And its even cold indoors! The temperature has been as low as 21 degrees which is truly insane in Texas. Back in the northeast, that was nothing. It even snowed several days ago!

We have a ton of images from Thanksgiving. Among other things, the boys love to destroy things, drive, play with computers, collect acorns, go for walks and stare at the moon. On that last point, we think we know who the “man in the moon” really is. Take a look below.

The boys love to build big towers!

And then laugh when they knock them down

Aiden, show me your smile

Ethan, you are not supposed to be rocking the chair!

Buddies

Ethan is flying so high!

Grandpa loves his little hairball

Evan is showing Uncle Sachin how to use the Blackberry

Grandma taking Aiden for a stroll

Uncle Sachin knows how to get the boys moving along by showing them the phone

Time for a picture break!

What a face!

Two going on sixteen

Meanwhile, Aiden is playing hide’n’seek with Grandma

Evan goes head first!

Ethan, wrong way!

Climbing

Sliding

Swinging

Grandpa gives Ethan a big push

Aiden loves his Papa

The higher the better

Aiden wants to be pushed

The man in the moon (and now we all know who that is)

Evan is trying to find Mr. Moon

Grandpa helps him

So sweet

A penny for your thoughts, Aiden

Papa teaches them about money

Aiden takes a slide

Aiden, don’t look so intimidated

Papa and Ethan walk home together

One little…

Two little…

Three little Indians.

The real chief

The assistant chief

Sharing is caring

The twins in their very own car!

Amisha shows the boys how to play with their new race track

Excuse me, can I bother you for directions?

Cold, wet, and naked….not the best time for a picture

Tongue action

The twins have moved on from their ABC’s to health science

Mr. Owl gets night time kisses

Someone looks tired

Ethan is so focused

Twins, it is very cold outside so bundle up

Aiden, please leave your shoes on

Rascal!

Daddy and “Ethey”

Daddy shielding his boo bear from the cold

Aiden, put your gloves on! It’s cooooold.

Amisha bundled up

Evan collects acorns

While Aiden laughts it up

Amisha and Ethey pose for a picture

And then he runs away

After his 5th trip to Boston, Aiden is back home! And he is very excited to be back! He has developed some new “statements” such as “uh-huh, uh-huh, O-kaaaay” and “Ok…buh buye..have a nice day.” He says these quite a bit and is even more wound up as he is currently on oral steriods. Unfortunately, he developed some atelectasis’ from the procedures, allergies, etc. (hence, the reason for the steroids).

During his stay in Boston, his feeding tube was replaced. Within a couple of days, it was out of place and they had to put in a new type of feeding tube. Hopefully, we won’t have the same issue because fixing it requires surgery.

Please continue to keep him in your prayers. He is very happy and doing reasonably well but with Aiden, we never know!

The boys had a great Thanksgiving with Papa, Grandma, “Oak” (Uncle) and Amisha.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Amisha reads to the twins

Ethan is all ready for his phone conference

Evan is very concerned about his cuticles!

Evan is making sure Aunt Amisha is clipping to his liking

So curious…

…Or maybe worried

Now it’s Ethan’s turn!

He watches with interest…

Evan inspects Amisha’s handiwork

So full of life!

Running free at the Dallas Arboretum!

Peek-a-boo!

The twins had fun in this makeshift house

Whatcha looking at?

Here they come

B-ball

The boys had so much fun with Aunt Aleta!

The twins favorite puzzle

The wheels on the bus go…

Aiden looking for Mr. Sun

Aiden and Amisha play together

Very focused

So excited to be home!

Aiden found the perfect spot for hide-n-seek

Ethan showing everyone he can eat like a big boy

Coloring with new markers from Aunt Tonya

The boys LOVE to color!

Aiden showing grandma his work

A little Picasso

The Win: Number 27! That is how many times the New York Yankees have won the World Series! I had several late nights watching the World Series and then there was the off-year elections. Between these historic televised events 🙂 and Ethan still coughing during the night, I have not had that much sleep this week. Hopefully, the next few days will be restful.

The Walk: Amisha and I took the boys for a walk. It was interesting because of…

The Worm: At first, they were intrigued. Then, Evan wanted to feed the worm an acorn. And then…it was over. See the images below for more details.

The War: E&E had fun pushing each other around in the laundry basket. But, some dissension arose over who ‘owned’ the basket.

For more details, see images below. Also, we posted some video (it is over the last few weeks).

Evan

Ethan (and his doggy)

Ethan, and his cracker

Outdoors Ethan

Outdoors Evan

He is looking for Mr. Moon

I love the outfit!

Little Ethan, come to me

They LOVE picking up the acorns

Evan, don’t run away!

Ethan wants to climb over

Boo-balicious

Throwing acorns

Having fun!

They found a worm

Ethan was intrigued

Evan tried to feed it an acorn

He tried real hard

This looks like trouble for the worm

Right after this image was taken, Evan’s foot landed on…the poor little worm

Ethan loves running

Beautiful outdoors

Ethan, who do you see?

Twins…classic.

Ethan loves being pushed

But Evan decided it was his turn…and used a pillow to force Ethan out

Apparently, it worked

Ethan decided to play with his toys than battle the little bear

spells “Halloween.”

Aiden is back in Boston and this past Thursday had his hardware (tubes) replaced, a partial colonoscopy and an endoscopy. The physicians could not determine what caused the internal bleeding. In their words, “Aiden is a mystery…unfortunately, there are some things that we just do not know.” The Boston staff has been phenomenal and is very willing, considerate and goes out of their way to help us. Overall he is doing better and hopefully the internal bleeding will stop. The tests they have done so far show that there are no (identifiable) issues. He has a couple more scheduled next week so we will wait and see.

On another note, the twins are doing well with Daddy. Of course, they know that 2 against 1 is even better odds than 3 against 2 and they take advantage of this from time to time. Fortunately, Amisha is here to even up the odds.

Tonight, Amisha and I took the twins trick-or-treating in their little skeleton costumes. They enjoyed it and also liked giving candy to the kids who stopped by. The costumes glowed in the dark (as you can see in the images below).

Ethan with his toys

Ding-dong

Evan is ready to run around!

There they go!

In the meantime, Aiden is content in his high chair

Ethan, you are always looking up

Does your head hurt?

Boo Boo and his little owl

Mama Bear and Boo Bear

A little bear is sleeping on my couch…now I know how Goldilocks felt

Ethan, on the other hand, is a little monkey who never stops climbing

Aiden is an alley cat…who makes funny sounds and sticks his tongue out a lot

Edith and her favorite triplets!

Ethan! Don’t color the carpet!

Things…they are going to outgrow those shirts soon

Aiden loves hugging them…but they never seem willing to receive his love

Aiden likes playing with his little puzzle pieces

Aiden is dancing in this image…but seemed surprised when I went to take a picture

Ethan, so cute!

And silly

Hairball

Who is this kid? Is that…Aiden? Where is all the hair gone? That barber must have been blindfolded and cut off his locks…

Hurry back from Boston! We miss our little baby!

Skullions!

Ethan’s bones

Evan’s bones (he looks like a prisoner)

Bones in the dark

Everyone is sick! It appeared to be a sinus infection although given that we all have it, it very likely could be something else…perhaps the common cold? Runny noses, sore backs, coughing while sleeping and sore throats seem to define how we feel. Hopefully this will pass soon and will be back to…normal.

It makes you wonder what is ‘normal.’ It used to be go to work during the week and relax on the weekends. Those were the good ‘ole days. These days, there is minimal time for rest as we are chasing the boys everywhere. Of course, one day we will look back and say “the good ‘ole days.” It’s like our Pastor says, “we always talk about the good ‘ole days but what we fail to realize is that we are in the good ‘ole days.” So, we will enjoy them (although it is hard to enjoy when sick).

Aiden will most likely need to go back to Boston within the next few weeks. There is definitely something wrong with the tube and there may be some other issues. Unfortunately, Dallas has no solutions but Boston would like to do some specific tests and get to the root of the issue. Please keep us in your prayers!

We took the boys to the Dallas Arboretum Botanical Gardens a couple weeks ago and they had a blast! It was the first time they ever saw pumpkins. They were very intrigued and really had a great time with so much room to run around. Enjoy some of the images below.

Evan and Mommy are going for a car ride

Her little Boo Boo Bear

Feeding the babies

Here comes Ethan!

There goes Evan

All this room to run

Aiden is trying to catch up to his brothers

Ethan has never seen pumpkins before

Aiden loves walking all over the place

The Arboretum did a great job decorating the place

Trying to get these two to sit still is near impossible

Trying to get all three to pose is impossible

My little pumpkin is carrying a pumpkin

Aiden thought the pumpkins were giant apples and kept saying “all done apples” because he did not like sitting on them

But the ‘apples’ were very accomodating and he eventually did not mind

Evan loved being here

Well, we got one to look, one to almost look with only one totally distracted

Classic Ethan

Happy Boo

He didn’t want to share seats with the pumpkin so he tossed it

Another attempt at a picture

Boo draws while Daddy works on the computer

Boys, you are too young do drive!

Aiden, two at one time?

Up and down

Evan loves being the Boss

He is only quiet when he is eating or drinking

Aiden loves his TV (a little too much)

Ethan is ready to go to sleep

Aiden is still enamored by the fact that he has hands