Christmas with Gramie and Bob Bob

We celebrated an early Christmas with Gramie and Bob Bob this weekend.... and it was my mom's first white Christmas! It snowed quite a bit while they were here, and Alice was very excited to have them in town. She also enjoyed playing in the snow until she fell down and experienced snow inside the gloves.


Finally got an Elmo doll

Alice's favorite Christmas decoration, and mom's least favorite one...you can only take so much Homer before you want to jump out the window


Hanging with Bob Bob with Alice's new blocks



Opening the 'BIG' present




Assembling the 'BIG' present which was a table and chairs - Look how hard Tom's working


Not sure if Alice is helping or hindering the assembly process


Coloring on the finished product


Building a Tower with Gramie


Watching Dad shovel the sidewalk




Photo op with Nanny and Papa

Family Photo

Baking 101 with Alice

Alice, Gramie and Bob Bob were making pancakes for the gang at Thanksgiving. As you will see, Alice was not a big fan of cracking the eggs.

Gotta Love Family Photos

I just find it very entertaining how much effort it takes to get 'the one' shot for the Christmas card. Here are just a few of my favorites.....


Someone is a little cranker pants....


Where's Mom? The only person ready for this shot is Charlene...




Last shot of the day....

Happy Birthday Papa

Alice wishes her Papa a very Happy Birthday!!!

Let's Fry Up a Turkey

We had some friends over for a mini-Thanksgiving and fried up some turkey. We realize this is a bit white trash, but the turkey turned out de-licious!

Getting the pot ready

Prepping the Turkey

Bombs Away......

Little Gym

Every Thursday Alice and I go to Little Gym to practice our gymnastic skills. Although there is a ton of equipment to play on, Alice's favorite part is when the balls and bubbles come out...happiness is.

Warm up


Climbing through the doughnut

Swinging from the uneven bars

Learning about the next new skill


Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles

Getting ready for a little sibling


Underneath the parachute

Upset the balls haven't come out yet

Trick or Treat

We had a great Halloween that began with a parade at school, and finished with walking down Harrison to check out all the fun decorations.



Seeing double - 2 Chickens at School




The parade begins, Chicken is hanging out with The Cat (Alyssa)



Checking out the spooky ghouls



Hanging out with The Lions - aka Kristin and Tim's house




Ran into Miles (The Dog) from school, they were so excited they kept hugging one another



Rehn stopped by to Trick or Treat later in the evening


Tyring to horde the candy we were giving out to Trick or Treaters