Busy, Busy

Between Christmas, Connor's vocabulary, and household projects we have had an exhausting last few weeks.

We had a wonderful Christmas! Connor was treated well by many people, too well for a one year old! It was so fun watching him on Christmas morning!!

In no particular order, I would say that his top three gifts are:

1. choo-choo

2. kitchen

3. a broom (yes you read that right!)

He spins in circles, not knowing what he should be playing with. The train is constantly going. He starts to cook, or sweep, or saw and we turn the train off. He turns it back on. What a lovely background sounds it provides

Can you believe that Sharpay from HSM was at our family Christmas? We couldn't!!

Connor's vocabulary has changed so much in a week that it is amazing. He still talks a lot, but the way he says things is different. It is no longer ma ma and da da, but mommy and daddy. The most amazing and wonderful thing is that he has started saying "yeah". To us that is huge, all he would ever answer was no, when he clearly meant yes. We can't wait for Cathy to hear!!

And lastly, what would two weeks off be without a project at our house? Here is the latest project...a kitchen update. I refuse to post a before picture because I am actually ashamed of it! I will say, it was just shelving and no seating. Hats off to daddy's vision, it is awesome!!

Ken has been working on his gift from Santa...

he must have been a good boy this year!

Waiting...

Connor is all snuggled in his bed waiting for Santa...although he doesn't really get it this year! He knows who Santa is, what he says, and gets excited when he sees him (from a distance!). When people have asked him if Santa is coming to his house, he's not so sure what he thinks about that. I know tomorrow will be an exciting and exhausting day for all as we venture out for 2 Christmases!

Merry Christmas to all!!

Ice Day

School was cancelled today : ( It isn't very often that you will hear a teacher complain about a day off, but today is different. Today was the last day before break. We spend the day with mass, making gingerbread houses, eating, watching a holiday movie (always Prancer in my room), and singing Christmas carols with 600 kids ; ). It is a great way to get in the spirit. This year we will have to do without and for me it isn't the same. I am however thankful that we still have power! I must admit it looks pretty too!
To help boost our spirit, Connor and I have been cleaning and listening to Christmas music. Tonight I think we will brave a visit to Santa and attempt to finish our shopping. I am ready to tie up loose ends!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Anniversary!

Today Ken and I celebrate our 6th anniversary, where does the time go?! We decided to go away for a night for some much needed QT (after all the traveling Ken has been doing). It was my first trip away from the little guy but everyone seemed to get along just fine!

Thank you Ken, for six great years. I can't wait to see what our future has to hold!

Got teeth?

It appears that Connor is getting his 2 year molars. Only one has poked through with all this drool. Hopefully the other three will come quickly!Poor guy!

Moooo

We ventured out for a little trick-or-treating this year, stopping at only a few select houses. Connor didn't quite get the concept, but was quite tickled when he was handed a piece of candy. We went to Main St. to see some friends where things were quite busy, I wanted him to see all the kids and he loved watching them! They had bought about 1,000 pieces of candy and went through almost all of it! He was the cutest cow we have ever seen!

As I seem to have my startled Halloween face on while Connor is saying "moooo", this is the third attempt the photographer needed to take the picture. This was the best one!! We will blame the photographer :)

Carving fun

The other night we thought we'd jump into carving one of our home grown pumpkins! When I imagined this event, the end product was much cuter than what it turned out to be. As I often remind myself, Connor is only one and he was impressed with the job that we did. The best part was watching him dig the guts out!!

Daddy and Connor get set to cut,

Connor digs in,

Connor and I draw the face,

and finally the finished product!

Happy Halloween!