Happy New Year!!

We had one wild, rockin party on New Years Eve at the Pugliese homestead. Oh- and no children were harmed or intoxicated during the evening (we're just having a little New Year's fun with ya!)

Andrew's quote of the day- "See you next year", Andrew whispered as dad was putting him to bed.



We don't know how they got a hold of these-they were supposed to be playing with their trains!!



There was dancing....



party games....




and Dump Truck Driving.



We should have known this was going to happen, check out the next two in the sequence.





Happy New Year!!!!!!!

Christmas Card photograph for 2008

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas everybody!!! We had such an awesome time today! Grandma and Grandpa got here before kids got up and we were all ready to go, well, except Andrew. You'll see- enjoy the photographs!



Santa and Rudolph made it to Bayard Park Drive and ate the cookies that Andrew left and delivered a bunch of presents for the kids.



Nolan was up before Andrew and went into his room to wake him up. Nolan was tired as well, but really wanted to check out the gifts.



Nolan finally prodded as Andrew into waking up.



The tree was of more interest to Nolan at first.




They look pretty serious about the play-doh, don't they?




I guess you could say that Nolan became a little frustrated with getting the contents out of his stocking.




Grandpa hits a wide open Andrew with his new football.




Andrew's cool new bounce back car.




Grandma cheers for Nolan as he rips into one of his gifts.




Uncle Steve helps Andrew with his brand new Dump Truck!




Nolan has no problem crushing one of his boxes to get to another gift!




Uncle Steve surprises Nolan with a Jack-in-the-Box.




Christmas madness!!!!

Christmas Eve with Santa!!!

Nolan was so excited he couldn't keep his hands off of the camera!



Andrew was a little more tired.



Lets just say that Santa scared Nolan a little.



Andrew was a little in awe.



We went home and Andrew left cookies and a letter for Santa and Rudolph.



Santa is going to love these cookies!!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

We're making Christmas cookies!!

Elizabeth embarked on a journey to bake Christmas cookies with Andrew.

Quote of the Day-
"Andrew- get your hand out of your pants!" as heard from the living room while Elizabeth and Andrew were baking cookies, the quote, obviously, is from Elizabeth.



It really was a lot of fun and the little man enjoyed adding the flour and stirring all of the ingredients....



...and Uncle Steve and Nolan peeked down the stairs to watch the progress and fun until...




....Andrew slipped off of the chair and blasted his head on the ground. Elizabeth consoled him while he screamed "I....don't....WANT to make cookies anymore!!!

Andrew's Preschool Christmas Party

Andrew participates in class by ringing the bells with his classmates.



Nap time almost came a little early for Andrew.



Cuddling up to Mrs. Riley while making "Magic Reindeer Dust"




Andrew gets blindfolded and he gets ready to "Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree"...



...and the cheats by peeking at the tree before placing his star.



Andrew and Mahisha take advantage of the down time by tickling each other.



He was 5 for 5 in tossing the rings onto the candy cane!! Woo Hoo!!!

How'd he get there?

Nolan slipped out of sight while reading a book to Andrew. I went looking for him in the kitchen and I finally found him playing ball here!

Uhhh, I didn't do it!

Even though she looks guilty, Lola didn't have anything to do with Nolan laying there like that. He was just taking a break while we were shooting the kids Christmas picture. Check back next week when we post it, which is adorable!!!

Andrew, Nolan & Thomas

Quote of the day-

As they were playing quietly together, Andrew looked up and said "That's Nolan, he's my best friend."

Explosive poop

Quote of the Day (which is directly related to today's photograph)

Andrew "My poop is melting!"

Flashback, April, 2008 Generational Feeding

Grandma feeds Steve Ice Cream Cake while he feeds Nolan his bottle while celebrating Grandpa's Birthday in Evansville in April.

Andrew's unexpected nap

Elizabeth got Andrew all comfortable, with his blanket and pillow, while watching "Mighty Machines" upstairs while I was working yesterday. Apparently, he was too comfortable! I was on a business call when Elizabeth came home and we saw this! I thought he was just into the show, I had no idea he was knocked out.

Bath time!

It was bath time last night! Nolan and Andrew had a bit of a splash fight.


Andrew's quote of the day.

Dad "Andrew, are you picking your nose?

Andrew " Yes, but that was my idea on how to get the boogers out."






It started out as a fun bit of splashing...



..but Nolan got the uperhand and seemed to enjoy it too!

Thanksgiving fun!

So we were ambushed by eight children, five adults and a 23 lb. turkey on Thanksgiving and we had an awesome time! We collectively devoured the turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, a broccoli casserole, rolls, mashed potatoes, ice cream cake, pumpkin and pecan pie and much more and we were wiped out by 8 p.m.!
Here is some of the fun!





Nick started the day with some music for everyone to enjoy...



...and Nolan was shuttled around the house by his driver Anthony.



Kaitlyn and Anthony eagerly await the feast.



Dig in!!!



Anthony gets a laugh out of Gram...



...and Gianni gets really excited that the Ice Cream cake is about to be served!