Today is a tough one.  Last night, we cuddled in the boy's room and Kellan asked for as many stories as I could think of about Carl. It surprised me that I was able to laugh at some of the silly moments - in spite of myself.  Kellan is so hungry for any stories of his daddy - I can hardly keep up with him and welcome any tales that can be passed along...

Someday, I will explain to the boys the significance of today, but I don't feel that they are ready yet.  In the meantime, we will gather our memories and build new ones through our family and Carl's friends.

We remember Carl everyday...recalling the heartbreaking loss today.
With love,
Katie, Kellan and Sean

This is how we play around here...Sean is the reindeer and Kellan is Santa...they took turns : )  

Kellan and Sean each opened one gift tonight...Kellan loves his hat and light Em and Jay!!  Thanks so much!!

 

 

Shhh...don't tell, but this kids is going to end up with A LOT of cars for Christmas... ; )

 

You know, I was NOT going to go overboard on gifts!  By the time Gramma brought over her gifts and Santa showed up...this is quite a spread!!  How does that happen?! The boys will be excited in the AM!

 

Our gifts from Ireland and the Bishops are tucked in too!  Kellan took the packing paper off (he could not bear it!!), but we waited to open the boxes!! 
P.S.  Our new rug is SO COZY!!  The boys spend all their time on the floor now : )  Happy Birthday/Christmas to me!!

Kellan made this little box for his teacher - he sure does love a building project!!
 

 

 

I rarely open the shades in my bedroom, but it is a nice sunny day out so I thought "Why not?"  What a nice feeling to let the sunshine in on a day when my spirits have been down.  Well, Kellan looked "out" the window and said "SNOW!!" - there was no snow outside...on the ground or falling?!  He ran to get Sean, pushed Sean to the window and said "SNOW!!"  Sean said "no."  Kellan said..."IN THE HOUSE!! IT'S SNOW!!"  Dust my friends...DUST!!  Then he said..."Let's try to catch it on our tongues!!"  Oh my...Momma needs to clean this house!! 

: ) ERRR!  XX Katie

Gramma took this picture of Seanie.  This is how he likes to watch Calliou...

A couple of cute comments tonight made me smile, so I wanted to post them. 

1.) Every night I read with Kellan and tell him how brilliant he is when he reads to me (he really is a smart cookie!!!).  Well, he was home from school today because of a sick tummy.  Tonight, when we were reading he said, "Are you being nice to me because I'm sick?"  I'M ALWAYS NICE...little stinker!! : )

2.)  When I was putting Sean to bed tonight he said, "I like you."  I said, "I like you too, Seanie."  To which he replied..."Actually, I like Kellan."  He did follow that with, "Actually, I like you." BUT...the damage was done : )   Little STINKER!!

Cute (SLEEPING) boys!
g'night


- that is a pinecone on the floor...not a mouse : )

Kellan's Christmas Concert was today...so handsome!!

with his teacher..

and a project he made to decorate the stage.

 

The boys were in bed one night last week when I noticed that the tree had an extra decoration ; )  That's Sean!!

 

 

 

Sendin' this box to Ireland ; ) They wish!! 

Here are a few more pics to balance the last post!  I felt bad to have so many of Kellan and so few of Seanie-Boo!!

Here is a pic of our other boys...Milo in the front and Fitz with his back to the camera (nope...he is not just a mirror image ; )

Kellan is all about learning to read these days!  Thank you Gramma Denno for the Tag reader!!

Cute kiddo! 

 

What a busy weekend!!!

Kellan took this picture of Sean and I thought it was too cute not to post.

We made a tee-pee last weekend, but just took the pictures today.

 

Kellan LOVES his projects...a big thank you to (our) the Dunne Family for this one...it is a favorite! 

 

Kellan lost his 2nd tooth this weekend!!  This Momma didn't post a picture of the first one, so I thought I better do it this time.  The tooth fairy left $2.00...quite a big deal for this little boy!

Do you notice a pattern?  He sure does love his projects!  We have started a tradition of buying a gingerbread house kit after Christmas (on clearance very cheaply) for the next year...Kellan did this ALL on his own and we found a great use for some of the (TONS) of Halloween candy the boys collected!

 

It's really cute...He did a great job!

Kellan went to a Harvest Party at his school with Gramma Denno - they had face painting and he came home a dog! : )

 

Lots of photos of Kellan this time around.  We will try to make it more even next time : )