helper. sitter

climber and stander/stepper  

helping mama with the keys

oh does he love the car keys 

sitting with grandmas Christmas animal friends

and now trying to climb

 and is successful most of the time

even trying to climb out of his little tub and then the big tub 

help me oh help me!

stander/stepper

there you have it!

mr. active pants 

cherishing these

what seems like simple moments

but mean the world to me

snuggling my little love

letting sleep in my arms

and thank the Lord so much for giving him to me

Christmas classic

version of joking

Where do snowmen keep their money???

in the snow bank

How does the sheep say 'Merry Christmas"?

Fleece Navidad

Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?

because he was feeling crummy

there you have it! 

laugh on laugh on

green goodness

says the nutritional 'label' 

maybe so so on the taste

or terrible according to papa

BUT...hopefully Arie will still want to eat them

he ate one tonight and didn't mind

but these little muffins have spinach, avocado, applesauce, banana

so heres to hoping hiding the goodness in bread form will work out :) 

oh mama...I am sure that is what Arie is thinking!

O Christmas tree

O Christmas tree

we saw a ton of you at the Meijer Gardens 

A nice night with BOTH set of Grandparents!

The Netherlands tree

Grammy

enjoying the sparkles and lights

he liked the train

another grammy and pretty flowers

grandpa

papa and grandpa

and such a pretty exit

loved all the lights and trees

what a beautiful night!

holly jolly

year number FIVE!

this year it was kid friendly

and Arie was thrilled to have some kid friends to play with :)

the tennis ladies

anna and arie are about 2 weeks apart

and Everett and Arie are about 3 months apart

for sure future friends :)  

the lovely ladies of the party

and one shot of some of the food

thankful for all of these lovely friends!

have a holly jolly red and green

very merry Christmas! 

it is safe to say

that he was not a fan of having to try on his snowsuit

well sorry buddy

we live in Michigan and it will eventually snow

[even though it was 59 degrees today!]

soo hopefully next time you will like it :) 

it is also safe to say he likes to climb on things

and apparently has no fear

oh boy! help me now

learned two things today

on our PJs all day kinda of day