We were able to spend December 23-24 with Keith’s dad, stepmom Marcia, sister Heather, and Grandma Ann. We opened gifts and visited Grandma Ann. Stryker was especially thrilled with his new green lightsaber.
Then Keith and his dad went to a Badger basketball game, while Marcia, Heather, Stryker, Peytra, and I went to see some Christmas lights, [...]
This year was the first year we have been able to wake up at home on Christmas morning. It was so great to just be relaxed in our pajamas and take our time. Usually, we are visiting relatives, but it just worked out this way this year. I believe it is actually the very first time [...]
You’ve already seen this dress on Peytra if you saw the Christmas Day post, but those pictures were actually taken about a month ago. These pictures show the progression of our Christmas Eve. We didn’t go to church on Sunday, due to our travel plans, so this is the dress of the week.
Peytra exhausted after church
Peytra loves to feed herself. Here are a couple of pictures of her feeding herself black beans.
We are in the middle of our Christmas trip to Minnesota, so I might not have time to blog until we get home, what with all the merriment and snacking going on. I think I’ll probably see most of [...]
These are some Christmas comments made by associates of Stryker. A little boy named Ben, who is also 3 1/2, recently said to his mom, “Don’t you just love the holidays?”
A little girl in Wal-Mart said to her mom, “What is Santa Claus’s middle name?” (I didn’t hear the response, as they turned into another [...]
These are the earrings I wore on Sunday. But to Stryker, they looked like something else. He said, “How do those lightbulbs light up?” I said, “What light bulbs?” He said, “Those lightbulbs there in your ears.”
We took Stryker to the West Bend East vs. West Bend West Varsity basketball game last Friday night. He [...]
On Saturday, Stryker attended a birthday party for his friend Hannah, who turned 4. She had 2 brothers, 1 cousin, and 5 friends there, plus all their parents. The kids bowled for an hour, and then they had pizza, cake, and Hannah opened her presents.
This was Stryker’s first time bowling, and he got to wear [...]
Peytra’s dress for this week is this short-sleeved plaid dress. Although it is really cute, I didn’t actually let her wear it to church, due to the short sleeves.
Peytra likes Elmo. She even pays more attention to the tv when he is on than when other parts of Sesame Street are on. She likes to [...]
Today Peytra turns 8 months old. This has been a month of myriad of changes for her!
She now likes board books, at least ones with pictures of real babies or animals. She turns the pages and smiles at those. After taking a look at one page, she tosses aside board books without real babies or animals.
She learned [...]
