Owen is 9!

Owen is NINE!

Owen LOVES:

• Playing Madden
• Watching the Slime Time
• DK Metcalf!
• Talking
• Singing in the car
• Orange Fanta
• chewing gum
• pizza
• playing outside, playing with neighbor Jack
• his awesome haircut
• pointing out all of the legendaries (cool cars)

INTERVIEW

Who is your favorite person in the whole world? Aaron Donalds, DK Metcalf, Jamar Chase

What is your favorite color? Yellow, black, purple, pink, yellow

What is your favorite TV show? NFL football and Ricky, Dicky, Nicky, & Dawn

What is your favorite outfit? Seattle Seahawks Jersey

What sport do you like the best? Football

What song do you love? Wishing Well, Falling, Lucid Dreams

Who is your best friend? Christian, Roman

What do you want to be when you grow up? LSU football player, Chiefs football player

What are you really good at? football

Where do you wish you go could on vacation? a NFL football game

What would you buy if you had $1000? buy a vacation beach house

What vegetable do you love the most? Cauliflower

What fruit do you love the most? Applesauce

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Bubblegum

Who is your biggest hero? myself

What do you like to do with friends? Play with them

What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? Play real football

What is your favorite thing to sleep with? with Pizza pillow

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? BACON

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Lunchables with candy and gatorade

What is your favorite dessert? all the desserts in the world. and S'mores Pizza with Hershey's

What is your favorite drink? Gatorade, Fanta, powerade, juice boxes

What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner? fanta, pizza, and a s'more pizza cake with hershey's 

What is your favorite game? Madden

What is your favorite thing to do outside? Playing with Neighbor Jack

On to the pictures!

Holiday Cheer 2021 {6} - Holiday Card

The year is not complete without our annual holiday card. This one was one of my favorites we've done! I love how colorful it is. Happy 2022 as we celebrate the end of 2021!

Holiday Cheer 2021 {5} - Winter Break Activities

The boys had two weeks off from school, so we were all ready for back to school. Now, just a few days after they returned, we have our first No School day due to the cold. Ugh. It'd be really nice if they could at least play out in the snow but oh well. This will be a fun way to look back at some of the fun we had over break!

Looking ahead - I'm so excited for all of the activities this winter and spring. We signed the boys up for basketball which will take place every Saturday for two months starting this weekend. After that, they will start two sessions of private swimming lessons at the Rec Center in NL in March & April. And in April, they will start ten weeks of baseball!

I have a feeling this spring will fly by so fast but let's hope winter does too. I was NOT in the mood to shovel the snow the first time it snowed here in North Liberty. Besides, it was only an inch or two of snow, right? I 100% regret that decision because it also rained that day so it's all just stuck to the ground and I most certainly biffed it when I went to pull the bins back in after trash/recycling pick up. I'm glad it was dark out so that no one heard me say, "well flying F&*!" as I lay on the ground. Thankfully it didn't hurt too bad. It's has been below freezing ever since so now we have a nice huge build up of snow as well as street slug at the base of our driveway. Awesome. 

As for the tree someone left on our driveway....I have so many questions. Ultimately, I called the trash pick-up people to let them know and they alerted the driver of our address. It was gone by 11 a.m. but that was after I dragged it out of the way so I could leave :) 

So. Many. Questions.

Okay, enough of that  - here are a few things we did between December 18, 2021 - January 2, 2022.

Saturday, December 18 - Adventures with Teddy

Sunday, December 19 - Family Christmas

We gathered with family in Strawberry Point. The kiddos had a lot of fun playing with each other and the adults got to laugh through a fun game too. My parents had very recently added an addition to the back of their house so it gave us the opportunity to spread out a little bit more. We also tried to have the cousins decorate sugar cookies but the store bought option did not work out so well. The highlight for me was the beef jerky we got from my dad. IT'S SO GOOD!

Wednesday, December 22 - 2nd covid shots for the boys!

Wednesday, December 22 - Holiday Lights at the Lake!

Friday, December 24 - Neighborhood Holiday Lights
We also watched Encanto on Disney+ on Christmas Eve - such a cute movie!

Saturday, December 25 - Our Christmas
We started our morning with french toast and bacon and then some exercises
for the boys. We did that last year and it made the morning go so much more smoothly.
Click on the link to check out some of the gifts the boys got too!

Sunday, December 26 - Heartlanders Hockey Game

Thursday, December 30 - Sing 2 with the boys!
It was SUCH a cute movie and I may have cried a tiny bit :)

Overall, it was a pretty good break - we played LOTS of Uno, played outside in the snow, and even attempted to have Teddy go down the neighbor's slide. Hasn't happened yet but we'll try to show proof once it does!