Static, slides, and singers!

January has been a good month. Although we haven't seen anything on the ground but snow the whole time, we have managed to get out and have some fun. We had about 2 weeks where we were all pretty sick. Luckily, the boys survived with only a few nights of no sleep.

Alex continues to learn amazing things. Bill Nye The Science Guy has become his favorite show to watch. Here he shows his new talent with static electricity.



Jonathan has gotten even more cute. Of course, he is also becoming more destructive by the second. I went running one morning to find blue permanent marker all over the kitchen. Adam had fallen back asleep after I left and was woken by Alex saying " Daddy, Jonathan is being naughty" Then the next day when I left to run, Adam lost both boys out the door while he was in the bathroom. What did we learn....never let Adam take care of the boys.

Every evening after Adam gets home the boys help him change and one or both of them always runs out with the days tie on. Jonathan just thinks this is the most incredible thing.


I have an issue with dressing the kids alike. I just love it. Maybe it is due to my childhood desire to have twins. That desire has been squashed, however, treating my boys like twins is a good replacement.


We got to see Winnie the Pooh last week. The boys were a little scared at first but warmed up enough to stand near him. Couldn't smile, but at least I got a shot.


We went to a new place called Imajine That. It was a really cool indoor play area with a huge maze, slide, grocery store, painting area, jumping castle, etc. The boys just had a blast and it killed 3 hours on a day that was 10 degrees out.






This one if from this morning. Jonathan borrowed some pink shades from our friends and never takes them off.

Adam calls this look " Elton Jon".


We do have a big announcement to make. (No don't worry there will be no more Glessers running around anytime soon. ) Adam has accepted a tenure track position at Suffolk. So we will be staying in Boston for the time being. We are a little afraid of winter here but are trying to remedy that by taking a cruise in March. We will be leaving the boys with my parents. This will be our first time away from them for more then one night ever.

We are late ....but Merry Christmas!

As if anyone is surprised that I finally get around to a Christmas post and we have been in 2009 for nearly a week.

Alex was very festive for the holidays. My sewing machine broke right before I could finish our new stockings so I had to go out and get the $2 ones so the kids had something. Alex loved putting them on and pretending he was Santa.



On Christmas Eve, we went to Carol and Mike and the kids got to make gingerbread houses. It is a tradition in their family and since it was so much fun it might become one in ours.


Here is Ashley and Brooke making theirs.


Jonathan's contribution was to eat as much candy as he could at one time.


The Giles finished product.

The Glesser's finished product.


Here is Alex setting up the cookies and milk for Santa.


He actually wrote the note himself we just told him how to spell FOR SANTA.


And boy did Santa like those cookies. Thank you to everyone who sent all the gifts. We were amazed and felt very loved even though we were all alone.


Here are a couple of videos of the boys thanking people. I think we got through Kevin and Kayla and they gave up.



Adam was able to go with us to the zoo. It was very cold so we spent a lot of time in the indoor animal area. They loved the bug goggles.


We were at the zoo for all of an hour, but we still made it to the giant spider web.


Just last weekend we got Alex a new Batman costume. He wears his superman costume just about all day, every day. So we figured we should spread the love around.


Here is a picture of my beloved machine that my parents got me a decade ago. It was very good to me and made a lot of beautiful items.


But I drop kicked it and upgraded to the mega mega quilting machine. Now if you have been promised a quilt I may actually get to it this century. Probably not this decade though.