Our Mantra

In scrolling through thousands of pictures from the last few months, our mantra could easily be "Eat, Drink and Be Merry."

This especially applies to our dear Ryan.  Since he smacks his lips whenever we're eating, I invested in a feeding bag.  We've put apples, bananas, red peppers and blueberries in there.  Ryan seems to love munching safely on whole foods.

Thomas, however, is not quite sold on the concept

But he's a good sport about it!

Note: when eating blueberries, wear navy blue or black.

Ryan enjoys a round of oatmeal seasoned with various fruit or vegetable purees every day.  Today's flavor of choice was carrot.  In a rare moment of letting go, I let Ryan lick the bowl clean.

When Ryan isn't eating, he very much enjoys watching his big brother eating and being merry.

Thomas eating AND being merry

 Thomas loves eating while we're making food.  This means that we occasionally miss the nutritional mark, but we have a lot of fun making it!

I don't think we should lick butter, Thomas.

Fortunately, our merriment uses a lot of calories.  Much of our fun is at West Point, where we recently discovered two gems.  The first is the public use hours of the fieldhouse.  We will descend upon this great place to play and ride bikes indoors many times this winter.  Amazingly, they also let the kids use the mats used for track.

Another outlet for all of Thomas' energy is ice skating.  We have found a wonderful opportunity to skate at the West Point indoor rink on Sunday afternoons.  The rink is in awesome shape and it's not too crowded.

Other merriment that you can feel free to provide your own commentary, captions or hashtags for.