Park In January?

Mommy and Ari got to go to the park on MLK Day because it has been so warm this year.

Update

Over the past few weeks we have been able to relax a little bit and have Grandma and Grandpa come up for a visit.

Mommy had some hot chocolate and Ari wanted a little bit so she had her first experience with some not so hot chocolate and marshmallows. The hot chocolate may or may not have ended up all over the floor.



Ari also loves to copy whatever Mommy and Daddy are doing right now. Mommy was trying to test out the Wii Fit and Ari needed to have her own little Wii Fit board. She must have been trying to Hula Hoop.




Ari got some hang out time with Grandma......



and Grandpa.



Daddy got Beatles Rockband for Christmas and all the various instruments that went with it. Ari likes when we play real guitar or the fake guitar and wanted to show off some skills of her own.

Christmas

We were up north for Christmas this year and we did not have a white Christmas as has been the case in the past. Even though there was no snow it was still plenty chilly and we had a lot of fun.

Here's Ari in her Christmas jammies from Uncle J and Aunt L.



Thanks to Uncle D for helping put Ari's kitchen together.



And the final product.





Here's Ari checking out her kitchen. She wasn't so sure at first, but warmed up to the idea very quickly.




As usual the stocking were stuffed to the brim.




And with some help from Grandma and Grandpa Ari's Sesame Street friend line up is nearly complete.




She kept coming back to the kitchen and loves opening and closing all the cupboards.



And last but not least, the tree before all the presents were opened.

Thanksgiving and More

We went to Grandma and Grandpa E's house for Thanksgiving this year. We tried to get some pics of all the grandkids together. Some turned out, others....not so much. Here's a little sample.







Jana saw the camera and wanted to show a talent very few possess. I believe the motivation was a cross eyed Bullwinkle.



Ari and Kara goofing around after playing some piano. The faces are the result of Mommy asking them the saw cheese.



When there are sweets around, Ari is all over them. Here she is eating a slice of pie with Auntie K.

Fun with Flour

On Friday night grammy came over to bake cookies. Ari played in a tub of flour for over 2 hours. She had a great time, as you can tell from the pictures below.

C is for cookie

Halloween

We had an awesome Halloween with our little Elmo. When we first got the costume, she didn't really like wearing, she just liked to carry it around and give it hugs. On friday we finally convinced her to wear it and she loved it. Here she is walking down the street trick-o-treating. She did great walking around, she stayed out for quite a while.

We had some Star Wars friends up to our house, too. Here's Princess Leia. She was joined by Princess Amidala, Darth Vader, and Annikan Skywalker.

Grammy and I taking the kids out trick-o-treating. Yes, that's my real hair.

Grammy with her little buddy Reese.