More at Crown Center

Outside at Crown Center

We had a lot of fun outside at Crown Center, except it was cold. We got lots of pictures cause Jordon had to "ride" on every vehicle there, except the pink car, which you can see in the background in one of these shots-- he would not go near it-- he's such a boy.

Inside Crown Center

A few weeks before Christmas we visited Crown Center. Jordon loved the train inside- this is where they acutally build this entire set with gingerbread houses and everything every year. It was pretty impressive to see all the ingredients that go into making the set. He also liked the barking puppy here and the ferret that chased the ball. We went into a toy store that had a sign hanging at the entrance that said something like "Please watch your children" and I turned to Don and said, "Can you believe they actually have to post a sign that says that?" Later in the store, it was my kid who sat on the school bus toy box, which caused it to lose it's front wheels and come apart. An employee then carried it off to the back room. Oops. It's sometimes pretty hard to be responsible for your kid at every moment, especially in a toy store.

Hangin' with Smokey

I have mentioned it before but here is a good example about how kids are like pets. Smokey was laying on the chair under the table so Jordon had to do it too. The other pic is of some serious bedhead-- before he got his recent haircut his hair was getting pretty long and wild.

Merry Christmas

Jordon was excited about decorating for Christmas this year and really liked the "yights" and ornaments for the tree. He liked to go to each one and name what it was, especially the ones with Santa on a bike, in a car, or with a train, as well as the moose and snowman ornaments. When it came to Santa in real life though, like the one here that was present at my work Christmas breakfast, he was pretty scared of him... so the only picture we could get was with Mom holding him.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was at our house this year. It was our first real holiday without Dad there so it was tough. It was nice though, to see the boys play together. Evan here is 4, Logan 2, and Jordon about 20 months. Too bad someone (likely Don) was passing around a bug and everyone except Nathan's crew got sick within about 48 hours of our get-together. Tim was trying to blame Sarah's "moon-pies" for food poisoning but I don't think that was the case.

Fall leaves

Jordon has turned into quite the big helper when he wants to be. He has his own rake and "helped" with raking leaves this year. Don likes to mulch up leaves with the lawn mower- too bad I didn't get a pic of Jordon chasing Don with the mower.