Road tape

Thanks Cobbles for this super cool road tape!

Christmas toys

We had an amazing Christmas!  It was wonderful having Oppie and DD here to help with the madness that is 2 lively boys  opening and playing with a mountain of toys! Thanks to everyone for making it a great day!

Pictures coming soon....

Preschool Christmas Sing-a-long

We attended our first Christmas sing-a-long at Ardan's preschool last week.  It was amazing!  The kids sang lots of songs and it was quite entertaining seeing all of the 3 year olds so excited.

Ardan's Preschool Christmas Sing-a-long 12.17.2015 Video

Tacky Christmas Party

The Keatings' annual Tacky Christmas party was so fun.  It is great spending holidays with good friends, food, and fun.

Another day, another fort

Nolan nearly 18 months old

Nolan will be 18 months old in a few days (1 1/2! Where did the time go?).  He is 31 inches tall and weighs 23 lbs.  He loves to dance, chase, and play with his big brother.  His favorite activities are to read books and play with Play-Doh (but let's be real, he just wants to eat it).  He has been taking a real interest in more craft type things lately, like coloring and cooking.  He loves animals, most of all ducks and dogs.  He wants to pet every dog that we see and notices every bird in the sky.

His vocabulary and speech is going crazy!  He is always asking "watch a movie" or packing a bucket and saying "bye" to pretend to go to work.  If he is not laughing at Ardan or jumping in his bed with Ardan,  he is rambling on about lights or pretty much anything and everything.  He steals my heart everyday!!

 While I was taking Nolan's picture, Ardan also wanted everyone to know how old he is...3 going on 4.

Horsing around

Nov-Dec Videos

Ardan is a good puppy Video 11.23.2015 Video-CLICK HERE

Thanksgiving cooking with Nolan 11.26.2015 Video-CLICK HERE

Nolan Loves Loopin' Louie 12.4.2015 Video-CLICK HERE

Keating Family Dance Party 12.6.2015 Video-CLICK HERE

Is this previous video embarrassing for Mommy, yes, but the kids are cute and we have been playing this dance game every day since we got it...

Keatings raising robots 11.15.2015 Video-CLICK HERE

Oh man, this last video it is so cute when Nolan is being a robot along side his big brother. Even saying "beep, beep" for robot talk.

Christmas Tree Shopping

We went on an adventure today with our friends/family/neighbors Emily and Louis to pick out, and cut down their Christmas tree.  We had a blast seeing goats, and even a reindeer (which we dubbed "Comet" because he responded to that name).  We went on a tractor ride out to the Christmas tree field and Emily picked the perfect tree for the boys to cut down.  Ardan helped cut down the tree and was super excited to yell "timber!" when the tree was falling.  Such a fun day!

Some Winter Videos

Winter swinging with brothers 11.21.2015 Video - CLICK HERE

Ardan Against the puddle 12.2.2015 Video - CLICK HERE

Prepping for Christmas

On Thanksgiving Day we decorated the tree.  Ardan helped put the star on top.  We started decorating the entire tree, but realized the ornaments looked too good to the kids to not play with (and break) so now all the ornaments on on the top 1/3rd of the tree, out of reach of the little fingers.

Santa Claus came through the neighborhood on a fire truck.  Ardan was so excited!!  He knows the number "twenty-five" really well now.

November

 There is another robot in the house besides Ardan.

 Brotherly movie time!

 Nolan was here.  I remember Ardan loving to empty out this kitchen drawer too.

Days 'til Christmas

Ardan needs to count the days down until Santa Claus arrives on our new advent calendar.

Checking his list twice

We ran some errands at the mall today and Ardan wanted to make sure to see Santa and tell him what he wanted for Christmas.  "I would like a robot, please. And a digger. "  Santa asked if he likes cars and trucks too and of course Ardan said "yes." So cute.

"Donald Duck"

Nolan learned to say "Donald Duck" on our Disney trip the other week and loves to see Donald Duck in books and any other duck he sees is also "Donald Duck", so mommy painted him one of his very own for his room.

Missing something?

Ask Nolan if he hid it in the washing machine...bottles, toys, cups, shoes, remotes...silly guy

Recharge

Even robots need to recharge, Ardan says.

This guy ;-)

 

Baby Nol is seeming less like a baby and more like a kid these days! 

Disney World Pet

Nolan liked chasing the little lizards around the hotel grounds in Disney World last week.

Big Helper

Baby Nol thought daddy needed some help pushing this heavy cart.

Happiest Place on Earth

We had a fun time last week at Disney World during the Bennett, Keating, Grant, Wargo Family Reunion of 2015.  It was great to visit and catch up with everyone and celebrating Poppop's birthday.

Ardan loved that he was tall enough to ride some new roller coasters.  His favorite was Goofy's Barnstormer. He even rode The Tower of Terror with Daddy.  He said "It went up, and down, and up and down. And was scary," but that he would do it again.

Animal Kingdom

Safari ride

Magic Kingdom

 Barnstormer Roller Coaster - one of Ardan's new favorites.

 Nolan can now say "Donald Duck"

Epcot

 Character Breakfast at Chef Mickey's (Contemporary Hotel)

 Donal Duck loved Ardan's crazy hair.  Nolan is pretty unsure about these characters...he thinks they should be enjoyed from a distance.

 Grand Floridian Grand Villas

 

Hollywood Studios

 Boating to Fort Wilderness

WDW Photopass Pics