Gingerbread House

New Year's Eve morning we took advantage of the day off and helped the kids make a gingerbread house! It fell apart almost as soon as they were finished, but it was fun while it lasted!

Rock Star!

On New Year's Eve Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary brought over their new Guitar Hero. Jonas had a great time playing the drums!

Photo Shoot!

Jonas really loves it when I take pictures of him showing me all of his toys. Here he's showing off his Mickey Mouse stuffed animals! Usually the photo shoots just result in me having 10 of practically the same picture, but I thought this little collage of them was cute!

New York City!

While we were on Long Island we spent a day in New York City. Jonas was really amazed by all the sounds and sights of the city...of course, that's not surprising since he's only used to little Buffalo! Every time he heard a car honk, he asked "What's that?" What does that tell you for NYC compared to Buffalo! Jonas didn't even know what a car horn sounded like!


This is Jonas riding the train into Penn Station, which was one of his favorite parts of the day. He couldn't believe he got to go on a real train!

Here we are in front of the Macy's Christmas window displays. They were pretty amazing, and Jonas liked watching it all.

Jonas got a pretzel from a NYC street vendor!




We went into Toys R Us in Times Square. There were tons of neat things in there that Jonas liked. He saw Geoffrey the Giraffe, Spiderman, the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building made out of Legos, and Candy Land. But his favorite thing was the giant dinosaur that really moved and roared!




This is in front of M & M world, which was Jonas' favorite stores in Times Square. I wonder why?




We headed over to Rockefeller Center to see the big Christmas tree. Jonas thought that was pretty cool, but he thought the birds coming up really close to him were even cooler!




This is Jonas on the walk back to Penn Station...pooped!

Visiting Catherine and Erik

Jonas and I headed out after Christmas to Long Island to visit Catherine and Erik. Jonas loved them and had a lot of fun...even if their poor cat was too afraid to come out all weekend!

During our trip we went to Erik's grandparent's house for his grandma's birthday. Jonas immediately loved Chris' (Erik's brother) girlfriend Jess. He played with her all night and then even got to see her again when we went into New York City for the day!

Opening Presents

Jonas took all morning to open his presents, but he got pretty good at it! It was so cute to see him get excited by each one.

Every time he opened a present, he said "Open it!" to whoever was closest to him. He played with almost every present before opening the next one...which made it last a long time! He took the time to line up his alphabet blocks...



read his books...

try on his Cars slippers...

and check out all the sounds and gadgets of his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (his favorite toy)...

but at the end of the morning, all he wanted to do was sing into his McDonald's microphone that we got with a Happy Meal months ago. That's a kid for you!

Here's my favorite videos of Jonas opening presents.

I like this one because Jonas thought he still had to press something on the box to make it sing the "Hot Dog" song, so he was trying to find the box instead of playing with his toy!

Being Goofy with Papa

Look at the silly things Papa has Jonas do! My favorite is the socks!

Roast Beef Dinner

Last night we went to Trinity's roast beef dinner and auction. Jonas got to see Santa again, and he had a great time playing with Grace and Hope! He put his arms out right away for "Claus", as he calls him, to pick him up. He also ate so much junk food he threw up...all in all a pretty interesting night.

Santa!

Santa came to visit Jonas last night! It only took him a couple minutes to warm up to him, then he sat on his lap, read a story, and gave him 2 hugs goodbye! He even heard Santa's sleigh bells outside after he left. Now he's really excited for Christmas!

Trimming the Tree

We decorated the Christmas tree last night. Jonas was a little too impatient to actually hang the ornaments, but he tried!

Christmas Decorating!

We started decorating for Christmas yesterday, and Jonas' favorite part was the Christmas refrigerator magnets! He was so proud of himself!

Cutie Patooties!

Just a cute cousinly picture! Look how big Rebekah is getting!

Potty Time!

Jonas is starting to show some interest in the potty...most likely because that's what Bethany does! He has gone potty about 3 or 4 times now! He's is not consistent by any means, but it's a start!

Boat?

Jonas and Bethany spent a lot of time playing in their "boat" today! I went to take their picture, and told them to get back in. Bethany said, "Boat? OK" and climbed back in with Jonas. They have such great imaginations...

Snow!

Jonas was pretty excited when he woke up and saw snow outside a couple days ago! We put on his hat and mittens and went out a couple minutes before we had to go so he could see it. He even helped Grandma brush off her car! It's going to be a fun winter!

Party Party!

The day after Halloween we went to Grandma's office party. Jonas got to color, go through a haunted house, and of course, eat a little candy.

Mall-O-Ween

Our first event was the "Mall-O-Ween" at Eastern Hills Mall. Jonas thought it was pretty cool that all he had to do was put on his bear costume to get candy! Once he got there, he was pretty intimidated by the crowds and commotion, and made Grandma carry him almost the whole time. Poor Grandma! By the time we finished trick-or-treating and ate dinner at the food court, he was plenty comfortable enough to ride the little carousel! He even got to see Aunt Mary and Uncle Mike for dinner!

The Three Little Bears

Better late than never...here's the first post of Halloween adventures! The kids dressed up as Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear. They were absolutely adorable, and they LOVED their costumes!

Pumpkin Carving!

We carved pumpkins on Tuesday! Jonas actually thought it was "gross". It took him a good 15 minutes to touch it at all with his hands. Who would've thought Jonas would want to be neat? He did end up doing a very good job!

It Is Possible!

I was so excited when I got this picture! This may be our first picture with all three kids actually looking at the camera.