birthday boy no??

I was hoping Cade would make a complete mess, but at least he ate some of it and got a little dirty. He didn't like the little cupcake I put in front of him, but once the whole cake was put in front of him, he was happier and started digging in. He kept putting his hands up to anyone that walked by to either pick him up or clean his hands. I don't know where my boys get that from!??

A few more shots from the party. Colin has been wanting a pinata at his birthday party for quite some time. I got his McQueen one at Walmart. I had never seen the pull string ones, and I was thrilled that no one had to beat him to death so it would open. I think if that is what had to happen, Colin would have been traumatized! Anyways, we had lots of fun with family and friends. Until next year...

Halloween weekend

So, Colin decided we were all going to be The Incredibles this year. I thought it was great, however, Steve did NOT. But, he is a great dad and went with it. We did have a Halloween party to go to so we could justify buying the outfits and having fun dressing up as a family. Colin loved it! Steve was Bob - Mr. Incredible, I was Elastigirl, Colin was Dash, and Cade was Jack-Jack. We are missing a Violet...maybe someday we will have a girl!

Here are the "Incredible" pictures...Steve is going to kill me for posting these of him! :)

Steve, Colin, and my brother, Brad carved pumpkins this year at my parents house. Halloween is my dad's birthday so every year we go over there to carve pumpkins and trick or treat. Colin doesn't like getting messy, so he wore a glove the entire time he was working with the pumpkin. I don't really think he actually did anything besides stand there and look busy!

Mini vacation to FL for Katie & Dalan's wedding

Erin, Kevin, Kim, Craig, Steve, and I traveled to Sarasota, Florida for Katie Hill's wedding on October 25th. We flew out of Bloomington early Thursday morning - I had to wake up at 4 and I am NOT a morning person. The only thing that was convincing me to get up and moving was the Florida sunshine! We got to FL and it was beautiful compared to our cold Bloomington weather.

We spent Thursday afternoon hanging out on the beach and exploring the resort. That evening, the girls went out and had lots of fun! We all slept in until around 11...I am blaming it on jetlag!
The wedding was on Saturday and was beautiful. The day was awesome and as you can see from the pics below, I got burnt and Erin got some sunglass marks from laying out! We had fun in the ocean and taking walks during the day. The wedding was on the beach and was gorgeous with the ocean as the background. We all had so much fun catching up with our friends from high school, some of who we hadn't seen in years!

It was a nice mini vacation, but we definitely missed the boys and were anxious to get back. We didn't get back in town until around 10 on Sunday night so we didn't get to see the boys until after work on Monday. My parents were wonderful and watched the boys for 5 straight days...they now realize why my house is always messy! :)