Pete turns 3

We went over to help Pete celebrate his 3rd birthday.

I'm getting so bad a taking pictures!  I forgot to take

my camera into the Children's Museum, so I don't

have any pictures of the fun time they had in the 

water room or climbing the tree house.  

 But I had the camera for the present unwrapping

 which big sister helped out at

 Teaching Pete the tricks of the trade

 and checking things out after the opening

 Of course, there is always a pause to read the books

 and then putting the toys together

 and playing with them

 Then the imaginations kick in and they find different 

ways to play with the gifts.  The circular marble spirals

ended up being fry pans for all the fruits and vegetable the

colorful blocks became

 Green is GOOD

Yummmmm

Have fun being 3, Pete!

Christmas 2017

We were blessed to have our whole family home

for Christmas this year.  Amy, Andrew, Cade,

Claire, and even Payton came up after work 

on theThursday before.  

They stopped in Southern Oregon over night

Payton was in Seventh Heaven at the hotel

  Brooke, Chris, Ellie, Pete, and Charlie came over Saturday

 Helen and her family came over to see everyone

So I put them all to work, decorating my cookies

 Lex, Giulianna, and Cade

 Cade, Claire, and Ellie hard at work

Cutest cookies ever

 Anthony, Helen, Vince, Lex, and Giulianna

 Claire had to make one that looked like Grampa

 Santa dropped by when the whole crowd was here

 But not one kid would sit on his lap

How Sad!!

 Ellie got the closest

But Pete was hiding in the back bedroom

 So Walt and I cozied up to him and his 

cute elf

Cousins got some electronic time waiting for the snow

 When we went into Mass it was flurrying

 When we came out there was at least an inch of snow

Yup, that's where it's coming from, Pete

 Amy, Andrew, Cade, and Claire

 Brooke, Chris, Ellie, and Pete

Christmas morning

 Not too messy

 Football on TV upstairs 

The Grinch on TV downstairs

 Actually Ellie got the Legos for Christmas

and she did put this together, but these guys

had to do the inspection

 While this guy was outside, the snow pretty much gone

At Brooke's house there was 4" of snow

We decided next time we'll have Christmas at 

Brooke's if snow is predicted

 I don't think Ellie had to use this tool for the Legos

But that could have been a present all by itself

Pete loved the drill 

Ellie and Pete made this pretty tree

 And they all helped eat it

 Cousin time

Auntie Amy time

 These Stacking Cups were a hit too

 We made a trip to Seattle waterfront

 and Ivar's of course

 Then Cade wanted to check out the North Face Store

Pete liked it

 Ellie had fun of her own

  Claire can always find a quiet niche for herself

 We found if we asked Pete to show us his eyes we

could get a fairly good picture of him

but if we asked for a "Big Smile" this is what we got.

Right Claire?

Brothers and Sisters play together pretty well

Wellllll

Ellie's reading Pete a story
He loves stories

 We had a few late nights with this game too!!

I loved every minute of the chaos,  :o)

Merry Christmas

Hope you all have a Happy New Year!!