SNOW!!!

Kurt really enjoyed going out in the snowfall today.  He went out to "help" Jim shovel.  He started with the big shovel, but ended up with his garden shovel.  He took some time to climb the snow mountain and eat snow.  We had to teach him the difference between good and bad snow to eat.

A Visit to Santa and a Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

We went to see Santa on Sunday with Jim's parents.  Kurt asked Santa for a marble run, fast cars, and balls for Matthew.  Matthew checked to see if Santa's beard was real.  He looked at it, grabbed it, and came away with a real hair - ouch and yuck!

Grandma and Grandpa Plankar

Hey, it's my first Christmas!

Christmas Card Blunders

Helper

Occasionally I will ask Kurt to "watch" Matthew for 5-10 seconds.  When I returned, Kurt had placed ALL of his toys around him so he "would have enough to play with."

Sorry for the Delay!

Sorry for not keeping the blog most up to date.  The boys have had every infection in about two weeks time.  We all hope that was a one shot deal and that they all got it our of their systems!

Jammies!

Matthew really likes giving kisses these days.  Kurt is not a fan of "wet" kisses, but he still loves the attention from his little brother!

Matthew Shops!

Matthew joined us all in the age of technology and decided to shop in his pajamas, right out of the catalogs.  Okay, he really just likes to eat the catalogs.

Grown Up Furniture!!!

The new furniture finally arrived! We are very proud to have "grown-up" furniture. Matthew was checking it out, but he is currently grounded from using it until he can prove he won't spit up all over it. He is really good at getting the dust bunnies under the couch, however. And the rug will go soon too, we just need to find a nice compliment to the room.

Guess How Much I Love You

Kurt is in gymnastics class right now and also loves reading the book Guess How Much I Love You. He kept telling Jim and I how much he loves us and added a little gymnastics to it. Dennis, no comments on his gymnastics abilities or that lovely video of me on the balance beam.

Election Day

Kurt has taken an interest in the election ever since he saw the two Time magazine covers with John McCain and Barack Obama. At preschool last week, his teacher, Miss Kelly took him to vote on the best scarecrow. He picked out his favorite and she said, "You are voting for Bob." Kurt said, "but I want to vote for John McCain."

Bath time!

Matthew is starting to love bath time! He splashes and rolls around in the water.

Halloween '08

It has been a busy week. Kurt and I carved some pumpkins a few nights ago. Thank goodness for the templates that come with the carving knifes, otherwise the pumpkin faces may not be recognizable.

Kurt and his "scary" pumpkin:

Kurt had a great time trick-or-treating. He was not afraid to tell everyone his life story along the way. He would even tell the people handing out candy if there was a matching candy in his bucket. Matthew was just along for the ride and fell asleep. We had a party at Barb's house. The kids were running around in her yard and it was not hard at all to spot Kurt - he pretty much glowed in the dark!

A family picture...

We don't get pictures taken of all of us too often - Thanks, Grandma!!

Max's B-Day Party

So fast down the slide you can hardly see us!

Jim manages to climb to the top of the kiddie climbing wall!

Kurt got about halfway there - pretty brave!

And as Dani says "the next holiday we are going to let all the kids run and jump around for an hour before we try getting a picture."

A Big Tomato

Kurt saw some of the Wizard of Oz today. We were asking him about the movie and what happened. He was very animated in his description and said "A giant tomato picked up the house and it went around and around and around."

Matthew is 6 months - already!

Matthew went for his 6 month check-up today and weighs 14 lbs. 15 oz. and is 26 and 1/4 inches. He is a little lean for his age but since he army crawls ALL over the place, the doc was not worried. His favorite activities include tags, putting his feet in his mouth and making funny faces.

A Weekend in Wisconsin

We had a great weekend away in the Wisconsin Dells. Kurt, Dennis, Dani, and Jim all gave surfing a try. It provided some good laughs to say the least. Jim needs to stick with his day job!!

Kurt loved the slides and got to go on the tube slides with the adults too. Another favorite was the "toilet bowl" slide. Needless to say, I don't think many of us are rushing back to that one!