Wet N Wild

Jonas went outside last night to watch Papa water flowers, and ended up playing with the hose. He loved trying to get "drinks" and came back inside soaking wet, but he had tons of fun!

Good-Bye Watkin's Glen!

Saturday night it rained for about 2 hours, so we played games in the tent and watched a movie on Aunt Mary's DVD player. We ended up eating dinner at Burger King instead of our chicken and corn on the cob that we had planned, but we did get to spend some more time outside. Jonas was a really good boy on our trip back this morning and is currently sleeping...go figure!

Watkin's Glen - Day 1

Jonas and I went to Watkin's Glen State Park this weekend with Lisa, Matt, Bethany, Bekah, Mike, and Mary on our first, hopefully annual, sibling camping trip. On Friday Lisa and I went early with the kids to start setting up. Everyone was impressed that we had all three tents set up by the time everyone else got there! While we were busy doing that, Jonas and Bethany explored our campsite! Jonas didn't understand why he wasn't allowed to play in the fire pit...there was no fire in it after all. After convincing him that it was off limits, he settled for hanging out in his very own camping chair!

Future Basketball Star?

Doesn't Jonas look like he should be hanging out at the basketball courts? This is an outfit from Great Grandma. Thanks Grandma, it looks cute! All he's missing is one of those arm bands.
(By the way, in the top picture, Jonas is trying to eat Grandma's necklace! What a crazy child...)

Stylin'

Jonas was walking around today with Aunt Mary's shoes on. He already has good taste in shoes!

Chatty Babies

Bethany and Jonas love to talk on cell phones!


The problems start when Bethany wants both of them and Jonas gets mad...

and resorts to violence.

We really gotta work on their sharing!

Happy Easter!

Jonas had a very nice Easter, and he looked really handsome in his outfit! It even lasted all day...which is pretty amazing for him! He spent some time at Grandma & Grandpa's, went to see Great Grandma (and saw Joey!), and went over to Uncle Tom's for dinner (and saw Ben!).

Look what's on my finger!

Jonas really got a kick out of putting this highlighter cap on his finger. Don't you wish you were entertained that easily?

Photo Shoot!

I took 50 or so pictures of Jonas the other day. It was hard for me to pick some, but these are a couple of my favorites! He is such a happy boy.

Play Time with Bethany

Bethany and Jonas have such a good time playing together. Bethany likes to push Jonas around on his toy, but she hasn't quite gotten the hang of turning it! After Jonas got tired of being pushed into walls, he danced his little heart out to Bethany's talented piano playing!

P.S. A quick little update on how Jonas is doing since I haven't blogged in a while - He has 11 teeth (if I didn't miss any), he can walk backwards, and he has been binkie-less for almost a week! I am such a proud mommy!

Winter Fun Day!

We decided to take advantage of the pretty snow outside and let Bethany and Jonas play for a while. They weren't too sure about it at first, but they got braver!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning Jonas got to open up his presents from Mommy, Daddy, and Santa! He was really getting the hang of ripping the paper to open the presents...so much so that he ripped up his new book! We did have fun though!

Christmas with the Thompson's

Jonas went over to Grandma's house for the Thompson side of Christmas yesterday. Jonas already got some early Christmas presents! What a lucky boy. He also got to see a lot of his family that he doesn't get to see very often.

Jonas got this truck from his friend Lillie. He loved playing with the tools!

Jonas as "Harry Potter".

Does anyone want Jonas for Christmas? Cousin Paul put him in this stocking!

Jonas also got some presents from his Aunt Marie and cousin Joey! Thanks guys!

Jonas is giving Cookie Monster a kiss!

It was a really great party and Jonas loved getting all kinds of attention from his family! Christmas has officially begun!

Trunk or Treat!

Jonas' fever broke just in time for us to head over to Trinity for their Trunk or Treat event. Jonas and Bethany dressed up as m & m's. They were absolutely adorable!

We stopped at Great Grandma's for some treats and pumpkins! Jonas had to eat his cookies fast before Bethany stole them!

It was a little chilly outside, but Bethany and Jonas made it around the parking lot 2 whole times. Mommy and Daddy will enjoy his candy!

After trunk or treating, we went to Nino's for some late dinner. Jonas sported his Halloween bib and hat!

My Little Mozart!

Jonas got a piano from his Grandma and Grandpa for his birthday. He loves the music and "singing" into the microphone!

Birthday Party Number 2 - Grandma Herdlein's House

Grandma Herdlein's house is all decorated for Halloween. Jonas checked out all of the decorations. Some were scarier than others!

Birthday Party Number 1 - Showing Off

Jonas took the opportunity before too many people showed up to walk for everybody! What a big boy he is.

Jonas' 1st Birthday...The Preparation

On Friday night I had Catherine, my mom, and Lisa helping me make Jonas' birthday cake. We started off by making a fire engine cake, which the website labeled as "easy and fun". I did not agree, and ended up bawling by the end of it.

Take 2 - Jonas' theme was Tonka trucks, he loves them! His plates had a truck on them with a birthday cake inside, so we decided to use the idea from the plates. Aunt Lisa and Grandma rushed to the store and Aunt Lisa bought Jonas this Tonka truck. Jonas loves it, and it worked wonderfully for the cake too!

Big Cousin Bethany

Bethany is being a nice big cousin and patting Jonas gently on the head while he plays.

Body Painting

Jonas thought it was pretty cool that he got to paint his cousin...of course he got a lot on himself too. It did start out as painting on paper, I don't know what happened!