November 2010-already!

We have had a fun month!  As we were going through the pictures of this month, we realized the words of this month should be "interesting outfits."  Not only is Caleb very opinionated about the clothes he wears but also the socks, shoes, hats, jackets and pajamas he has on.  We are realizing the crazier the better.  Thanks to Mimi and Mammy for providing some pretty fun and crazy socks to add to our collection.  He is also preferring no clothes at the moment-he often takes off his pants-perfect timing for winter.  (As we type this, he took off his clothes before nap).

For the month of activities: We went to the Dallas Museum of Art and had a fun time in their children's play/art area.  Caleb ran through this curtain of beads at least 100 times.

The teacher in Julie loved this magnetic art board. 

Caleb is becoming quite the little "reader".  Love his outfit-daddy's basketball shoes, jeans, and his pajama shirt from the night before.  

Getting ready for winter with hat and gloves on while being naked-too bad he won't actually wear them when it is cold outside. 

Just playing with a power tool and a fire truck while dressed in a ballerina skirt.

A very Richard Simmons look: Pajama shirt from the night before, white tube socks, and white sneakers-nice!

We are not renewing our membership to the Arboretum, so this was our last trip for a long time-sad!   

The past 2 years, Craig has held Caleb up behind this horse thing to make it look like he is riding it.  But this will have to suffice this year. 

We took a family trip to the new Aquarium 

Caleb wasn't sure about touching the stingrays this time ...

...but he was interested in pushing his stroller 

We are getting ready to make the big move to a BIG BOY bed.  Caleb loved mattress shopping!

Just a quick peek once the mattresses came in and Caleb was checking them out. 

We think he likes it--Stayed tuned for the finishing products of his room, plus the transition! 

Nothing says November, like raking leaves and Daddy has a big helper now! We remember raking leaves last year thinking how much fun it will be to have Caleb out there helping us.

After hard work, we played hard 

Thanksgiving post will eventually happen but we didn't have a camera (SAD!) and we are waiting for family members to send us theirs-which may never happen-sorry!

A 90th Birthday Party

Julie's Grandmother (Mimi Kreiger, Lillian) turned 90 years young on Friday, November 26th.  So instead of singing Happy Birthday to her with our Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving, Julie's parents and aunt threw her a surprise birthday party the weekend before.  She was so surprised and we are grateful she didn't get overly excited (if you know what we mean).

We practiced the whole way down from Dallas, being quiet and saying "surprise!" Caleb LOVED it!

Mimi's faces are priceless

Mimi's children, Julie's Dad and Aunt

Kracker/Dadda was very busy entertaining the kiddos during the party-he came up with some of the best games (as always).

 

We couldn't have a 90th Birthday Party without some wheelchair races!!  Just kidding, this picture was taken after the party while we were cleaning up.  A little foreshadowing of what is to come...

The Whole Family

Mimi, Bob, and her 5 great grandchildren 

A family picture (Julie at 29 weeks)

Many people would comment at how much Julie resembles Mimi.  I pray to someday look half as good as she does at 90 years old! 

It was a lovely party with sweet friends, neighbors, family that all came to celebrate the wonderful woman Mimi is.  

October Catch Up

October came and left very quickly and here we are almost finished with November - so here are some pictures to document what we did in between the weekends out of town.

Caleb was insistent on wearing Daddy's Train Conductor hat to church (yes, this hat was Craig's when he was younger).  Such a stylish (gangsta) looking kid!

Just watching some football

The weather is beautiful and a perfect day for the Arboretum

Caleb loves the petting zoo

Strong, little man!

Caleb loves to jump (without holding on to anyone) and he lands them perfectly

The hat is back, love the pose

Caleb has become quite the little soux chef and Mommy's little helper

At MOPS a few months ago he planted a seed and has loved watching it grow to be a beautiful plant (vine)

Caleb loves putting his hands/toys/treats in his pockets

Our neighborhood park had an arts festival that we were finally able to walk down the street and check it out.  Caleb loved the chalk board.

Thanks Ezell family for passing down such a fun tricycle

We are at Ms. Jessica's annual TX/OU party.  Caleb loved the ice from the snow cone machine!

Caleb loved this game and caught on really quickly

Our high school students had an event called, The Draw, a fun country western party. (Julie is 23 weeks pregnant)

Fun at the Zoo

Caleb played with this spider web thing for at least an hour.  It was pretty entertaining

Love this guy!  He is in such a fun stage being a sponge to new words (bulk trash, bulldozer, just to name a few). 

Trick or Treat, I have Monkey Feet

Caleb had so much fun going trick or treating with kiddos in our community around our neighborhood, plus it was a great way to spend the last night of 9 with Mimi.  Thankfully, we had professional Trick or Treaters in our group that Caleb was able to follow their example of holding out your bag, (saying trick or treat we didn't really get this year), then saying thank you or "tank tou" as you walk back down the sidewalk with your new treats. 
                             We started weeks before Halloween practicing wearing this new thing.

Daddy helped get him ready-not sure anyone would give that monkey any candy 

We think Caleb really enjoyed being a monkey, so much so he was eating the banana 

2 pirates and a monkey

The Gummelt Family with a mermaid and the most precious pirate ever!  (Sad, we didn't get a family picture of us)

First house!

Not even slowing down for a photo op (it was a little warm that night, therefore we passed up on the precious monkey pants)

Watch out Julie is smuggling pumpkins in her shirt

Caleb has the hang of this

It was really warm and this is how we ended the night with Daddy wearing the costume so Caleb stayed cool enough.