Christmas #2

We leave for Iowa on Thursday morning, so we celebrated our family Christmas this evening. Kenny LOVED his Lightning McQueen RC car....although he had to wait for Darin to get it operational (aka--install batteries). Kenny is definitely at a fun age--thrilled over all of his gifts!

Over the river and through the woods....

....to the Prylow's house we go! My dear friend Kate is back from Switzerland! We ventured up to Rochester to celebrate her daughter's 3rd birthday. What a fun evening with new toys and new friends!

Christmas Celebration #1

We started the weekend before Christmas off with a Christmas Party! Grandma & Grandpa Bolthouse came over, bearing pizza and gifts. It was a fun, festive afternoon. Thanks G&G!

Christmas Crafting

Kenny and I spent some time making a santa hat Christmas card for his babysitter Melanie.

Kenny loved his first experience with Elmers glue--and didn't even eat any:-)

We both tried the hat on. Mommy looks more like Santa than Kenny:-)

Snow Day Sledding

Snow Day Snowman

Snow Day!

It's been snowing here all day! We went outside late this afternoon to build a snowman (Darin), shovel (Darin ) and sled (Sarah & Darin). Kenny helped out with the shoveling (who knew garden trowels were a year-round tool!?). The wind just started to blow, so we retreated indoors for cocoa & marshmallows (Kenny's favorite).

Play Dough Fun!

Kenny's newest craft is play dough! He loves it and asks for it after most meals. This morning he was ready to play before breakfast!

Monkey Boy

Kenny and Monkey have been inseparable this week! Kenny insisted that Monkey watch a little Sesame Street after nap on Tuesday. What a tried and true friend:-)

Here Kitty Kitty

A COLD December Thursday

It's a cold snowy day here. Do you like Kenny's self portrait?

We're thankful for the Mega Blocks our neighbor Ryan gave us. Kenny loves building with them!

We have Christmas music playing and our Christmas tree lit. It's a relaxing and cozy way to play.

He also loves standing on the empy bin--CRAZY!

Gobble Gobble...Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. We have so much to be thankful for....and the delicious food and great company were top of our list. Thanks to Angie and Linda for all their hard work in the kitchen!

Kenny's babysitter, Melanie, outdid her crafty self this year. She made a Thanksgiving banner using Kenny's hands for the feathers and his foot for the body. How clever! Everything was handstitched too. It's a Fall decoration that we'll treasure for years to come!

Choo Choo Video

All Aboard!

We just purchased a used train table--what a deal! Kenny has spent most of the day playing with it....ahhhh....peace and quiet:-)

Iowa visit

Kenny and I had a wonderful and relaxing visit to Iowa. Grandma provided these pictures. We were too busy relaxing and playing to take many pictures.

Sooooo Tired

Are you ever so tired you can't seem to function? Kenny had that problem today. I carried him in from the car, hoping he'd awake. Then layed him on the sofa. He started to get up, but only made it this far. He slept here for about 20 more minutes!

Fall Fire

Kenny and Darin decided to build a fire on Sunday. It was a beautiful night, and a little chilly. I made Kenny wear his new winter coat--he was less than pleased!:-)

Halloween Parent Group

Our most recent parenting group meeting was at a corn maze/fall festival on Halloween Eve. It was fun to have all the kids dressed up and playing outside! And it was a great opportunity for a fall family picture!

Kenny and Keegan weren't quite sure what to make out of the mini pumpkin patch.

Darin sent Kenny down the massive slide (made out of drainage pipe. I was a little nervouse the first time, but Kenny LOVED it and went down 3 more times!

We weren't surprised that Kenny was more interested in sitting on the tractor than in participating in the Trunk or Treat. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before those priorities change (candy being #1:-)

New Mittens

Kenny turned 18 months old today....and to celebrate we bought some mittens (ha ha...just kidding:-).

We did buy mittens though, and Kenny was in love with them. He wore them to bed for his nap....tried to wear them through lunch....and decided that Monkey needed to wear mittens too.

I'm happy that he's embracing them since the cool air makes them a necessity!

Happy Halloween!

Picasso

Colors are Kenny's new favorite thing. He starts out coloring, but always ends up organizing his crayons instead. Looks like we might have a future industrial engineer on our hands! (P.S. It's Iowa State's Homecoming---hence the ISU shirt and multiple renditions of the fight song--GO STATE!)