a laptop and sesame street

so i was a little bit desperate the other day and had to break out the computer (which i rarely do for ethan) to watch some sesame street on. i had lots of baking to do for thanksgiving and this was the only thing that would keep him occupied. he loved all the bert & ernie clips...they are his absolute favorite and neither of the dvd's we have shows them enough for him. he was really good though and didn't even touch the computer. i think he was too fascinated by the videos. and his non-matching jammies - picked out by him - and still on him at 2 in the afternoon! he LOVES his jammies and it is a battle each morning to get him out of them, so if i am home with him, we just do a jammie day.

happy thanksgiving!

a perfect thanksgiving! lots of yummy food, family and napping. and thanks to lots and lots of help from my sister we had rolls. i couldn't have made them without numerous calls for advice and questions. a note to myself, don't try a new recipe on thanksgiving! miles was perfect during dinner and chatted away in the swing while ethan played with the trains and zach's new remote control car. ethan LOVED being with all his cousins, especially since he missed out on seeing latesha and karen's family this week. i think he loved the excitement of having lots of kids around. the weather was perfect, in the upper 60's, so the kids were able to play outside. miles and i even got to take a little nap while everyone was playing. other than when he was in the swing, miles spent the rest of the afternoon in someone's arms and he loved it! he is such a little snugglebug! the day did catch up to him and he fell asleep in lynn's arms - so precious! i hope that everyone had as wonderful a holiday as we did! i, of course, wish we had been able to make the trip to maryland, but it was just going to be too much this year. we are definitely looking forward to it next year though!

wordless wednesday: thanksgiving one year ago...

sooner football

i didn't think i would find myself standing outside in the cold for 4 1/2 hours, but since becoming a sooner fan, i have done this at least once a football season. and i wouldn't change it for a thing! though it was a lot easier last night than at some other games. we were playing #2 texas tech, who was on fire and we had no idea what to expect. the stands were riled up thanks to an earlier comment by coach stoops saying the fans weren't getting rowdy enough. we stood almost the entire game, something that is pretty unheard of in our upper deck seats. i haven't been to as many games this season as i would have liked due to having another little one around, but i really wanted to make this game since it was the last home game of the season. despite the cold, we had a great time and now we are just looking forward to next week against osu. oh and you can bet we'll all be rooting for a&m when they play texas on thanksgiving!

jumping on the bandwagon!

so, i've decided to jump on the blog bandwagon. i have been keeping up a website for us, but decided that this might be the better way to go longterm. for one thing, it is free and i'll be able to customize it (once i figure out how), plus, everyone else has one!

so now you'll be coming to this to read all about the adventures of the windel boys. can't wait to see who comes along for the ride!