New Baby Pictures!

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and saw a squirmy, healthy baby. He or she weighs in at about 3/4 pound and looks great. Here are a few pictures of the newest Schneider-in-training.

Waving hello
Tiny feet - one in each frameProfile shot

Gumby Baby - Folded in half with feet next to head

Here we have the big brother in training "rocking" his baby Elmo in a dump truck. Gotta use what you have, right?

What's In A Name?

After much coaxing, pleading, and promises of playing Cars Movie with him, I've finally gotten Christopher to start practicing letters. We worked on two the first week and three last week and this week. On Monday, he wrote his name (well, the first part of it) all by himself for the first time.
Needless to say, Mommy was very pleased and Christopher wanted to know if we could play tractor tippin' now. I have a feeling I'm going to be the homework Nazi in a few years...

LOOONG Ago Legoland

Many moons ago, back in May, we took a day trip to Legoland while we were in San Diego. The boys loved it and it was perfect for the under 8 crowd. They did have some stuff for the bigger kids, but we mostly skipped that. Here are a few pictures from our adventure.

It was downright chilly when we got there and predictably, Christopher was in a funk about it

Dinosaurs seemed to make things better, though

Digging for dinosaurs! I think this was their favorite part of the whole day and we came back at least 3 times.

Standing on the brown squares made the fountain start and that instrument play music. Christopher thought this was the neatest thing.

Taking a little break to build legos, of course!

Cruisin' with Dad

Fascinated by the saxophone, again.

Christopher got to drive his own Lego car! He made it almost the whole way around in the 2 or 3 minutes they had...

Patrick meeting a good friend

I promise we'll do something interesting enough to take pictures soon!

Apple Pickin'

Last weekend we went out to Apple Annie's orchard in Willcox, about 1.5 hours east of here. It was a great time - the boys got to pick apples and peaches and have ice cream and fudge after lunch. And Grandma, Papa, and Daddy got to taste wine on the way home. What's not to like!


I now have enough peaches for a cobbler and a crock pot of apple butter cooking as we speak!

Really funny action shot!

Better pic of Christopher and Daddy
Patrick got in on the act too

Look what I got, not that I'll actually taste it...

Uncle Mark, the Pied Piper of Little Boys

Were you talking to me?
Waiting patiently for hot dog lunch

Funny name for a winery

No Babies in This House

Here we have the face of a boy who has pooped on the potty!

He even went on the big potty with the little seat - no baby potty for this big guy. For his efforts, he was rewarded with his very own Bertie the Bus. He is now running around screaming GO and BUS at the top of his lungs.

First Day of School

Two weeks ago Christopher started 4 year old preschool. He goes three days a week for three hours a day and Mommy and Patrick get some much needed alone time (at least until March rolls around). He was not at all pleased about going the first day, being pretty sure he would not like anything about school. So I did what any Mommy would do, I plied him with doughnuts covered with chocolate frosting and dinosaur sprinkles! At the end of the day, he announced that he didn't like anything they did inside, only outside playtime. He has since changed his tune and seems to enjoy himself, although he still doesn't have much to tell about what he does in class. He did get to be line leader last Thursday, though, and that was apparently cool enough for a mention!

Enjoying his super-healthy first day of school breakfast

Standing out front for the customary first day of school picture

Done humoring crazy Mommy - time to be silly!

I'm still not sure where the last four years have gone, because I'm pretty sure we brought him home from the hospital last week.

So Far Behind...

that I don't even know where to start. I still have pictures from our trip in May to San Diego, and we took another trip in July to Pennsylvania. Oh, and Christopher had a birthday and started school. I think I'll catch up with the recent stuff and then fill in with older pics when I run out of new stuff!