Interesting Day

We were kind of worried about how Corey would do today during school and his holiday program because he was pretty amped up before school. As it turns out, he had all happy faces (Yippee!) but really didn't participate during the Kindergarten Holiday Musical Program. He was on stage, in his "Sunday best" and kind of singing, but not really getting in to the spirit of the show. Here he is smiling before the program (and yawning instead of singing during the show).

He had a great time afterward during the party in his classroom (he made us a GREAT calendar using handprints and footprints to make scenes for each month) and we had fun at San Tan Mall after we picked up Corey. Apparently Corey isn't destined to be a performer.

By the way, here is a great picture of the snow at Brody's school ... which prompted him to say "Bye bye 'no" ... and we know "'no" is "snow" because he says "no no no no no no" when he means "no" ... you know?!? Yes, Corey did end up throwing that snowball at Daddy!


P.S. Here is the family gathered on the couch, watching "Backyardigans" and eating ... Corn Chex! :-)

Ho ... ho ... ho!

OK, the "official" Santa photo wasn't as bad as I originally thought. If you click on it, you then can "right click" on the larger image and "Save Image As" to your computer.

Merry Christmas!

More Holiday Fun

Last weekend it was the holiday boat parade in Tempe, this weekend we stayed closer to home and saw Santa at San Tan Village in Gilbert. Brody was crying, Corey was shy so this photo probably is as good as we should expect.

Actually, they had quite a bit going on at the mall yesterday. There were carolers singing, which Brody seemed to like (he would wave "Bye" every time we walked away), Carrie and Corey made an ornament and we had hot chocolate and cookies.

Earlier in the day, Corey and Carrie made a gingerbread house ... so it was a very festive weekend!

Belated Weekend Update

OK, first thing's first, if you haven't seen the Sinclair family elves, click here. Also, be sure you check out Carrie's blog book (posted below). It was many hours of work but definitely worth it!

Last week we tried taking a Christmas photo of the boys, here is the 10th and final attempt to give you some idea how it went. Suffice it to say, we didn't use any of these photos!

Friday night Carrie and I went out for dinner and got some Christmas shopping done.

Saturday was a busy day! Corey and I went to another birthday party at the bowling alley while Carrie and Brody napped. After that we spent the afternoon at the "Seussical the Musical" production in Tempe. Both boys loved it and Brody was even clapping when the numbers were done.


We spent Saturday night at Tempe Town Lake for the annual Christmas Boat Lights Parade. Despite winter temperatures in the 40s, Brody loved that as well. He was waving to all the boats and would say "boat." He loves Christmas lights! Corey also got to play on a pile of snow and throw snowballs at his daddy. Ironically, Brody and Carrie were getting dinner so the poor kid STILL hasn't seen any snow!

Afterward, Brody and I watched the fireworks, and he of course loved them! (He pointed and would say "boom" ... unless maybe it was "boat" again, it's hard to tell the difference!)

Sunday, Carrie and Corey went out for lunch with one of her friends from work and her son. Then we all went to the Honeywell Christmas on Ice program. The highlight of the show, of course, was getting the presents at the end and going home (especially the going home part).

That's it for now! Enjoy the photos!

Rob

Crazy For Corey: the complete set

I have FINALLY finished the "Crazy for Corey" photo/memory books. Yes, books. There are 150 of blog entries and photos from the last year or so. We haven't ordered the books yet in hard copy, but they are available to review online. (Make sure you have a good connection and some time!!!)

You can even order a copy for yourself (but it will set you back a pretty penny.) There's no need to log in. Just click "View Photo Book."

Corey's Cancer Book Volume I: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AZuG7Ru1ZNGKS
Corey's Cancer Book, Volume II: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AZuG7Ru1ZNGJ8

Pictures from this weekend to come later this week... we had a busy weekend, and it included a birthday party, Seussical the Musical, a boat parade and the Honeywell Family on Ice event. Busy, busy, as usual!

So Far Behind!

We haven't posted in a very long time. For us, anyway. And the harassing by family and friends has been non-existent, which leads me to believe that everyone else is busy as well.

Rob's parents and sister Kristin were here for a week around Thanksgiving. We bowled (Brody cried between his turns, and cried if Rob tried to bowl without him), we sat around a fire in the backyard, we drove around to see lights, we ate turkey (there were 24 pounds so we're still eating turkey), we saw Corey in his school program and we were all very busy!!! And thanks to Grammy and Grandpa and Kristin, our master bathroom FINALLY got painted and we got our Christmas lights up before our neighbors embarrassed us.

Last weekend, Corey went to his friend's birthday party and we ended up staying past dinner, enjoying some adult conversation while all the boys entertained themselves. Sunday, I took Corey to see Enchanted. Corey was not. Not enchanted. Halfway through, he said he was bored and wanted to leave. Near the end, he was screaming in fear. All in all, not such a kid's movie after all! After that, we went shoe shopping and Corey got new Spiderman shoes and we got Brody new Elmo shoes. Brody just loves Elmo. ("Melmo!")