2009 Christmas Card Blunders

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Halloween '09

Superman, AKA Kurt
The Friendly Lion, AKA Matthew

The Justice League

Matthew and his friend the Monkey, Joey

The little thieves

Brothers...

Kurt just scored his first candy!

Walking to the door...

Climbing the steps...

Now what do we do?

Fire House Open House

Apple Picking

Matthew LOVED the apples.

Matthew was so generous to share some with Daddy.

Double fisting!

We had a great day to go apple picking. Kurt loved picking apples when he was on Jim's shoulders and the boys LOVED the idea of being able to pick an apple and eat it right there. The homemade applesauce was delicious. Just ignore the Grossman jersey. Jim made that purchase - ask him about it.

Fun at the Park

Since our house is on the market, we are out and about on many little trips. The clients were late so we had to stay out extra long on a beautiful day. We had a great time at this new park close to home.

Urlacher and Hester Stop at Culver's

Kurt and his buddy, Dominic rode their bikes all the way to Culver's on the day of the Bears season opener. Cars were honking at them all the way to and from the store. It was quite a bike ride.

Matthew, the Eater

Matthew is constantly eating, but if I only stopped to sleep, I would be hungry too. Hence, he has quite the belly...

Kurt's First Day of 4 Year Old Preschool

Kurt LOVES preschool. He is in the ORANGE room this year with Miss Kristin and Miss Laura.

Ollie Gets Comfy!

Ollie is certainly making himself at home now. He joins us on our bed or Kurt's bed EVERY night.

Bourbonnais Bound - Bears Camp

Jim and Kurt took a day trip to Bears Training Camp. Kurt could not believe how big the players were. One of the highlights was the kid's play zone and the tunnel. I think this might become an annual tradition for the Pennell boys!

Kurt Tubes on Lake Zurich

Kurt had a blast tubing on Lake Zurich. We also tried fishing that day, but the fish just were not interested.

Future Little 500 Rider

Kurt took off on his bike today. The next few days we will work on crashing "gracefully" and turning. It was truly amazing to watch him take off.

Summer Fun

We have been keeping very busy this summer. Here is a wide array of fun shots...

Matthew is a good napper and gets blanket imprints on his cheek.

Kurt and Ollie
Matthew certainly likes to eat!

We make a point to visit a new park every week. Kurt declares after going to the new one that it is his "favorite park ever." It also helps that they are putting in new parks all over Lake Zurich. There are some pretty cool ideas out there.

Matthew loves the park too - unfortunately, I can't keep up with the little man too well anymore.

Kurt was very brave and went into the petting zoo area to pet a llama, pig, goose, duck, rabbit, goats, lambs, and cows. The highlight (sadly) was when the cow went pee.

And finally, one of my favorites is that Matthew loves to sneak up on people and give them hugs. Complete with an "awwww." So adorable!