The last days of December

It's been fun to have the time to spend with the kids these last days of December. Since we were home with the boys a lot we had to do lots of things to keep them occupied.

My favorite thing to do when it's this cold is always to go to the mall with an indoor playground that way I can not only get my shopping on during nap time but also let the kids run wild and do fun things inside.

My Tman is clearly a fan of such fun activities

I celebrated Christmas at school with Tman and all his friends. It was such a sweet event, best way to end the year. He doesn't go back until next Monday.

We hung out with my BFF C who is visiting from Indiana with her boys. We heard of a train exhibit at the local train station and thought it would be such a fun time for our train loving boys. It actually sucked but somehow the boys were really excited about it still and the day was not a complete loss

Hubby with Tman watching in front of the train exhibit (yeah, that's all it was, not even a train display the kids could play with or anything)

Me and my friend C with our youngest boys. C and I have been pregnant together throughout the years and what do you know, she is again pregnant with her 3rd child :). I swear we don't plan these things

 Our first boys eating some ice cream in the Winter, the beauty of indoor play

My friend Melissa came down to visit too. YAY. I am always so psyched when she comes to town, she has such a great time with the boys. She only lives 2 hours away but she is moving to Austin, Texas next year :(. We won't get to see her as much but I guess that means we'll be going to Austin soon :).

Mel came to visit with her aunt and uncle who used to take such good care of us when we were in College. They wanted to see the boys so they made the trip.

 Reading with Tman at bedtime. She is such a great godmother to my boy.

Our friend A was having a birthday party to celebrate her 30th birthday. She was actually pregnant when the actual birthday happened so we are celebrating 6 months later. Since Mel was in town, we left the boys with hubby and turned this into a girls night. It was nothing fancy, we just went to a local bar and enjoyed some crab dip and a few drinks. It was classic.

The birthday girl and her cake :)

The girls hanging out. A, Mel and I lived together for years and had a blast doing it too. It's good to see things don't change much over the years

My friend D hosted a kid friendly Christmas and New Year's party at her place. I am so glad we were able to go. They just moved into their new house and it's an absolute beauty.

They had 3 trees in total in their house this year, wowzer. I loved the beautiful tree at the front door and of course had to take pics with the boys :)

As soon as we got there, Tman zoomed in for the train table. This kid loves trains I tell you.

Jbird stayed attached to me or my hubby as he does these days.

After he finally warmed up he also went for the trains with his brother. I thought he would just destroy everything as he does but I was really impressed with him.

 A few pics of me and my boys at the party

Before we left, we got a pic of all of us who went to college together with our spouses. The kids did not want to cooperate for our pic but never mind. I can't believe that we were graduating from college 10 years ago. Insane I tell you. Go Terps.

The last days of the year 2013 were well spent. We celebrated the New Year in style with no kids :). Gotta love babysitting grandparents. HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. See you in 2014.