Corbett Kids: January 2012

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

How We Spent Our Winter Break by Addie and Max Corbett

We had a busy weekend celebrating Christmas with Grandma and Papa and Grandma and Grandpa. We got lots of presents and had fun playing with all of our new toys while we were home with mama and dada.

One night we went to the Mall of America to go on rides. I like the carousel best and even rode on it two times! We ate dinner at the Rainforest Café. There were monkeys there and rain and we even got to sit by the fish!

We all went to the Minnesota zoo. I liked watching Semo from the front row – we even almost got wet! Max liked watching all the fish in the shark tank and even tried to crawl after them.

The next day we went to the Kid’s Museum with our friends. Our favorite room to play in is the Habitot room where Max can crawl EVERYWHERE and I can dress up like different animals.

We went skating at my park a couple of times. I don’t need the racecar anymore and can skate all by myself! Max can’t skate, but he likes to slide in his sled.

We went to my friend Hazie’s house for a New Year’s Eve Party. We got to eat pizza and brownie sundaes and watch the movie Rapunzel. After the movie we had a dance party, did a countdown, and cheers. We had a lot of fun!

The last day of winter break we went to get out our energy at Eagle’s Nest. I like going down the bumpy slide by myself best. Max liked playing with the balls and on the mats.

Winter break was the most fun this year because both mama and dada were home!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

2011

An annual New Year’s Day activity for me is to flip through the past 12 months of photos in my iPhoto. For me, this is the perfect way to reflect on the year that has passed and begin to think about the year that is upon us.

Last year was filled with so much anticipation surrounding the pending arrival of Max. The first photos from January 2011 include a picture of myself with my two good friends, Debbie and Kelly. We were all pregnant and each due one week apart. The majority of the photos that follow are of our attic. It’s amazing how a space that wasn’t even sheet rocked a year ago is now a familiar space in our daily life. Next, we have pictures of Addie’s 3^rd birthday, her finished “big girl room”, and the arrival of Max! This was by far the highlight of 2011 – to welcome our beautiful and healthy baby boy into our family. He has brought us so much joy in so many ways. The rest of the photos document our time as a family of four - no vacations or trips to Alpine Valley, just our little family… which to me, is perfect.