Zombie Brains...
Zombie Barf
Haven't kept a strong enough stomach to try the edible bugs or Zombie Skin!
Showing posts with label Grandma Syrros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grandma Syrros. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Zombie Brains and Barf...DISGUSTING
Grandma Syrros bought Cole a new toy. Yep, let him pick it out all by himself! No ifs, ands or buts about it. This is what he wanted so this is what she was getting him. It is absolutely disgusting, but kind of cool to watch...
Friday, October 28, 2011
Halloween Party Prep
Both Kadee and Cole decided to postpone their birthday parties so they could have one big Halloween Birthday Bash! We were sooooo excited! We love Halloween and this just gave us one more reason to celebrate such a fun holiday!
Charlie was really excited for this birthday party and had been bouncing ideas off of each other for the last couple months. Of course my mom and sister stepped up to help me out. I have a tendency to "over do" things so they always offer their time and most of all their energy!
I decided to take it easy on the food and actually order pizza and cupcakes, but I could not pass up making some treats for the party. What's a Halloween Party without carmel apples? The kids had so much fun dipping and decorating these yummy treats!
While we made the treats, Charlie and Uncle Pete started constructing the haunted house.
Charlie was really excited for this birthday party and had been bouncing ideas off of each other for the last couple months. Of course my mom and sister stepped up to help me out. I have a tendency to "over do" things so they always offer their time and most of all their energy!
I decided to take it easy on the food and actually order pizza and cupcakes, but I could not pass up making some treats for the party. What's a Halloween Party without carmel apples? The kids had so much fun dipping and decorating these yummy treats!
Grandma made rice krispie ghosts (we dipped in white chocolate) and pumpkins. We also made spiders out of chocolate covered marshmallows and chocolate vampire teeth suckers.
While we made the treats, Charlie and Uncle Pete started constructing the haunted house.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Greek Fest 2011 - OPA!
Unfortunately, last year we missed the Greek Festival due to other things going on at the same time, but we were bound and determined to make it there this year. Myself, the kids, aunt Julie and Grandma and Grandpa Syrros all headed out for some good food and good times.
Gyros
Greek Fries
Dolmathes (which were ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!) 
Pastitsio
Spanakopita
After dinner, we had to take in all of the YUMMY desserts!
The church (St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church) was absolutely beautiful that night lit up in all its splendor. 
We left with our bellies full looking forward already to next year! OPA!
On our way there we thought the weather was going to get the best of us. Although the sky was mostly sunny, one small cloud opened up and it poured on our way to the festival. Once we got to the church though the rain stopped and upon entering the church grounds we knew our evening was going to be filled with lots of fun and lots of food.
The kids played in the children's area and of course had a blast. Then it was time to enjoy the food. Gyros
Greek FriesDolmathes (which were ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!) Pastitsio SpanakopitaAfter dinner, we had to take in all of the YUMMY desserts!Loukoumathes 
Baklava 
Kourambiethes 
and my ABSOLUTE Favorite,
Kataifi
Baklava Kourambiethes and my ABSOLUTE Favorite,Kataifi
We left with our bellies full looking forward already to next year! OPA!Saturday, April 3, 2010
Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs!
In regular tradition, the night before Easter we dyed eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide on Easter. The kids had a blast dying the eggs. Kadee drew a bunch of designs on her eggs with the wax crayon and Cole really got a kick out of the fact that he could change the color of the egg just by dropping it in the glass of colored water.
Chance hung out in his highchair and watched everyone. I think he would have loved playing with the eggs himself but we would have had some major problems since his new game is to drop everything he gets a hold of and see if he can get someone to pick it up!
Cole-man dying his eggs.
Julie came over and helped. Thank goodness because the thought of handling three kids by myself and throwing dye into the situation just scares me!
Mom came down to join the fun also! She made yummy Easter eggs out of rice crispies and we dipped them in chocolate and white chocolate. They were DELICIOUS! 
Kadee decorated her rice crispy egg with white chocolate chips to give it a spiky look.
The rice crispy eggs turned out so good! 
Kadee and Cole were pretty pleased with the eggs they dyed. We put them in the fridge for the Easter Bunny so he could hide them for the kids the next day.
I love the holidays, especially the prep that goes into making these holidays so much fun!
Chance hung out in his highchair and watched everyone. I think he would have loved playing with the eggs himself but we would have had some major problems since his new game is to drop everything he gets a hold of and see if he can get someone to pick it up!
Cole-man dying his eggs.
Julie came over and helped. Thank goodness because the thought of handling three kids by myself and throwing dye into the situation just scares me!Mom came down to join the fun also! She made yummy Easter eggs out of rice crispies and we dipped them in chocolate and white chocolate. They were DELICIOUS! Kadee decorated her rice crispy egg with white chocolate chips to give it a spiky look.The rice crispy eggs turned out so good! Kadee and Cole were pretty pleased with the eggs they dyed. We put them in the fridge for the Easter Bunny so he could hide them for the kids the next day.
I love the holidays, especially the prep that goes into making these holidays so much fun!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day
Every holiday I try to get the kids a little something as a gift to celebrate. After a couple years of throwing away little gimmicky toys and candy I have decided to only get them gifts I know they are going to use. This year we got them bean bags. Cole already has a baseball one so I got Kadee and Chance each one so there would be no fighting. Since Cole already has one I got him a skateboard. Kadee got one for Christmas and he loves the thing. He already knows how to flip the front up! 
The kids were awfully surprised when they came downstairs in the morning.
That afternoon my mom came over so the kids could help her decorate the heart shaped sugar cookies she made for Valentine's day. Kadee loves to help her ice and decorate them and Cole is totally loving it now too!
Unfortunately, I think Chance got too much fresh air fishing the day before and was up all night coughing, and coughed pretty much all day long. We canceled our plans for Valentine's dinner and instead decided to cook something ourselves. All of the stores had fantastic sales on steaks and crab legs so we indulged ourselves. It was Valentine's Day!
It was not the most romantic Valentine's Day I have had with a sick baby and all but boy did I count my blessings to still have the same Valentine I had 18 years ago! I don't care how we spend the day, as long as it is together!
The kids were awfully surprised when they came downstairs in the morning.That afternoon my mom came over so the kids could help her decorate the heart shaped sugar cookies she made for Valentine's day. Kadee loves to help her ice and decorate them and Cole is totally loving it now too!
Unfortunately, I think Chance got too much fresh air fishing the day before and was up all night coughing, and coughed pretty much all day long. We canceled our plans for Valentine's dinner and instead decided to cook something ourselves. All of the stores had fantastic sales on steaks and crab legs so we indulged ourselves. It was Valentine's Day!It was not the most romantic Valentine's Day I have had with a sick baby and all but boy did I count my blessings to still have the same Valentine I had 18 years ago! I don't care how we spend the day, as long as it is together!
Friday, January 15, 2010
A Day Off With the Kids
I didn't get to take any time off during Christmas time. I know I have weekends off but they usually fly right on by and are filled with grocery shopping, errands, laundry, etc...I was starting to miss my kids. I see them everyday but with everything going on I wasn't really seeing my kids, if you get my drift. I decided to take Friday off of work to just spend the day with the kiddos. My mom also joined us which was nice because it was starting to feel like the only time I talked to her was when I needed something, and I had really been needing her and my dad a lot lately!
We started our afternoon off with a matinee of Disney's new movie, "The Princess and the Frog".
It was super cute and the kids loved it. This was Chance's first movie experience and he was awesome. The first half hour he spent wide-eyed in awe of the scenes on the screen. Then he really started getting into things and was dancing and singing every time a song came on. About a half hour prior to the movie ending all of the excitement finally got to him and he crashed!
After the movie we headed to the Park to wear off some pent up energy.
My day was made when on the walk to the car in the parking lot Cole told me, "Mommy, that was a GREAT, GREAT movie and a FUN, FUN park!" I know when he says it twice he really means it. I was thankful for the extra time I got to spend with them. It really was a FUN, FUN day!
We started our afternoon off with a matinee of Disney's new movie, "The Princess and the Frog".
It was super cute and the kids loved it. This was Chance's first movie experience and he was awesome. The first half hour he spent wide-eyed in awe of the scenes on the screen. Then he really started getting into things and was dancing and singing every time a song came on. About a half hour prior to the movie ending all of the excitement finally got to him and he crashed!After the movie we headed to the Park to wear off some pent up energy.
My day was made when on the walk to the car in the parking lot Cole told me, "Mommy, that was a GREAT, GREAT movie and a FUN, FUN park!" I know when he says it twice he really means it. I was thankful for the extra time I got to spend with them. It really was a FUN, FUN day!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A Costume Fit for a "King"
On one occasion when I took Chance into work, someone commented on all of his hair and mentioned he would make a great Elvis for Halloween. Well the idea stuck with me and I talked my mom into helping me make an Elvis costume for Chance. It wasn't going to be easy but I knew between the both of us we could whip this puppy up. We hit JoAnn's looking for fabric, decorations and other ideas and luckily stumbled across an adorable pattern for none other than an Elvis Costume!
My mom, bless her heart cut out the pattern from white fleece and then tried to sew together a mini version for Chance. She was up to her eyeballs trying to make a 2T costume fit a 6-12 month sized baby. She did it though.
Julie came over to help and thoughy to herself, "I think my sister has finally lost it"
My dad sat in the observation seat and thought to himself, "I think my daughter has finally lost it!"
But two days later we had an Elvis costume on our hands, and it turned out pretty darn cute. My mom did an AWESOME job sewing it together and adding an attached cape as well as a belt to go along with it!
We tried it on Chance and he thought it was pretty cool too!
After a little hard work, we did it, Chance, I mean Elvis was ready to leave the building (and go Trick or Treating of course!)
My mom, bless her heart cut out the pattern from white fleece and then tried to sew together a mini version for Chance. She was up to her eyeballs trying to make a 2T costume fit a 6-12 month sized baby. She did it though.Julie came over to help and thoughy to herself, "I think my sister has finally lost it"My dad sat in the observation seat and thought to himself, "I think my daughter has finally lost it!"But two days later we had an Elvis costume on our hands, and it turned out pretty darn cute. My mom did an AWESOME job sewing it together and adding an attached cape as well as a belt to go along with it!We tried it on Chance and he thought it was pretty cool too!
After a little hard work, we did it, Chance, I mean Elvis was ready to leave the building (and go Trick or Treating of course!)Monday, September 7, 2009
The Neilson's Go Camping
We have been given a great opportunity. A friend of a friend needed somewhere to store her camper. She no longer uses it, as a matter of fact it has not been used in the last two years but she refuses to get rid of it. We have ample RV parking. In trade, we are able to use it whenever we like.
We decided to take advantage of it on Labor Day weekend. Since this was the first time, we didn't want to go to far from home so we headed out to Cottonwood Cove which is on Lake Mohave (just south of Lake Mead) and only about 45 minutes from home. Grandma & Grandpa Syrros and Pete, Julie and Cody drove out with us for the day. It was unbelievably hot so we learned our first lesson, do not set up a trailer in the middle of the desert in the middle of the day! Once we got the air conditioning cranked up we all cooled off and then decided to head down to the lake to do some fishing.
All in all it was a great little get away and we look forward to many more excursions in our borrowed trailer!
We decided to take advantage of it on Labor Day weekend. Since this was the first time, we didn't want to go to far from home so we headed out to Cottonwood Cove which is on Lake Mohave (just south of Lake Mead) and only about 45 minutes from home. Grandma & Grandpa Syrros and Pete, Julie and Cody drove out with us for the day. It was unbelievably hot so we learned our first lesson, do not set up a trailer in the middle of the desert in the middle of the day! Once we got the air conditioning cranked up we all cooled off and then decided to head down to the lake to do some fishing.
We found a great fishing spot but Charlie had to go the long way because the dogs could not go on the beach area of the campground. This required him to walk up a big hill, down a big hill, around the cove and along the shore in the water. By the time they met up with us they were all pretty tired.
Brewtus decided to cool off and relax right in the lake!
Charlie threw his line in and waited for the big bite!
Kadence entertained us by singing and dancing on shore.
Cole couldn't wait to throw a line in the water.
Daddy gave Cole some fishing advice.
And then let him give it a whirl.
Uncle Pete waited patiently for the fish to bite.
Cody tried a couple different spots but realized what nobody else would admit...there were no fish in this lake!
Kadee Bug passed the time playing with the worms, her favorite thing about fishing!
I caught the best picture of Kadee...this picture shows her personality like no other! She is so fun loving and a little crazy:)
Well after Cody finally convinced us all that there were no fish in this lake, we packed it up and headed back to camp where we had a delicious BBQ meal!
Grandma, Grandpa, Pete, Julie and Cody headed back to Vegas and we gave the kids a bath and to bed we went. It is amazing how tired you are at the end of a day camping!
Brewtus decided to cool off and relax right in the lake!Charlie threw his line in and waited for the big bite!Kadence entertained us by singing and dancing on shore.Cole couldn't wait to throw a line in the water.Daddy gave Cole some fishing advice.And then let him give it a whirl.Uncle Pete waited patiently for the fish to bite.Cody tried a couple different spots but realized what nobody else would admit...there were no fish in this lake!Kadee Bug passed the time playing with the worms, her favorite thing about fishing!I caught the best picture of Kadee...this picture shows her personality like no other! She is so fun loving and a little crazy:)Well after Cody finally convinced us all that there were no fish in this lake, we packed it up and headed back to camp where we had a delicious BBQ meal!Grandma, Grandpa, Pete, Julie and Cody headed back to Vegas and we gave the kids a bath and to bed we went. It is amazing how tired you are at the end of a day camping!The next morning we woke up early...how come it is so hard to sleep in when you are camping? I whipped up breakfast and mentioned to Charlie that I really loved cooking while camping, I am not sure why the same does not hold true at home.
After breakfast was cleaned up we decided to play Uno. I remember many a camping trips when I was a little girl being stuck in the camper because of a rain storm and sometimes in Montana a snow storm and gathering around the table to play this same game.
We headed out to the beach at Cottonwood Cove. Charlie, Kadee and Cole all took a dip in the very warm water. The kids got a kick of the huge Carps that would swim right up to them. 
Chance played it cool on the beach sporting his swimsuit trunks.
Mommy and Chance bonded while we watched everyone else splashing around in the lake.
After a while at the beach in the hot sun, it became apparent that nap time was approaching. We headed back to the camper and tucked the kiddos in snug as a bug! And boy did they crash!
We got a pleasant surprise later that afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa decided to come back out for the day to play with us. After dinner we just sat outside visiting. Cole and Grandma swapped stories.
Then it was time for SMORES!!! Unfortunately, because we were in the middle of the dry desert in the middle of summer, no fires were allowed so we had to settle for smores on the BBQ. But does it really matter how smores are made? 
Cole chowed down on his and his face was soon covered in melted marshmallow.
Kadee made her own marshmallow mess!
Yep, this has to be one of the best things about camping, you just can't beat smores!
After breakfast was cleaned up we decided to play Uno. I remember many a camping trips when I was a little girl being stuck in the camper because of a rain storm and sometimes in Montana a snow storm and gathering around the table to play this same game.We headed out to the beach at Cottonwood Cove. Charlie, Kadee and Cole all took a dip in the very warm water. The kids got a kick of the huge Carps that would swim right up to them. Chance played it cool on the beach sporting his swimsuit trunks.Mommy and Chance bonded while we watched everyone else splashing around in the lake.After a while at the beach in the hot sun, it became apparent that nap time was approaching. We headed back to the camper and tucked the kiddos in snug as a bug! And boy did they crash!We got a pleasant surprise later that afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa decided to come back out for the day to play with us. After dinner we just sat outside visiting. Cole and Grandma swapped stories.Then it was time for SMORES!!! Unfortunately, because we were in the middle of the dry desert in the middle of summer, no fires were allowed so we had to settle for smores on the BBQ. But does it really matter how smores are made? Cole chowed down on his and his face was soon covered in melted marshmallow.
Kadee made her own marshmallow mess!Yep, this has to be one of the best things about camping, you just can't beat smores!
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