November 2012 Part 2

And now, to conclude November 2012...

 

Above: The 3rd Sunday of the month, we had dinner at Dad's house. Look how little baby Grant was! He has already grown so much.

 

Above: Baby hungry guys.

 

Above: This Grandpa sure loves little baby Grant!

 

Above: He looks so little in those PJ's!

 

Above: The cute newlyweds.

 

Above: Aunt Emily getting some quality baby Grant time. 

 

Above: The Washburns went to Eat Like a Pilgrim down at Thanksgiving Point. Good food, good times, and good company!

 

Above: Mimi always has the coolest toys and gadgets to play with!

 

Above: Jonathan sure loves his uncle Bri.

 

Above: We love our Mimi!

 

Above: Mimi is the best!

 

Above: Being held by my Uncle Bri and in turn holding a pumpkin. What could be better?

 

Above: Cousins on the move! We went to Aunt Angie's house in the morning on Thanksgiving so that the cousins could play together. The cousins had so much fun together!

 

Above:  Mimi put together one of her famous treasure hunts. All of the kids got to hunt for glow bracelets. They had to line up and get organized first though.

 

Above: The cousins spotted a huge spider and cousin Alexa saved the day by squishing it.

 

Above: First, some rules...isn't that little Jonathan sweet?

 

Above: Jonathan was too small to participate in the treasure hunt, but he had plenty of fun playing outside, and inside, and with mom, and with his Papa.

 

Above: Papa is the best to play cars with.

 

Above: Mimi has the coolest books about optical illusions. 

 

Above: We had dinner at my Mom's house for Thanksgiving. Baby Grant got into the spirit with an Indian costume.

 

Above: He was a very serious little Indian. I love that furrowed brow!

 

Above: After Thanksgiving dinner at Nammy's house, we went back home to play with the tinker toys that Nammy got for us and so we could watch A Christmas Story and have some pie!

 

Above: There is nothing better than watching A Christmas Story after a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at Nammy's house, and playing with tinker toys! (with a mini Christmas tree in the background!).

 

Above: Pumpkin pie is good stuff.

 

Above: Dad is really good at building stuff with tinker toys for us.

 

Above: The Friday after Thanksgiving, Dad and I put up this tree while the boys were asleep to surprise them. They thought it was such a COOL surprise!

 

Above: Our next door neighbor gave us this tree because after moving into their house, they didn't really have a space for a big tree like this. Wasn't that nice of them? I thought it would be so much fun to put up and decorate with the boys...well, it wasn't. Until they are much, much older, I will be putting up the Christmas trees while they are asleep! It was a terrible experience!

 

Above: That Johnny sure loves his cousin, baby Grant.

 

Above: A kiss on the cheek...

 

Above: The other cousins pretended to be animals in the zoo while zookeeper Nammy fed them.

 

Above: Lion Pete and Elephant Maddie.

 

Above: Lion Pete is ready to pounce!

 

Above: Kinlie sure loves her Aunt Emily! Aunt Emily loves her right back!

 

Above: Let the pouncing commence!

 

Above: I'm not sure what animal Jonathan was pretending to be, but he really got into it.

 

Above: Jeremiah showing his baby hungry side while holding baby Grant.

 

Above: Baby Grant sure is sweet!

 

Above: We love baby Grant!

 

Above: Nammy busted out the stickers to kick up the cousin fun another notch!

 

Above: Sweet cousins together. Baby Katelynn and baby Grant. What cuties! Beautiful and handsome!

 

Above: Aren't they little?

 

Above: Nammy sure loves these new grandbabies!

 

Above: Maddie and Kinlie adore their Aunt Emily.

 

Above: Whew. I don't know about you, but after November, we are all pooped. I think we could all use a nap to get ready for December. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

November 2012, Part 1

Above: Starting out the month playing in mom and dad's bed!

Above: Aunt Laurie and cousin Thomas came out for a visit at the beginning of the month, so we went to the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum with our cousin Thomas. 

Above: Jonathan was being shy and he refused to let me put him down. I had to go back out to the car to get our stroller so that I wouldn't have to carry him the whole time!

 

Above: Jonathan even insisted on staying in his stroller while he played with the erosion table!

 

Above: Peter and Thomas playing in the sand and water with the dinos. Aunt Laurie was smart and took Thomas' shirt off while he played. It's fun at that erosion table, but it is also messy!

 

Above: Cute cousins having a good time at Nammy's house!

 

Above: Boys will be boys. The cousins decided that it would be fun to have a little screaming match. 

 

Above: These boys have a good time together just being silly.

 

Above: Nammy always has the best food to eat!

 

Above: The screaming match is beginning in earnest now.

 

Above: Just checking out different tones, pitches, levels of loudness, etc. for the screaming match.

 

Above: Seriously, the boys were having a blast and all the adults were laughing at the silliness of these boys!

 

Above: As you can see, Peter wasn't holding back. Jonathan, on the other hand, was giving a low and steady growl the whole time. Here Thomas is taking a break to smile at the antics of his cousins.

 

Above: And now Thomas is joining right back in on the fun.

 

Above: I am including this picture because it includes a great example of one of my brother's favorite hobbies: photo bombing.

 

Above: After a good screaming match, there is nothing like a good game of hide and seek.

 

Above: Thomas got in on the hide and seek action too.

 

Above: Not to be outdone, Peter joined in too.

 

Above: We got to the zoo with cousin Thomas.

 

Above: Just posin' with the gorilla.

 

Above: These sure are cute cousins.

 

Above: What a cute cousin!

 

Above: Following the leader...and riding a seal together.

 

 Above: What a sweet guy! He still wouldn't leave his stroller though! Still being shy!

Above: This new section of the zoo sure has some fun things to play with!

 

Above: I'm not going to lie. I have no idea what either of these boys are doing...I just thought they both looked cute doing it!

 

Above: Thomas and Jonathan both decided that it was super fun to run back and forth on each side of my bookcase...and then laugh and laugh at each other...and then repeat.

 

Above: Switch places!

 

Above: PJ's are on and now Peter is ready to be part of the action as well.

 

Above: These cousins have good times together!

 

  

Above: We asked Jonathan and Thomas to give each other hugs and amazingly, they complied. Aren't they cute!?

Above: Saying goodbye to Aunt Laurie and cousin Thomas. They came up to visit us one night while they were in town. Luckily, we still had a few days with them after this!

 

Above: I don't remember what we were coming back from, but we got a Little Caesar's Pizza and some Crazy Bread. We must have tuckered Jonathan out because when I turned around to look at him, he was completely asleep...with a breadstick still in his mouth.

 

Above: Here is Nammy holding and loving baby Grant at one of our Sunday dinners.

 

Above: We got some snow at the beginning of November and we decided to use this super fun snow dyeing kit that Mimi gave to Peter for his birthday last year. Peter is more of a demolisher than a creator...he had more fun walking through these creations and churning them with his feet than actually creating them.

 

Above: Here is another one.

 

Above: We had a nice little play dough night as a family. Doesn't Jonathan look so silly and sweet in this picture? Look at that belly!

 

Above: This was probably what Peter would define as a perfect night for him. He had such a good time. He loves to play with play dough.

More of November 2012 to come shortly!