Thursday, November 20, 2008

Happy Early Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving - everything about it. I get so excited when it is time to make Thanksgiving themed crafts. Here are the kids turkeys. 

Joey did not want his picture taken with his turkey.  He also didn't want yellow hand-feathers or a gobblet part. I'm not sure if you can see too well in this picture, but he wrote the J and the Y in his name. Too cute.
Ryan was so excited about getting his picture taken that he wouldn't hold his turkey. It was stealing his spotlight. So Bekah was the helper and held it for him. Ryan had a *bit* more help than the other two... as evidenced by the placement of things and the ability to distinguish what the eyes are. He did do some mighty nice coloring by himself though.
Bekah is very excited about her turkey. The eyes are slightly below the beak and those pink circles are cheeks. Turkeys must have cheeks. 
This was a great craft as they are really into anything involving markers or a stapler. The older two did cut out some of the hands by themselves (with assistance) too. I'm so glad that they're into crafts. It's one of my favorite things!

(I'm having problems with blogger - hence my infrequent posts... I can't seem to upload pictures on my home computer. It tells me there's a server problem. No idea what's going on with that!)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Welcome home, Houndy

Wendell has been at my parents' house for the last little while as we worked on our kitchen. He wasn't so fond of the demolition, so instead he vacationed in Fredonia. We were glad to see that it didn't take him long to adjust to life here. At least he didn't forget where his spot on the couch is. He is, however, slightly frighted of the fridge when the ice maker makes noise.
I may need to start a second blog just to catalog Ryan's accidents. Today he split open his eyelid. Fortunately, we avoided stitches this time. It's very tough to be the Ry.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Happy Halloween from Sesame Street

Most of the night was slightly happier than this moment for Ryan... though he wasn't too fond of the hood part of the costume. 1 1/2 year olds will, however, put up with almost anything for the promise of receiving candy. That's their cousin, Joshua, in the penguin suit. He's way too cute.