Happy Celebrations!

This year we spent Christmas with Chris' family. We haven't had Christmas with them for several years. It was fun to see almost all of Chris' family. We wished David and Rahel could have be there.

Santa brought Christian a Little Tikes Basketball Hoop. He has totally loved having it. He hasn't stopped playing with it since Christmas. It has been fun to watch Chris and Christian shoot hoops together. It is so cute because Christian tries to shoot it where Chris shoots it.

Chris gave Christian a book this year. Christian is having fun looking at the book.


Christian turned two. We decided this year that we would celebrate it with his cousin Jayden because her birthday is the day after. We had dinner as a family: roast, twice bake potatoes, peas, jello salad, and rolls.

Here Christian is having party dance with Jayden and Ruban.

Christian versus the snow!

Chris finished his semester on last Friday. We decided to just spend Saturday doing things as a family. Chris and I started the day off by playing Doctor Mario. We had so much fun because it has been a really long time since we have played the Nintendo together. After Christian's nap, we decided to take Christian sledding for the first time.

Chris and Christian getting ready to take off!

and away they go!

Christian lost one of his gloves so I put one of mine on him, since I wasn't using it.

Watch out Christian, your drool is going to freeze!

Over all I think Christian will like the snow more after he has better gloves. So far, he hasn't had great experience with the snow. My mom bought him snow pants and boots as a early birthday gift. She took him out in his new gear and he fell face forward into the snow. Learning to walk in his snow boots presents a new challenge for him. I hope he will eventually like the snow.

I just love this age!

Christian has starting to really like to help out. He can help unload the dishwasher, load the washing the machine, and dryer.

Here he is washing my dishes. I feel so lucky that he loves to scrub those pots and pans. Christian might not feel so lucky in the coming years when he gets to wash dishes. We better savor these moments, because they won't much longer.

Christian likes to help sweep and mop the floor. It sure would be easier right now if he would let me do these chores. I think it is good to teach children to work while they are young.

Christian is getting really good at catching the ball. I sometimes think that he can catch the ball better than I can. We can't believe how athletic he is at a young age.

Christian's favorite game is Ring a Round the Rosie. Here Christian is doing his own version of Ring Around the Rosie. I love it how Christian loves monkeys just like me.