Tele-Bubby?

See any resemblance?
Just kidding, Calvin is much more cute!
Hannah had fun with this picture.

Floating Baby

Doesn't he look like a floating Budah?

Take 1

This is by far our favorite picture of Calvin!!!!!

Here is take one on our Christmas card picture. You'll have to wait until Christmas to see take 2...but trust me when I say take 2 is SO WAY better :)

No castle for Bubby...

Hannah: "I know how we can buy it for Bubby!! (it being a castle...complete with princesses for her) We can just use Daddy's credit card. HAAAA."

-And yes, she did the Haaa at the end! I laughed pretty hard. I had tried to explain to her that he was way to young and I guess she interpreted it as not having the money :) Kids are too cute sometimes.

Toys-R-Fun

One of Calvin's favorite things to do is to throw his toys on the floor. I have to constantly remind Hannah that it is a game he plays with her. She is always like "Mom, he doesn't like his toys!" "He does, he just likes you to play with him, and he knows you are a sucker for picking them back up...EVERY time!!"

Back by popular demand!

After Saturday's Party, several have asked for this recipe.

Hot Chocolate!

10 cups dry milk powder
4 3/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1 3/4 cups powdered non-dairy creamer

In a large mixing bowl, combine milk powder, conf. sugar, cocoa powder, and creamer.

Stir till thoroughly mixed.

Store cocoa mixture in an airtight container.
Makes about 15 cups of mix, or enough for about 45 servings.

For 1 serving, place 1/3 cup of cocoa mixture(or 3 large spoons) into mug and pour 3/4 (6oz) cup of boiling water in. Stir to dissolve.

Side note: You may want to 1/2 or 1/3 this as it will make A LOT!!!!

Enjoy!!

Bath time

Splashing in the tub is SO much fun!!

weight check

Calvin is 20lbs and 15oz. Not as big I thought!!
I guess Penelope has him beat :)

Happy 6 Months Bubby!!

As Hannah would say...

"Oso's BIG boy"

It is her take on my baby talk. I can't beleive my baby is 1/2 a year old. Time is flying way to fast.

my head!

When we take Calvin's helmet off each night for his one hour off, he rubs head with his hands as if to say "Here is my head! My hair is so soft..." It is very sad to watch, but cute at the same time. I have "tried" to capture what he does, but he stops every time I get out the camera, so the clips are short and/or not very much of him rubbing his head. But I guess if you are a relative reading and watching these you wont mind just seeing him!!

And as you can tell, Hannah is his favorite person. The high pitched very annoying voice she uses gets him to smile every time. It is amazing.

Also, don't you like the WT brown jump suit? :)

who's is worse?

Dear Aunt Kara,

My thumb is WAY more "busted" than big sister's!!

Love,
Calvin

a restful morning

This morning Calvin let me sleep in 35 minutes. It doesn't seem like much, but really it was! It is funny though b/c I have developed this habit over the past 2 or 3 weeks. I/we (me and Calvin) wake up at 530am, I change his diaper, put away the dishes and then we sit on the couch/play on the computer from about 6am-730am-ish. So, this morning I had this thought of "O, no, I totally missed the early news".........LOL, b/c who cares!! I got to sleep in! It is amazing how programed we are to our schedules and how when we get off of them it really messes with us.
I have learned some new things this week. In the midst of all that is going on in the economy, people are finding peace and self fulfilment in helping the "animals". Twice this week, there have been top stories on animals (in the Today show). Apparently the celebrities are putting up a big stink about the elephants in the LA Zoo. Saying that they need to be in their natural habitat, so the are making the state of CA redo their cage area at the zoo!!!! That would be a whopping 1.4 million that could go to make our economy better!! Not to mention that now other zoo's around the US are taking out their elephant cages...So aparently our kids aren't ever going to see real elephants now.
Also, this morning there is a polar bear in Germany that is 2 today and is depressed and the zoo keepers want to relocate him to another zoo b/c they don't have the 10,000$ a year to purchase and feed his mate. So there were these ladies who had flown all the way from the USA to petition the zoo to keep him!! Ok there was 1/2 the money the zoo needed to keep him in their plane tickets...
Anywhoo-I like watching the news. I am very educated now:)

Merry Christmas!

This morning was our 2nd Annual Play Group Christmas Party!!
The kids had a great time (I think) playing with each other and making fun crafts together. They made "JOY" banners, PB bird feeders, turkeys, and colored. Then they listened to the Christmas story from the Bible and sang a song. And as they were leaving they exchanged gifts with each other. Personally I think it was even better than last year, but I may be biased.

I can't wait for next year!!

Molasses

Hannah is still into the number 80, but she has now added a new phrase into her vocab. "Molasses" -Everything is compared to Molasses now. "Is it hotter than Molasses out?" "Your slower than Molasses" ect. It is kinda cute. She even learned yesterday that Molasses is brown, it never ceases to amaze me what and how kids learn.

Today is the Play Group Christmas Party!!! Yeah. I am pretty excited. I think we have some really great crafts lined up for this year. Pictures to come.

Advance Congrats to Si and Anna on the birth of Judah...(as of 9am) He is in the process of coming!!

my kids are growing up...

Calvin is growing up! He is almost 6 months old. (next Monday) He can put his bottle in his mouth by himself, and kind of sit up. Not really, but I would give him another week or 2, and I bet he could do it. He has no desire what-so-ever to roll over though. I think he is too fat:) He is still doing pretty good with his helmet. And he is going on a whole week of sleeping through the night!! But in exchange for that he wakes up at 545am.

Hannah told Dan that she wants to be a construction worker when she grows up! And a princess too. SO cute.

I have been pretty busy planning our Play Group Christmas party Thursday, and then helping to co-host the Women's gift exchange at church on Saturday. I am very excited for each and can't wait!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Katie!!