Bryce received this Hot Wheels track a few years ago for Christmas. We FINALLY put it together last night.
The boys were so excited about this track and they could barley contain themselves! It was hours of entertainment! It is now permanently set up in the basement for hot wheel fun!
Bryce went to his friend Alex's birthday party yesterday.
Bryce and Alex haven't seen eachother for a few months so they were very excited to play together!
Alex's party was at a bowling alley. Bryce was so excited to go and he had a lot of fun bowling. He bowled two spares - with the assistance of rails to prevent the ball from going in the gutter.
We celebrated Wally's 70th birthday this weekend with a party at Lisa's house.
All of the kids were excited to sing happy birthday and help Wally blow out the candles.
Bryce had another sleepover - this time Emily and Aaron stayed over at our house. Landon enjoyed 24 hours of constant attention from Emily and loved every second of it! Bryce and Aaron were great buddies and enjoyed a lot of "boy" activities, including wresting and playing with trucks.
Bryce went to his friend Grant's frog theme birthday party today.
Bryce had fun making a craft project.
Bryce had a successful sleepover at Aunt Lisa and Uncle Greg's house! Yeah! Bryce slept in Aaron's room on a mattress set up on the floor. He slept all night long! After the sleepover, Emily and Aaron came over to play. In this picture, Aaron and Bryce are being rock stars with their guitars and mohawks! The hair style was created by Emily, and Bryce loved it!
Bryce and Aaron had fun dressing up in the Nascar costumes. Such buddies!
We went to Lisa and Greg's house this evening to hang out and celebrate Greg's birthday. The kids had a blast playing together!
Bryce and Aaron were buddies all evening. When it was time to go home, Bryce said he wanted to have a sleep over at Aunt Lisa's house and be with Aaron all night long. So, for only the second time in his life, he is spending the night away from Mom and Dad. I am missing him sooooo much!!! We are hoping the night will go well without a middle of the night phone call to pick Bryce up!
Bryce loves to "write and illustrate" books. He draws a picture on paper and tells me the words to write. Today, he wrote a book about instruments and animals. After we finished writing and drawing, he stapled the pages together.
Landon never wants to be left out of the action, so he wanted to write a book too! His version of a book is a page of scribbles with a few dabs of glue.
We went to the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg on Saturday. Our season passes expire next month, so we wanted to get another visit in. The boys loved the special train exhibit on display this month.
They enjoyed playing with the Thomas trains much more than watching the electric trains!
I am not sure who had more fun with the water station - John or the b0ys!
Our theatrical son, Landon, enjoyed singing and dancing on stage.
As always, Bryce was fascinated by the bubble machine. 
Reading books is a part of our nightly bedtime routine. Bryce and Landon were so excited last night to read new books they received from Santa.
Bryce received a book called "Mater's Ghostlight."
It was an early and busy morning at our house! This was, by far, the funnest Christmas morning for our family. Bryce was more excited than he has ever been during Christmas morning. He immediately spotted a box that contained his electric guitar and said, "This has to be it. I just know there's an electric guitar in here!"
Bryce had already opened all of his presents by the time Landon opened his first one. Landon wasn't interested in unwrapping - he just wanted to steal Bryce's toys that were already opened!
This keyboard has been one of Landon's favorite Christmas presents.
We wanted to make sure Santa and his reindeer had a snack when they visited our house. Emily and Aaron helped Bryce and Landon disperse food for Santa's reindeer on the front lawn.
Bryce and Landon left three cookies and milk for Santa.
Well, it started out as three cookies! Landon snuck one when he thought no one was looking!
He was kind enough to leave a bite for Santa!
We celebrated Christmas Eve with Molly and Wally and the Eckards. We went to church together then came back to our house for a casual dinner.
Bryce in front of the Christmas tree.
Landon in front of the Christmas tree.
Wally was exhausted after a long day! He snuck away and took a nap on the couch!
We celebrated Christmas with my family today. All of the cousins had a great time playing together, and they especially enjoyed opening presents! Helping Landon open presents was a group effort, with all of the kids helping!
The boys are great buddies!
In this picture, we are sharing oplatek. Breaking oplatek is a beautiful Polish tradition where you share well wishes with everyone present. Our family has participated in this tradition for generations, and I hope my children will share it with their families.
It was a quiet evening at the Danes house. The boys were painting, John went to pick up a pizza and I was doing laundry. While I was downstairs hanging wet clothes, Bryce called down to me and said, "Mom! Look what I'm doing. This is soooo cool!" And this is what I came up to find! That was the end of our quiet, peaceful evening!
I removed Bryce from the situation and Landon snuck in to do exactly what his big brother did!
They were already a mess and needed a bath, so I let them have fun for a few minutes. Life would be so boring (and less messy) without children!
