A 1/2 GrEeK X-massssss

Friday Night Tyler, Ryan and Mia had their 1/2 Greek Gift Xchange at George and Kelly's House! 

 So funny that these 3 half-greeks could look so much like one of their parents and SO different from eachother!!  Makes me wonder...hmmm

Tyler, Ryan & Mia

 Kinda hard to get a good pic of 3 kids under 5

 Tyler and his new TRIO Batcave!

 Tyler was SO excited for Ryan's gift from us, he even helped him open it.

 Awesome shape ship! BLAST OFF!

 Cool dudes in their biker jackets from Mia!

 Me wanting to Kill Nicole for getting Tyler such an awesome-ly hard to put together gift!

 Lola in George and Kelly's new blankey

 Playin catch

 Tyler is back to the space ship...



SANTA!

Fw:

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My elf

My hero!

After 8 weeks of being at home, working so hard on  my house, yard work, cleaning, decorating for xmas, replacing broken things and being a kick ass dad, Angelos started working again. December 1, 2010 - he became employed with FedEx Freight! He is such a hard worker and we are so proud of him!!

Out- like a light

Speaking of lights, tonight, Tyler and I went thru the Mooseheart holiday lights tour. You can read about it here. It was neat to see all the lights and have a sort of mommy tyler time, just looking at all the displays. Below is the Cinderella Carriage, I took a picture of this, bc it looks just like the one my bestie Shannon, rode in at her wedding!! I had to send it to her.

The tour was neat but kinda short. Mooseheart is less than 10 minutes from our house, well after we were done, Tyler and I headed home. During the drive, Tyler passed out!630 PM! We came home and I brought him in laid him on the couch.... and this is what he looked like. So funny, I put a pull up on him, changed his clothes and laid him in bed. He slept for 12 hours. Guess he was a sleepy boy!

a CUT above

Tyler has been very into "cutting" lately. He has his very own kid scissors and just loves cutting things up.So,here is a picture of the mess he makes. He will sit for SO long cutting and concentrates so hard while holding the scissors correctly and all. Its amazing!

Thanksgiving Day Parade

Angelos and I had the opportunity to get up at 6 am on Thanksgiving and drive to chicago and participate  in the thanksgiving day parade as banner carriers for MB Financial. IT was the coolest thing ever. I think we both decided that we would do it agfain for sure!!

The banner carriers, staged right next to the jumbo balloons.

Its hard to see here, but this is a huge inflatable penis in the window. so funny bc one of my works branches is right below in this same building.

Winter Brookfield Zoo Trip

One of my most favorite fun things to do each winter, is to attend the Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo. Its so fun to get all bundled up, walk around and see the snow and lights and be cold, drink hot cocoa, and just plain have fun. This year, Angelos wanted to go to the zoo before it was "winter" so we went a couple weeks ago and it was the first sorta cold day. Heck, it was super cold by the time we left

 The Polar Bear was really showing off....swimming right up by the glass

 And the grizzly was right up by the glass too, I have never seen this before.

Giraffes are always a Drake FAmily FAV

Geneva Footbal

Here is Tyler all the way at the top at the Geneva Football Game

Ryan Turns 4

a couple weeks ago, we ventured all the way to DesPlaines for Ryan's 4th birthday.

Cute cousins

 Tyler and Nicole

Family Pictures

We had some new family pictures done last week. Colleen did a great job minus the fact that my boys were not super cooperative. :(

We went to Peck Farm Park...it was a beautiful day!

 A bit windy at times

 We found a frog!!

 Another frog?

 My fav!