Happy Hunting and a Merry Christmas, too

Merry Christmas from the Amthors

Photos and Card designed by Keva Dawn Photography.  Wow! She's amazing!

9th Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my sweetie!  I love you so much.  Thank you for being a great Daddy for our boys and an extraordinary husband to me.

The 9th anniversary is the Willow anniversary.  Chris had it SO SUPER easy this year.  I collect Willow Tree Angels.  I know he got me one of these, but I'm not sure which one.  I can't open it until tonight.

I on the other hand had a hard time coming up with something "Willow" and within our budget.  I finally settled for this movie (he loves Val Kilmer).  I surrounded it with popcorn and movie candy and gave him the promise that I would stay up and watch the movie with him.  That's a big deal for me because I'm usually in bed asleep about 5 minutes after the twins.

I love doing our anniversary this way.  Next year is the big 1-0.  For the ten year anniversary it is Tin/Aluminum or Diamonds.  I'm gonna lean towards the diamonds!  :)

Birthday Party

We had a small REAL birthday party for the boys at Chuck E. Cheese.  Mimi and Papa and Lolly and Pops joined us for some fun.  We all had a blast.

Even the adults got in on the gaming fun!

The roller balls game was the boys favorite, but everyone around had to be on their toes and constantly keep ducking for flying balls.

The boys birthday cupcakes.

Happy 3rd Birthday Heath and Hunter

Wasn't it just yesterday that I brought them home from the hospital? 



Heath and Hunter - Age 3



Dear Hunter,

Happy Birthday Sweet boy!

I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the child you are right now. I know that you can’t read this, but I hope that one day you will go back and dig through this blog and come across this.

You are busy.

You are always on the go. You never sit down. You love to play football and wrestle in the floor with anyone willing (or unwilling).

You are sensitive.

You wear your heart on your selves. You are easily corrected, because one stern comment from me or Daddy and you will burst into tears. You cry when you are hurt only because you know that it will get you an extra kiss, not because you are really hurt.

You are smart.

You know over 50 sight words, along with your ABC’s, colors, numbers, and shapes. You love to show off. When you play the games on my phone, you like to purposely get the answers wrong so you can push the other words and tell me what they are.

You are sweet.

You run up to me every day when I pick you up and you give the biggest hugs. It makes my entire day. You always say, “You came back!” like you are completely shocked that I returned. You would rather hang out with your daddy. He is rougher than I am. That’s OK with me, because when you are in the mood to be sweet and cuddle, I’m the one you run to.

You are my everything. I love you,

Momma


Hunter Mark Amthor  Age 3



Dear Heath,

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

I hope that one day when you are older, you will look back through this blog and read this and know just how special you are.

You are quiet

You are definitely not as rambunctious as your brother. You are perfectly at ease sitting quietly and playing with your trains. You can sit for hours looking at books or building blocks or playing with trucks. 90% of the time you have a truck or a train in your hands.

You are your own person.

You refuse to follow along with what others are doing. You are quite content doing your own thing and not following Hunter and Kayin around in their mischief. Since Hunter and Kayin use the potty, you choose not to. :)

You are determined.

I watched you figure out the buckle on a bag the other day. After about 5 minutes I offered to help, but you wouldn’t let me. Finally, after about 30 minutes, you had it down and you were so proud.

You are smart

You know all your sight words, letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. However, you don’t readily show off like your brother. But in a quiet moment when no one is around to witness, you love to show what you really know.

You are so sweet.

You love to cuddle. I love to snuggle with you. You don’t know the difference between hugs and kisses because you give both every time I ask. You don’t like to be without your brother. If he is not in the same room as you, you always ask where he is.

You are my everything. I love you,

Momma

Heath McEwin Amthor Age 3

Boys in my House

Boys in my House

Author: Erin Jo Kilmer

There are boys in my house – and Spiderman shoes

And 200 papers in various blues.

There's Bob (he's a builder) and Thomas the Train,

There's a fireman coat to wear in the rain.

They have cars on their shirts and frogs on their hats

There's a glove and a ball and a red plastic bat.

There's dirt on a face and a smudge on a nose;

Grass stains on knees and sand between toes.

There's bath time at night with bodies to scrub,

And when we're all done there is dirt in the tub!

There's band aids and bruises and curious bumps,

There's smiles and laughter and sometimes there's grumps.

There's odors most icky; there's boogers so green

There's more yucky things than I'll ever get clean.

There's piles of laundry; there's stories at night;

There's bedtime and bath time and dinnertime fights.

There's cars and there's trains and there's books about trucks

There's Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, and Travis, and Muck.

Sometimes there are bugs, and sometimes there are frogs;

Sometimes they are lions, or dinos, or dogs.

There are cute little vests and darling neckties

Dragged right through the mud – oh what a surprise!

There's running and climbing and jumping and falling

And laughing and crying and hugging and brawling

And rolling and losing and finding and creeping

And whining and stealing and sometimes there's sleeping.

There's tantrums and time outs and extra loud noise –

There's love in my house shaped like two little boys.

* I didn't write this poem, but I'm pretty sure the author is watching my house with a spy cam to get a poem that so accurately describes our life.

2011 Santa Pictures

While there may be no smiles in these pictures, I consider this years Santa pictures a total success.  There was no screaming or trying to tear away.  Daddy and I didn't have to sit with the boys like last years pictures either.  We had practiced all week on what tell Santa when we saw him, but that didn't work.  They just sat there, completely stiff, as in, please hurry and get this over with.  That's OK though, every time we asked them what they wanted Santa to bring them, they would both reply, "Presents!" With no more detail than that.

Long Car Trips Make Me Crazy

Baby, it's Cold Outside

There is nothing better than curling up under a blanket and watching Christmas movies on a cold day.  Hey, scoot over and make room for Mommy.

Couple of Camo Cuties in Coveralls Caring for Critters