Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!

We have been super busy over the past month and this upcoming month will keep us even busier. We had the Raisanen's out for a visit a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. It gave Andrew and Nikolas some "Quality Time" together.

Thanksgiving at the Raisanens.
Nikolas and Andrew - hanging out.

Nikolas.

Here is that "Quality Time" I referenced. Nikolas just wanted a hug, but for once Andrew didn't want to receive a hug. There is another picture of Andrew crawling away and Nikolas still hanging on.

While Nikolas was in town we visited the Children's Museum in St. Paul. There was sooooo much there for the boys to do. Amazing. They both enjoyed the ant tunnels the best. An entire room was transformed into tunnels big enough for kids and adults to crawl through (I would know, I did most the chasing the boys through the tunnels - my knees are still hurting - j/k).

Since we are only a couple weeks from Christams, and I usually only post once a month, I might as well say it now.... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Andrew and Mommy dressed up as the scariest thing they could think of..... LIONS!!!! We disagreed on which types of Lions were the scariest though. Here's Andrew's scary lion costume... (he's more cute the scary)....

and here's Mommy's scary costume!!!! Ahhhhhhh... Detriot Lions!!!

(don't ask what Daddy's dressed as... we still aren't sure - He has on a long blond wig, a red Packers hat and big black glasses - he says he's Mommy, but really, does that look like Mommy?)

Pumpkin carving!!! Andrew just enjoyed making a mess all over the kitchen floor.

First Day / ROAR!!!!

(There are 3 new posts tonight - check them out).
Like I said before, the switch to new day is very bittersweet. While we know Andrew is ready to move on and learn new things, meet new people and have new experiences, we miss Linda and the kids terribly. The first few days of new day care were very difficult for mom, dad and Andrew. However we are happy to report that he has been there for 8 days now and he is back in his routine and having a blast. He doesn't want to leave when Mom picks up and he's off to play as soon as Dad drops off. New day care has helped to provide us with beautiful art work to cover up our refrigerator. We have a ghost that resembles Andrew's foot, a spider that looks like Andrew's hands, another ghost made of cotton balls, a glittery leaf and spider web. Here is a picture of Andrew on his first day. Such a big boy! This past weekend we went to "Halloween Live" at the Chaska Community Center. It was a Halloween party for the kids. Here is a sneak peek at Andrew's Halloween costume. Look at that cute tail!

We decided on the Lion costume due to Andrew's love of saying "ROAR". Daddy taught him that. Whenever he sees a lion (Detroit Lions included) he says "ROAR". Mommy isn't so happy about what Daddy taught Andrew to say when he sees a Packer.

So anyways - we had a lot of fun at Halloween Live. We watched some kids play some games, we made a Halloween cookie, chatted with our friends Isabella and Milena (and Dan & Suzie) and then came the dancing! They had a stage set up with lights and a DJ for the kids. Picture this, tons of toddlers, awkward looking parents and really loud children's music. The kids were dancing like crazy and Andrew was right there with them. It was so much fun to watch him watch the other kids and then dance a little bit. One little girl tried to take his hand to dance and Andrew just shook his head no and backed away from her. So cute!!

We are carving pumpkins tomorrow and Trick or Treatin on Saturday. We'll take more picture then!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Pumpkins and Corn?!

The weekend of Andrew's birthday we visited the Severs Corn Maze. One area of the event has a giant "Corn Pit". At first Andrew was scared of it, but after a couple minutes he couldn't get enough of it. Who can blame him, it's a huge pit filled with corn kernals. So much fun, however we found corn is places you shouldn't find corn (if you catch my drift).

Grandma and Grandpa R came to town to celebrate Andrew's birthday. We visited the pumpkin patch while they were here. Within minutes of arriving to the patch, Andrew found his pumpkin. It was about 4 inches big and he carried it around the whole place. So cute!

We ended up finding lots of good ones. Daddy will be busy carving all of those.

Happy Birthday & Graduation!

(Graduation outing - sorry out of order - read below)We celebrated Andrew's 2nd Birthday on Wednesday Oct 14th. Our baby is growing up! Here he is at 7am on his birthday opening his presents from Mom & Dad. He got new Car shoes and a new "Tow-mater" car. Turning 2 is very bittersweet for us. While we get to celebrate Andrew's birthday, it is also time to say goodbye to Linda's daycare and move on to big-kid day care. Here are a couple pictures from Andrew's graduation outing.

(Andrew and Madison)

Here are the new shoes. They are the "light" of Andrew's life. I suppose it helps that they light up and have Cars on them.

See next post for more pictures....