Winter Break and New Years

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I love that my boys are old enough to play card games!!  Well, Cade isn't really, but he sure tries.  I'm so excited to have more board game nights with them that are NOT Candy Land.


Rex fried up some delicious donuts for New Years

We spent an afternoon at the park trying out the boys' new remote control devices.  We discovered something incredible that day.  Did you know that remote control toys are (or mostly are) wired for the same channel?  This meant that if the boys got too close to each other, their cars would go crazy and not do what they wanted.  HOWEVER, Rex had the billiant idea to see what would happen if we lined up all the cars and used one controller's commands - they all moved in unison!  SO COOL!


This puppy dog hat of Cade's just makes me want to die of cuteness overload.  It's especially lethal when he acts insta-puppy when you put it on him. 





Cade had Rex trained to retrieve his RC car at the bottom of the slide whenever he drove it down, over and over and over again.  Rex is a good sport.



I love my boys!!!

I spied on Rex while he took Cade and Sam sledding on the neighborhood hill.  I love that view.


And our backyard view is pretty great too.

OK, I think this is from Thanksgiving, but oh well.  Two of these boys are mine and one is not.  Can you tell which is which??  There are some strong genes in this Phillips family!


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