Christmas Cookies

Yesterday after Levi went down for a nap the boys and I made some Christmas cookies, its a tradition over here and we always have lots of fun and a big mess!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!


rolling, cutting, and decorating

the finished product, the boys did a great job! enjoying their cookies

Proof

I just got done saying in my last post that Levi is into and on top of everything and now I have my proof. He did this while I was writing the last post about his mischievousness.

18 months

Levi is now 18 months old. He is a fun, energetic, cuddly little boy that can also be a little stinker too- quite the handful at times, he is so busy. He still climbs on everything and pulls everything out of the cupboards that do not have locks ( and even some that do!) He says a few words- hot, up, pop(as in soda pop), mama, pop-pop(daddy or grandpa) gama ( grandma) bye- there are probally a few more that I can't think of right now. When he needs something or wants to show me something he comes over to me and taps me on the side until I get up and follow him. He just had a checkup today and is healthy. We did get a perscription for a patch of eczema on his back, that seems to be worse now b/c of the dry winter, so hopefully that helps, but it doesn't seem to bother him. Here are his stats, still a big boy, but he has slowed way down:

Height: 33.5"- 90%
Weight: 29 lbs. 12 oz- 90%

Lifting Weights

Such hard work maintaining that physhique.... :)

Levi's Future Job

I thought this was cute. I walked into the office/toy room and saw him like this and has to snap a picture. Think he might take an interest in an office job someday?

Climber!

Levi is such a climber!!! I do not recall my other two hardly climbing on things at all or at least not so persitantly. I will find him on everything. The table, chairs, countertops, stove,on the dishwasher door, the ledge by our fireplace, climbing on the exercise equipment, into the toybox, on the bench. And everytime I take him down off something he goes right back for it. He also likes to snoop in the cupboards and take everything out but recently has not been able to b/c I fixed all the locks on them and he can't open them, which is probally why he now climbs more to get to the one on top that don't have locks! He definetly is a very busy boy.



on the stove eating the last cookie, what a stinker!! Can you tell he is a third child I saw this and ran for the camera instead of immediatly taking him down :)

I had just taken him down off the stove and brought him to another room and he goes right back and I find him snooping in the cupboards!

on top of the counter trying to get into brothers Legos

Trick or Treating

We had lots of fun and got lots of candy last night. We went with a couple friends and their kiddos around our neighborhood and it was actual a pretty nice night for it. We discovered that Levi loves candy, he really has not been given a lot of candy before but now he begs for it. He caught on real quick to what this whole trick or treating thing is about!

Carter as Bumble Bee from the Transfomers

Riley as Optimus Prime from the Transformers

my dirtbike rider(the Thor pajamas he is wearing are a brand of riding gear) but everyone thought he was a race car driver.

Carving Pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins a few weeks ago, after we went to Post's, I just have not posted about them, so here they are.My boys pumkins- I did not make one. I end up carving all theirs anyway. Riley choose a flaming skull, Carter a ghost, Levi has the John Deere logo and John being a truck driver choose the KW (Kenworth) truck logo. Uncle Mike drew the stuff on the pumpkins, except Johns, and the ladies carved them. The kids did help with gutting the pumpkins I just did not have the camera to take a pic at the time.

Post Family Farm

This past Saturday our family and John's sister and family went to our annual trip to Post Family Farm. They have a lot of great activites that the kids enjoy and my favorite parts is the pumpkin doughnuts. I think they did all about they had to offer there. They had a pony ride, rode the pumpkin train and the new pedal cars. Played in the straw and rode the zip line. Got their faces painted and rode the wagon back to the pumpkin patch to pick out their pumpkins. It was another beautiful day and we had a great time. Afterwards we headed to our house to carve our pumpkins. I will post pictures about that soon, so stay tuned.

YUMMY DOUGHNUTS!!!!

pumpkin train and pony rides

wagon rides

looking for the best pumpkins

Field Trip

Last week I went with Carter's preschool class for a field trip to Nyboers Pumpkin patch. It was a gorgeous fall day and we had lots of fun exploring. We got to take home some pumpkins, gourds and indian corn.


some of Carter's prescool friends riding the wagon around the pumpkin patch

Exploring the pumkin patch

Pumpkinfest Parade

This past weekend Zeeland had the Pumkinfest. We had gone on Thursday night and had the free dinner, the kids played some games, painted a pumpkin and did the pedal pulls. ( I don't have any pics of that I forgot my camera) Then on Saturday Carter had to be in the parade with his preschool class, so we headed out to that in the afternoon.

Sitting next to one of his friends, waiting to go. He did not want to get on the float. He was crying and everything. After 10 minutes of trying all sorts of things I ended up having to bribe him with ice cream afterwards. Then he was all smiles and waving as he passed us.

waiting for the parade to start. My neice, Sophia and Riley and Levi. Riley was also busy climbing a tree nearby.

watching the parade and getting candy. I also thought it was so cute that Levi was clapping. He loved the parade!