More B-I-N-G-O

The tube tnnel made another appearance tonight. Kellen is strong enought to get it out and carry it to Danelle and I to open up. It had to diferent types of velcro locking mechanisms, and Kellen that one kind, the straps, figured out. The other kind, which I don't really know how to describe, are tougher for him. Anyway, he brought it over to me saying 'nunnel, nunnel!'. Still learning the 't'.

Kristin and I played another game of Bingo tonight while Danelle was giving Kellen a bath. Kristin won. She also showed some interest in watching the Penguins game with me. Unfortunately, they didn't win, but Kristin had lots of questions about penalties.

The kids also had a little game of 'boo' going where they would basically chase each other and yell 'boo!'. Kellen would go into the corner of the living room and wait for Kristin to come find her. Then they'd both yell 'boo!' and giggle.

In the photo: Kellen enjoying his Little People airplane. It plays some short tunes when you press one of the buttons and Kellen was clapping along to the music.

Is It Really Only Wednesday?

Wednesday... boy this has been a long week already. I am pretty tired and Aaron is too. I also seem to be losing my battle with this cold and it is getting worse. :(

On a good note, Kellen and Kristin both had good days. Kellen actually didn't cry this morning when I dropped him off at daycare! He learned about carrots today, as they are learning about fruits and vegetables. He also got to play with mashed potatoes. I am so glad daycare had that mess to clean up... although I have a feeling that is why I have a dirty shirt in a bag to wash.

Kristin brought home a gift for Aaron and I that she made for us at Kindergarten. It is a votive candle holder that she painted snowmen on (with her fingerprints) and then decorated with permanent markers. She was so proud of it. We really like it too! We even lit the candle tonight and enjoyed it in the living room while playing.

Aaron played 3 games of DVD Bingo with Kristin tonight. Kellen and I read some books. Then there was a little time for playing with Elmo. I had to give Elmo some new batteries as he wasn't really working anymore.

Popcorn

A relaxing evening at that house. The kids played with PlayDoh for a bit, then Danelle made popcorn. Always a big hit with the kids.

Kellen started slow with his dinner but then came on strong and finished everything. He's into an independance kick where he doesn't want us to do anything for him that he thinks he might be able to do. He wants his cheese slices whole (not pieces, thank you) and don't put him in the chair, he needs to climb up. So we must have slighted him somehow at the beginning of dinner without realizing it. After he got over it, he tore through his dinner. Kristin did a great job with her meal too. A Hersheys Kiss as the carrot for dessert does wonders.

Kristin made the spider/scorpion hat, or crown, headdress, whatever it is at daycare yesterday. She was prety proud of it. She also brought home a huge paper turkey that she painted at kindergarten.

Back to School

The snow from last night had melted by the time we woke up this morning. Hooray! Kristin got to go back to school today. She was excited to see her friends again. It sounds like they had a semi-normal day, but were also trying to catch up on a few things. She got to swing at recess, which she loves to do. She also got a book from her teacher as a gift for Christmas, The Little Penguin. (You would think that Mrs. Loumena knows me!) She was pretty excited about that.

Kellen is getting better. I think I only heard him cough once today. Kellen is really wanting to eat bowls of cereal the past few days. The fun thing is he likes to is drink the milk out of the bowl once the cereal is gone. He does a good job of not getting all over too. He is also doing good about drinking his milk from a cup... he made a bit of a mess with that tonight though.

Aaron and I are back to normal weeks at work.

Back to the Grind

It's snowing again as I write this! There's probably an inch in the street already. It's supposed to turn to rain (not the freezing kind) before midnight, and I'm hoping it does. Kristin is supposed to go back to kindergarten tomorrow. I can't imagine another snow day. I guess we'll see what it looks like in the morning. Kristin has already asked to make another snowman.

A fairly quite day for us today. Danelle and Kristin ran some errands in the afternoon while Kellen napped. Kristin came home with a little 12" Christmas tree made from rainbow colored tinsils. They found it on clearance.

Kellen has a cute little dance that he's been doing. The racecar he got from his uncle Brett has a button that plays some music. He likes to push the button and then dance to it. We haven't been successful getting video of it yet, but we'll share it if we do.


Kellen like to read a book he got for Christmas that is a about puppies. He likes to howl when he sees the picture of the hound dog. That's what's going on in the picture.

We had a pretty nice, quiet weekend. We all seem to be getting over our colds, knock wood. Back to work tomorrow for Danelle and I.

New Camera

Merry Christmas to us... we bought a new camera yesterday. That was about it for events yesterday other than the normal. Oh, we did wake up to snow AGAIN! It was enough to almost cover the grass. The streets were fine though with the temps quickly above freezing. Back to the camera... the pictures today are from the new camera. We have a lot of learning to do with all the buttons, settings and lenses! It will be fun though. Here is a picture of the kids playing with Elmo (dancing with Elmo)... it was one of the few shots that were not fuzzy on the first day. :)

Today Krisitn had ice skating lessons. The first lesson in her new skates from Santa. Aaron said she skated really well. She was beeming that she did really well on her cross-overs. This evening we all headed over to Out of This World Pizza and Play to play with Kristin's friends (families) Parker, Kylie, Morgan, and Dylan. The kids had a lot of fun running around. Aaron did a great job chasing Kellen most of the time. Kristin was very red in the cheeks by the end of the evening. Here is a picture of Kellen playing at Out of This World.

Happy New Year!

We celebrated the new year by going to the Porland Winterhawks game at the Rose Garden. My work has a share in one of the luxury suites there. For this game, the company gave away all the tickets to employees, and I ended up with a few extra so we were able to invite Parker, Steve, and Megan. We had a really good time. I had never been in the suite before; it was very nice. It was a good game too, the Winterhawks played well and won the game 4-2. Kellen and Kristin had a really good time too. Kristin now says that the 'Winnerhawks' are one of her favorites! Kellen had a good time exploring the suite and dancing to the music during stoppages of play. Toward the end of the game, TommyHawk, the mascot, came into our swuite for a bit to get all the kids cheering. We weren't quick enough to get a photo, but but of the kids thought it was very cool.

Kellen slept a lot better last night. Not much coughing at all. He went to sleep this evening without much trouble, so we think he's on his way to feeling better. He was clingy again today, but I think he's still catching up on his sleep.

We stayed near the house today, but Kristin wanted to go with me to an errand to Safeway so that she could wear her new 'Happy New Year' hat that she got last night at the hockey game. Sure enough, she got a couple compliments at the store so she was beaming.