Twinkle Twinkle

Wesley had a Nursery Rhyme program at his school on Thursday. Each child got up to the microphone and recited their full name and a nursery rhyme. His nursery rhyme was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. All of the children did an excellent job and it was so cute to watch!

Here's Wesley before school, in his costume...

Here's a video of our "little star"...



With the cooler winter weather, we have been looking for fun indoor activities. Evelyn and her buddy Jake enjoyed finger painting with pudding, the other day...

Okay, so maybe Evelyn painted her body a little more than she painted on the paper...

Evelyn eating a snack with Wesley's kitty...We had a winter storm this weekend, which meant no school for Wesley on Friday. So, Friday night, while the freezing rain and snow was coming down outside, we had a pizza picnic in the living room...
Evelyn's favorite indoor activity...STICKERS!!!
Well, we didn't have much snow to play in, but we had more than enough ice...So, we made up ice games to play, like sliding pieces of ice and looking for ice "fossils". Evelyn's favorite is swinging on ice.
Wesley's favorite is sledding on ice...Or sweet 10 year old neighbor boy, Jack, pulled Wesley around for a long time on our sled...
We saw a lot of twinkling outside this weekend...Our iced wonderland, despite being a bit dangerous (slick roads, losing power, huge branches falling, etc.), is absolutely beautiful!!!

As the sun was setting yesterday, it really looked like we had billions of twinkling lights in our backyard...

With the storm we did lose power for some of the first night, but it came back on in the early morning hours of Saturday and has stayed on, other than a few short outages, since. Also, some HUGE branches from the trees behind our house have fallen in our yard. Here's Wesley holding one of the smaller ones...

Here are a couple of pictures of the trees...You can see that there are a bunch of branches that are just barely hanging on...

As the ice melts today, we have already lost power once and know that we may lose it again. We also know that more of those big branches will be falling in our yard. However, we feel very blessed, because our problems are so minimal compared to most in this world! We also get a chance to look out our window at all of this beautiful twinkling that God created!

It's been 2 months already???

Time sure goes by quickly these days! So much has happened in the past 2 months, since I last posted. So, I am going to post a bunch of pictures (Believe it or not, this is just a small sampling of what was on my camera!) and give you an overview of what has been going on in the Grzemkowski house.


Jumping in leaves, before Thanksgiving...

We had a Thanksgiving weekend visit from the whole Boyse clan, including the newest addition, my sister and brother-in-law's sweet rottweiler, Mercy.

The cousins became fast friends!

Grandpa and Evelyn sharing a little snack...

Evelyn "helping" Bella with the potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner...

Standing around, waiting to eat...

Enjoying the delicious food...

Picking out our Christmas tree, after Thanksgiving...

Evelyn learning to play the guitar...

The next weekend, we had a visit from Grandma and Grandad. Evelyn got really upset when Grandad tried to take his hat and coat back!

Singing "Jingle Bells" with Grandma...

The weekend that Grandma and Grandad visited I ran the St. Jude's marathon (26.2 miles). Here's Phil and I all bundled up before the race began. It was freezing! Phil was such a trooper...He rode is bike to various mile markers to cheer me on, throughout the race. Wesley and Phil's dad also came to cheer me on, for the second half...Seeing all of them really kept me motivated! Phil's mom was kind enough to stay home with Evelyn, who had the stomach flu.
Here I am crossing the finish line...I was so glad to finish, after getting the stomach flu 2 days before the race.

After the race, with my friend Amy...We did it!

Wesley decorating his gingerbread house at his school Christmas party...

Wesley dancing with his good friend, Ethan, at the Christmas party. They all had a LOT of sugar!

We made Santa pancakes one morning over Christmas vacation...

Wesley and Evelyn dressed up for Christmas Eve service...

Evelyn waking up Wesley on Christmas morning...

Wesley giving Evelyn the cat he made for her at Build a Bear...

"Thank you, brother!"

Wesley with his favorite present from Santa...

Evelyn concentrating on the task of opening a present...

We flew to Michigan the day after Christmas...Here's Evelyn with her favorite (only) uncle...

Evelyn with Pinocchio...This was Wesley's favorite when he was her age.

Look at the 3 beautiful Boyse sisters! :)

Evelyn reading with Great Gram Boyse...

Snuggling with Great Gram...Doesn't she look gorgeous for 94?
Walking in the snow with Grandpa...

Wesley playing in the snow...

We had Christmas with the extended Boyse family in Michigan. My cousin's daughter, Alita, was teaching Wesley some origami (Wesley has since become obsessed with paper folding!)...

After riding around in the snow on the four-wheeler with Grandad...
Playing Mouse Trap with Grandma and Grandad...

Snuggling with my friend (Evelyn's godmother) Mary...

Auntie Mary reading Wesley a story before bed...

Snuggling with Auntie and Uncle Mike...

Playing DS with Uncle Mike...

Evelyn was sick most of the time we were in Michigan...Here she is cuddled up with Elmo...

We spent New Year's Eve in Detroit with Mike and Cassie. Phil and Mike really enjoyed the dessert at dinner! :)

I love my sister!!!

Phil and I by Cassie and Mike's tree...

Grandma and Evelyn having a tea party...

Grandad and Wesley snuggling...

Saying our goodbyes at the Detroit airport...

"Love you Uncle Mike!"

Looking at the airplane...

One last group photo...

Wesley had his first Upwards basketball game last week...He is definitely not going pro anytime soon, but the goal of Upwards is to teach kids about the love of God, teach them about the game and how to be a team player, and to promote a positive self-image.

At least he LOOKS like he's paying attention to the game:)...
I love this picture of my sweet boy! Wesley has lost 2 teeth in the past month...Look closely and you can see that the bottom 2 middle baby teeth are gone and the adult teeth are growing in...

Chef Evelyn and her assistant, Kitty...

Going for a ride in her basket "car"...

Going for a ride on poor, sweet Chloe (Who turned 8 this month, by the way.)...