He's ba-ack!!

Our elf arrived back to us safely this year and found us even though we weren't at home. The expression on J's face when he saw him was priceless!! He had to go ask his uncle if he had an elf, to make sure that it was really J's own elf, Son, that had truly found him. He just couldn't believe it. I hope he keeps this innocence as long as possible...I love to see things through his eyes!!

Reading the elf story tonight before bed. 

Nap time

Looks like somebody ate too much turkey this weekend!

Playtime with Grandpa

Got Grandpa involved with sand playtime...it's called kinetic sand; it sticks together and doesn't make a mess. I love it!!!

Don't these two look so cute working together?!  😊

Happy early Thanksgiving!

My gobbling Pilgrim says "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Turning things white

One door with trim is in and we love it!  It just makes the space look bigger, brighter, and more modern already. Can't wait to get the baseboards started. 

Winter Project beginnings...

Just changing the color of the door has made the kitchen look bigger and brighter!  

We're going to replace all the interior doors and baseboards and change it to white.  Getting rid of the original, beat-up brown and making it look cleaner. Can't wait to see the results!!

Hockey?!?!

We gave J a choice between hockey and tae kwon do this year.

Surprisingly, it was hockey...hands-down.  You'd never know that he's only been on ice skates one other time last winter.

He was so excited for the season to start, as you can tell by this picture! (you can see that adorable smile even through his facemask!)

It was quite the comedy trying to get all the gear on him.  Although we requested the "small" set, those smalls are huge on him!

This is Chris putting J out on the ice the first time.

It's kind of like watching him learning to walk all over again!!

He was very persistent and didn't give up the entire hour they were out on the ice.  This next video was the first time he got up by himself after falling.  Every single time he fell down, though, he got right back up...

...and he fell.  A lot.  They all did, as the following video shows; they look like bowling pins or something, continually falling over, trying to get back up, and falling down again.  I give them all a ton of credit because I was getting frustrated for them and I was only watching!!! J is the one right in the middle of the screen who doesn't fall down even once in this clip.  :)

We are so proud of him!

His first words when he got off the ice, even before I got his helmet off:

"That. Was. AWE-SOME!!!"

So are you, my boy.

So. are. you.