Two Little Boys: 2013 Year In Review: Pictures

I feel so sad that I've neglected this blog for so long. The best way that I can think to update it is to review the past two years with pictures. Most of 2014 and the final months of 2013 were never blogged. So here is what the end of the the year 2013 looked like:

Zach built his first Lego in December!

very proud!

Zach got his wish for an airplane under the tree!

Gabe's snowman

Zach's candy cane

Zach's gingerbread men

Gabe's arctic fox

another one of Gabe's snowmen

Gabe really likes to draw snowmen!

This one is Olaf

a birthday card for Henry (a picture of Gabe & Henry)

Santa ("Merry Christmas") by Gabe

another one of Gabe's Santas

Zach had great behavior at school!

Zach colored a menorah

and a dreidel

Gabe's month of December

he's really starting to write his name so well!

Gabe's Xmas list: a bracelet maker and "Chase" from the show, Paw Patrol

Gabe's "naughty & nice" list

Gabe's class wrote a book about lunch

here's Gabe's page

he wrote that his favorite lunch is chicken nuggets and french fries

Zach continues to have great behavior in school!

we got a new car and can watch movies with headphones!

Halloween: a vampire and Wolverine

the boys went to see the Red Sox World Series parade with Momo

on the way to the parade and all "geared up"

looking at him wearing the headphones never gets old

love this picture of Gabe!

Nini & Papa got Gabe an astronaut costume for his 6th birthday

Gabe's hope & dream for kindergarten: to march in the Halloween parade. That boy loves Halloween!

gah!

Zach pretending to be a pilgrim

we went bowling and the boys loved the oldschool video games

3D movie

dressing up before school one day

swim lessons

Gabe went to see the Nutcracker with some of our mom's group friends (he referred to the winter scene as "freeze world" and he thought that the men's tights were "really big" underwear)

at the Nutcracker

out to lunch with Daddy and saying "cheese" for the camera

the boys had fun with the first snowstorm of the season

love this picture of Gabe

Gabe LOVES to eat snow!

Zach ended up coming inside soon after going out; Gabe stayed outside and played in the snow by himself for a long time

he's a nut. an adorable one, though.

this was Zach's idea of fun in the storm

they made Lego houses and created a Santa's Village

Gabe was very proud of his Lego house

celebrating the new year!

sledding!

a visit to the touch tank at the aquarium - where we touched the rays and sharks

Zach at a bowling birthday party

asleep on the way home from a trip to Connecticut

Zach's school work (pre-K)

snow day!

in the igloo!

Zachie Potter!

The boys cut their own bangs; Gabe's cut was negligible; Zach's cutting was not

a trip to the Wenham museum where we saw a huge Lego exhibit

we went to a concert and Gabe selected to go onto the stage to be a monster (he's wearing that weird octopus-looking hat)

two boys in their Olaf sweatshirts (back when they liked Olaf)

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuess!

we spent an afternoon at a pond in Topsfield with our friend, Adam

and we got to take a paddleboat for a spin

we spent a week in New Hampshire at Uncle Derek's family's summer home

and the boys got to drive the pontoon boat

a hug from my little man

jumping on the trampoline at Adam's house at the end of summer

potty training Zach!

the "no pants" party!

pretending to be Easter bunnies on a summer day

hiding in the garden

Gabe's first day of Kindergarten!

Zach's first day at pre-K!

swim lessons

an early fall day at Crane's Beach

Gabe pretending to be a witch

two little witches

on a carousel at EF!

campfire!

snuggling on the couch

Wolverine on his way to a Halloween birthday party

and the vampire on his way, too

we went fishing with Gampa!

Zach didn't catch any fish that day, but he had fun trying

Daddy twisted his ankle trying to get the boat ready, and we had to leave early; Gabe didn't get a chance to fish, but he was very flexible and understanding about it.