Christmas 09

Chloe and Aidan playing with the Christmas train

I am so cute!

Reading the Christmas Story

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Day morning in their new PJs.

Gingerbread Cookies

We made Gingerbread cookies today. The kids loved them!

Chloe's 2nd Birthday party

Minnie and Mickey Mouse!

Yummy cake!

Chloe serving up some food on her new kitchen.

The balloons were a big hit with Chloe!

Chloe had a Mickey Mouse birthday party. She loved singing happy birthday and blowing out her candles.

Breakfast with Santa

Aidan and Chloe joined Derrek and Hannah for Breakfast with Santa in Hawley. They had a great time!

Santa's village with Kinderkamp Preschool

Chloe and Aidan licking the beaters after making frosting for Chloe's birthday cake.

Aidan and his Preschool class with Santa

In the last seat of the bus heading to visit Santa with Aidan's Preschool class.

Thanksgiving 2009

Chloe loved decorating the Christmas tree. Here she is with a Scoobydoo ornament.

Aidan and Chloe watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

Aidan just before the kids hit the turkey pinata we made.

Ice cream in November and Dress up

Aidan with his tool belt.

More dress up.

Chloe enjoyed some dress up time.

The kids out on the deck eating ice cream... in November!

More Halloween

Chloe ready for church the day after Halloween.

Trick or treating at Scheels.

Aidan and Troy on the ferris wheel at Scheels.

Halloween 2009

Chloe is dressed as a cow and eating BBQ beef at Famous Daves.

Cow on a slide.

Maggie wanted to get in on the picture.

Chloe as a cow and Aidan as an Allis Chalmers Tractor Farmer with the pumpkins Aidan carved.

Pumpkin carving

Aidan enjoyed carving our two pumpkins from the Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch. Chloe enjoyed trying to put all the seeds back in the pumpkin.

We roasted the seeds and the kids have been eating them like they are candy!

Dike work

The tractors are here to add to our dike. We are hoping it will mean no more sandbags!

Kid Contortionists

Yes that warning sign on the side says "This toy is not intended to hold a child".

More Pumpkin Patch

Aidan cheated on the maze. The top was much more fun!

This sheep really liked Aidan. It kept trying to "hug" him.

Chloe loved the animals.

Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch

Petting the horses after our ride through the not so haunted forest.

Chloe was very mad at us when we took the pumpkin out of the wagon and put it in the car. She enjoyed riding with her pumpkin.

Aidan lifting a heavy pumpkin!

Chloe and the pumpkin she picked out.