Merry Christmas

From the moment he woke up on Christmas morning, he could tell, it was not a normal day. Everyone was very excited.

-Exploring his new art station-

-We played a lot of basketball-

-He has already decided that his new Elmo chair is for snacking-
On Christmas day Aunt Susie & Uncle Dick came from Philadelphia. They had fun playing with all of Kevin's toys too!

White Christmas Eve

We have decided that it's really only nostalgic & charming for it to snow after 10PM on Christmas Eve, not during daylight hours, please! In our attempt to beat the series of snow storms that were blanketing the midwest, we left for Chicago on Tuesday afternoon. Maybe that was not the best decision. It was a long, slow, road traveled but we made it there safely. Grandmom & Grandpop had even more snow than we did in Iowa. We spent Christmas Eve day playing in the snow. It was Kevin's first time sledding, he loved it. We built a snowman too.

2 days later ALL this snow was melted, including our snowman :(

New toys are coming his way!

We celebrated Christmas a few days early this Saturday with the Stone's. Kevin quickly learned how fun it is to unwrap presents!!! He loves his new tractor books and Horton elephant!

His 2 loves, his 2 toy elephants

It is VERY cold here. Dressing Kevin this morning was no easy task. Nate had to resort to his hs wrestling moves! Still, the mittens only stayed on for 30 seconds.

We also celebrated Christmas today at brunch with our friend Nellie. She gave Kevin a fun toy phone. He loves it!
...But, even with all the new toys, he favors the classics. This is the box from his new car seat. This week we colored it to make it look like an airplane, he loves to crawl inside.
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and safe travels!!

Merry, merry... almost ready

We have been really busy!

I started a new job several weeks ago. Kevin LOVES his new school! In fact, it's difficult for me to get him to leave at night. We are so happy he has adjusted so well, again.

Christmas is almost here, we are gearing up for a busy weekend of celebrating with family and friends, then we are headed to Chicago next week. Let's hope the weather cooperates. It's going to be ugly tomorrow morning!

Careful, the Christmas tree is HOT

Some of you already know this, but lucky for us, Kevin is extra cautious when we tell him something is hot. He knows not to touch the oven, it's hot. A few other things around our house are also "hot" such as Nate's fancy TV, the china cabinet, etc. This "hot" trick also works well when we are at other people's homes.


During Kevin's nap today we setup the Christmas tree. We don't have it blocked off or anything, we are just hoping he learns not to touch it. I brought Kevin downstairs after nap time, we were very excited to show him the lighted tree. With no prompting from us, he walked upto the tree, stuck out his hand and said "hot"! Yes, Kevin, that tree is hot, no touching. We'll see how long this works....

The big sleepover

Last night we babysat for Brenda's kids. We had such a fun night. I love that her kids make Kevin so tired! We transformed our sofa into a boat & jumped "overboard" into a sea of pillows. Garrison entertained Kevin for most of the night - horray!

Once Kevin was in bed the rest of us had a movie marathon. Such fun, we hope to do it again sometime.

"Wheels on the Bus" is driving us nuts

You remember back in junior high or high school when you fell in love with a song and played it over. and. over. and over. again? (Think NKOTB... catch my drift?)...

Well, Kevin LOVES "The Wheels on the Bus". We play it all the time. So much so, that sometimes he won't eat his dinner unless the song is playing.

This photo was taken just before dinner last week: