Thanksgiving

This past Thanksgiving weekend, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit! We all had a great time with them. Because Jonathan has just started taking off in the walking department, he was all over the house, showing off his skills to his grandparents and leading Grandpa Eric all over the house...

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to Union Station to see all the beautiful decorations and the holiday trains they have set up. Jonathan is following in his big brother's footsteps in his love of trains!

And just like that...

He's walking! I just got done telling three people today that Jonathan walks all over the place but will not let go and take off on his own. Well, he proved me wrong today. Go baby J! The first video is a little sideways so I also included another one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmolMc-2428

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9FjSA4A8VY

Beautiful Day at Loose Park

We went to Loose Park after school today to enjoy the beautiful warm-ish weather. Here are the boys having their snacks.

A Little Violin

Christopher went to a birthday party at Science City this morning and on our way out, Union Station was buzzing with all kinds of great holiday things going on. First of all it looked beautiful because of all the decorations but there were also representatives from a music store with different instruments the kids could try. Christopher is SO interested in music now and he was super excited to get to try out his very own violin!

Movie Night

Chris had a fun evening last night when our church hosted a movie night for kids in kindergarten through second grade. They got to eat wear their pajamas, eat pizza, do a scavenger hunt and watch the Polar Express (and stay up way past their bedtimes!). Christopher's favorite thing was drinking hot chocolate and eating popcorn during the movie. He even got a ticket for the Polar Express and his very own magic bell! (see top picture)

Recital Number 2

Christopher had his second piano recital this evening and he did a great job! This recital was with his teacher, Mackenzie (who also babysits Jonathan). He played "The Mixed-Up Song" and "Lonely Pine" which he actually composed the middle part of. On the program, it was cool to see that the song was "arr. Woglom" (arranged by Woglom)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__a2ue5-7Fk

Story Time

Jonathan and I met Tiffany and Noah over at the Kansas City Library for Jonathan's first story time! The boys got to play before and after the stories and they enjoyed the books and songs very much!

On Deck

Just enjoying some of this fall weather out back...

Plane Repairs

Our plane mechanic is hard at work with repairs to his cargo aircraft...

Lounging

Does this boy know how to lounge or what? He literally sat like that for 2 minutes, which in a baby's world is an eternity to be in one position. Then he changed to an alternate position, not much different from the first...

Jonathan knows how to get comfortable!

Mini Maker Faire

We went to Barnes and Noble today for their mini makers faire. Chris is very into how things work and how you can make stuff so he enjoyed it. Here he is working with snap circuits...

Jonathan was more interested in the children's book section so we spent a lot of time there too!

Pics and a... Snow Day?

Last Thursday, Christopher had his Ghost Walk and Halloween party at school. Here is a picture of our fighter pilot with some yummy treats...

And our little man turned 13 months old yesterday...

And apparently we are having some "inclement weather" in this city today. If you have been living under a rock for the past few days, the Royals won the World Series and when you are the only good professional team in town, that means that all the schools get a "Royals snow day." I'm really happy for all of our friends who are savoring this championship and the opportunity to celebrate with a day off and a parade, but my East Coast mentality is having a hard time understanding the need to cancel school. I guess when you win as many championships as the Yankees have in the past 30 years... well, school just can't be cancelled that much! And what happened to just cutting school to go to a parade? Anyway, we will have the parade on TV today I suppose. Now we can focus on hockey season!