Good times in the Buffalo City

It was a balmy 55* outside for Thanksgiving in J-town, no jackets needed here! While we were patiently waiting for the turkey button-thingy to pop up, we headed up to the Buffalo for some good sightseeing.

Racing to see who could get there first:) Henry, of course, got a little wild with his running and ended up tumbling into the grass about 2 seconds after I snapped this picture.

Wow, I heard it was big but not THIS BIG!

Thank goodness I have Auntie Sonja here to protect me:)

Henry was a little shy at first when we got up close and personal with the Buffalo, but obviously he warmed right up in Grandma's arms.

We played on trains.....

.....swings.....

.....and old-school cars of some sort (the name of this is escaping me right now).

A good 'ol sister photo op, we haven't had one of these in ages!

+2 little beautiful babes :)

Riley, Riley, Riley

Lots of good times had by all this past Thanksgiving weekend in J-town :) It really was fun to see these two little munchkins play together so well!

Riley was obviously much more fond of coloring than our busy, little Henry. When we first brought this picnic table inside, I think Henry got on and off of it, crawled over the top of it, sat underneath it.....probably 100 times. Baby has bruised knees and everything!

Who doesn't love a good push toy?

Switch! We all know how much Henry loves pushing anything and everything.

This cash register was my mom's when she was a little girl, probably made in the 1940's or 50's. Hopefully Henry didn't break it :)

My first Happy Meal

"Happy" was an understatement. It should be called a "This is Flippin' Awesome" Meal from McDonald's! I was honestly quite surprised with his love for his Happy Meal yesterday in Alexandria on our way back from NoDak. Cheeseburger, fries, apple slices, milk, yummy! He also has a new love for ketchup too, even with apple slices, who knew that combination was so delicious :)

Wild Rumpus

Henry hit up StoryTime at this bookstore, the Wild Rumpus, with his bud, Owen today. They certainly weren't joking when they named this place the Wild Rumpus as it really was one wild rumpus for StoryTime. I lost track counting the number of kiddos at about 50! It was slammin, and what a good time! Not only do they have StoryTime and millions of books to look at, they also have quite the assortment of animals around the place. Let's see, we saw a dove, a chinchilla, a lizard, a ferret, and some wild looking birds:)

Owen and Henry, just catching up their Christmas reading, probably making their lists for Santa!

How many books can I grab with this massive hand of mine?

Frozen

We busted out the snow boots and shovels today, Henry was a 1st-timer playing in the fluffy white stuff on this chilly morning! It was a replica of the first day he tried to walk in the grass, couldn't move in it! But, get a shovel in his hands and put him to work, and it was all business from there:)

Seriously, frozen in this position for quite some time.

Bring on the Holiday festivities!

So, we started out the Holiday season today with a trip to see Santa and his reindeer (I know, I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but it was snowing today, so I think it's ok)!

1. We loved the reindeer.....

2. We loved the fire truck (and by the way, what good kids' event doesn't have a fire truck or police car).....

3. Unfortunately, we did NOT love sitting on Santa's lap this year :(

Poor baby is crying so hard that you can see his leftover Goldfish crackers in his teeth! He sure caught on fast when we were in that line.....the closer we got, the harder he was snuggling into me:)

Check out last year's encounter with Santa.....happy as a little lark!

Henry's (not so much) love for arts & crafts

Today, I thought Henry could do a few Thanksgiving art projects.....think again! His love of arts & crafts usually lasts about 30 seconds, if that, and then he's on to something else:)

Here we are with a red and a purple crayon, I believe.....so pretty on that turkey!

You'd think he'd be reaching in for another color here.....

.....but nope, this is usually how it ends.....how many crayons can I grab at one time, drop them on the floor, stick them in my mouth to bite off the tips, or all of the above!

Oh Henry, I'll keep trying!

Playing in Perham

Thanks to the Gillespie's for having us this weekend in Perham.

We had tons of fun as you can see below:)

Lots of pajama playing.....

.....and park playing!

Seriously, the park is closed?? I don't think so, let's bust in!

Please, just don't tell anybody we snuck in! Everybody thinks we're so sweet and innocent :)

Hey Greta, this is one sweet crib you have! Let's jump around :)

Before we headed home from Perham, we had to go out for some pizza from Zorbaz! Don't worry, these two babes did not partake in the $3 PBR special :) They did however manage to scarf down a record number of mandarin oranges I think!

Thanks for the fun weekend, Gillespie's! See you soon!

StoryTime

Henry had a play date with his buddy, Owen, this morning at Barnes & Noble for StoryTime. Mommy (the non-technology person that I am) had to work the Nook eReader for Henry that the first book was on, pretty cool!

Henry couldn't part with his books in the car and had to bring in a few of his favorites, just in case there weren't any books for him to look at in the bookstore, right :)

Flashback to about 6 months ago, wow, these boys sure have changed!

After StoryTime, we had to make a stop at the cafe for a snack (and a latte for the mommy's of course)! Henry, my little Mr. Helpful, wanted to share all his snacks with Owen, even trying to feed him here!

new skills

Henry's been lovin' showing off his new skill.....climbing (much to my dismay)! I knew it would happen eventually, and here it is, in full force. He'll climb on everything, and I do mean everything - I was washing my hands in the bathroom and he climbed right up onto the toilet, thank goodness the seat was down, huh!

Look at that big toe, gripping onto the couch as hard as it can grip.

Book in hand, of course. Gotta have something to do once we get up on the couch!

See what I mean.....everything! Is it time for this toy to go bye-bye for a while?

Today I caught him trying to play with this toy while he was on top of it. He was trying to flip the pages of the book as he knee was on it, man was that ever frustrating!