We had a GREAT Christmas!

Between Santa, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles we had a wonderful Christmas. Hermie enjoyed his first year to actually open presents. I of course helped him! I was the "Official Present Opener Helper!" Mom and Dad say we have to "share" all of our toys...we'll see about that!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Love,

Bean

Christmas Eve with Nana and Papaw!

We spent the day with Nana and Papaw on Christmas Eve. We made breakfast, cookies, painted and just had some fun!

Merry Christmas!

Our visit with Santa

We went to visit Santa today! I told him what I wanted for Christmas...a baby doll. I don't think you can ever have too many baby dolls, mom and dad seem to disagree with me though. Maybe we can turn Hermie's room into the Baby Doll room. My room is starting to bust at the seams. Hopefully mom and dad can figure out how to get a play room...maybe dad can just build one.

Merry Chirstmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas to ALL!

We Wish Everyone a Very Merry Holiday Season!

Setting up for Christmas

We started with the lights, I know I can get these untangled...I'm a pro!

Ok, I know there are more in here somewhere!

Bean helps Dad put on the star

Can we put the firetruck on the tree, Dad?

Ok, so maybe I'm not so much of a pro, but at least I lasted longer than my sister!

Thanksgiving in Chicago

We survived our first long car ride, 5 hours to Chicago and 7.5 to make it home! But, it was all worth it because we had a blast! We enjoyed a nice dinner on Thanksgiving with family and friends. We surprised everyone by eating our vegys first!

We took our first train ride into the city to go to Shedd Aquarium. Unfortunately the Beluga Whales and Dolphins were on vacation too, but we still had a great time.

Hermie fell asleep, he missed the entire ride!

I got my face painted with a dolphin.

Workin' Outside

We had a great time helping Dad hang some bird feeders and squirrel feeders. Hermie got so dirty...but he had a blast!
You can see the driveway in progress in the background! It's so exciting that we will have a nice smooth driveway soon!

At Home with Mom

Just relaxin' watching a movie!

I'm a Princess

Did you know that I can read!

Updates Galore

We went to the doctor last week for out check-ups. So, here are the stats:

Bean:
90th percentile for her height and 75th for weight
Maybe we should change her name to String Bean!

Hermie:
50th percentile for his height and weight
but, thanks to daddy, he's in the 90th percentile for his head size (hope they have helmets that big for Pee-Wee Lacrosse!)

They are both chugging along just fine! Somehow, someway I was able to get my children to love fruits and vegetables rather than cakes and cookies! I keep telling people that a Magician NEVER reveals his/her secrets! Hermie is walking along just great, getting his feet under him better each day. He and his sister love to play up in her room, by themselves of course. Whatever they are doing is Top Secret! Playing with Barbies is good for a boy, right?

Bean has been busy looking at toy catalogs and circling things that she wants Santa Claus to bring her on Halloween...yes, you read correctly. She is just starting to understand the whole Holiday thing and since we love Halloween in this house, she is still stuck. She is starting to grasp the difference, but we usually have to correct her every once in a while. So, we have about 4 "magazines" here that have plenty of circles in them, I can mail them to anyone who requests them :)

For those of you who don't know, we are going to the Chicago area over Thanksgiving weekend. My husband's best friend and his wife live in a Suburb outside the city. We are taking a much needed, but short vacation. Of course, those of you who know my husband...he can't go very long without doing something so there will be tools in tow. The people we are visiting recently built a house and he has offered to help them with some of the finish work. I think he likes putting his little stamp of workmanship wherever he can :)

Dinner will be nothing short of fantastic I am sure. Apparently, there will be 3 Turkey's. Yes, you read correctly, 3 Turkey's. One regular, One smoked and One deep fried! I am looking forward to sitting down to a plate of turkey and a plate of sides...I don't know about anyone else! Oh, and a plate of desserts.

Hope all is well in the world and hope to hear from everyone soon!
Peace & Happiness
Bean and Hermie

I like Bananas!

Trick-or-Treat

Getting ready to Trick-or-Treat!


Passing out candy with Grandpa! I didn't like the scary masks, so I made Grandpa pass out candy to anyone I thought was "too scary."

Pumpkin Patch #2

We went to our second pumpkin patch this weekend. There were a lot more animals than the last time. We saw some ponies, donkey's, pigs, turkey's, chickens, turkey's and two cows. Well, the cows were actually babies. They liked to give us kisses. They had really rough tongues, it felt funny. They had a race track with tricycles for us to ride. There were even big ones for mom and dad.

We had so much fun! Hopefully mom and dad will find another place to take us to next weekend.

I sure do love my Dad!

Wyoming Homecoming

We watched the Wyoming Homecoming Parade this evening! I can't wait to be in High School!

A glimpse into my future?!

Mom thinks that I am going to do big things someday!

Pumpkins Galore!

Since Mom & Dad love October so much we get to do lots of things. We went to a Pumpkin Patch and there were lots of things to do. There were different animals to see. We went on a hayride through the farm! It was so much fun. We picked out our pumpkins before we left. We got two pumpkins that each weigh as much as Hermie and I combined. Hermie fell asleep in the car before we were a mile away. I had so much fun that Mom and Dad said they would take us to another one soon! I can't wait!

Bean and Alex

I got to ride on a horse this morning when we went downtown to see Daddy! His name was Alex. I showed him how to sign his name in Sign Language. I think Mom and Dad are going to start me in horse back riding lessons. At least I hope so!

Mass Downtown

Every so often Daddy goes down with the Fire Department, along with other Public Safety Departments, to have their vehicles blessed by the Catholic Church. Mommy took us downtown this morning so that we could see Dad all dressed up.