Dutch Babes

We headed to our neighbors tulips the other night in lieu of heading downtown to snap some pics of the kids in their costumes. We'll be downtown next week so we'll get some in the park hopefully too. The kids had fun getting dressed up, and especially liked sporting their wooden shoes.

Kolter thought he was big stuff walking around in his wooden shoes. Considering that he doesn't walk all that well with regular shoes we were surprised at how well he was doing.

Concentrating hard..

Little Dutch Boy..

She has two costumes so, of course, we had to play dress up and try on both. She had fun twirling around as the shirts poof out nice. I think she wore a costume most of the day.

He wasn't a fan of the hat. He'd rip it off as fast as I could get it back on.

I thought a tulip would distract him from the hat, but it didn't. Kennedy picked our one and only tulip. We had to have a little lesson in tulip picking. If she had done this downtown we wouldn't be laughing.

Project: Birdhouse

Last Saturday we had fun painting some birdhouses that Bryan made with some leftover wood we had from the bench project he just finished up in our garage. It's a blessing to have such a handy husband. The kids were thrilled when he brought them in and even more excited to paint them. It was a great Saturday morning project.

Checking them out before we painted them.
The painting begins..

Kolter was there too even though he isn't quite old enough to partake in painting.

As you can see they turned out quite colorful.

I even stuck one on a cabinet in my kitchen as it was too cute to put outside.

Gobble~Gobble

This morning Bryan, and his brother Ross, ventured out for the turkey opener on this cold, rainy day and Bryan came home a happy hunter.

The Big Tom weighed about 30lbs. had a ten inch beard and 1 -1/8in. spurs.

Praise God for a good morning in the woods.

Family Night Fun

About once a month we gather with the Rotman fam for family night. We typically just order pizza, let the kids play, and catch up. Since the we were blessed with such beautiful weather over the weekend my father in law thought having a campfire would be fun so that's exactly how we spent family night. Campfire, hobo's, hot dogs and s'mores. It sure was a perfect night. The kids had a blast too and enjoyed being able to run free. Enjoying the fire made us all feel like summer and camping season is near. It won't be long..

Riding her bike..

A ballgame, anyone?!

The cousins getting ready to eat.
Ella was there, too, but she was snuggled up all cozy with her daddy as it did cool off some.
Koop and Carley all buddy-buddy..
Bryan and the kids..

Wrestling with him was a highlight...

Enjoying the fire..

Kolter enjoying his first marshmallow..

Thinking he's quite something in the camp chair..

Ball..

I think he's saying it as I snapped this pic. It's one of his favorite words to say..

Enjoying a graham crackers..

Roasting marshmallows..

She burned most but had fun nonetheless..

Grandpa warming up Kolty's piggies..

These two were quite the pair..

Again thinking he's big stuff..

Little Stinker..

These pics pretty much speak for themselves other than the fact that he wasn't ever strapped in and thankfully he wasn't left unattended. My camera was also right there. Our little sweetie has no fear. :-)

Our Dancer In Action

Last Monday was observation day in Kennedy's dance class so we were able to watch our little dancer in action for about an hour. It was neat to see how much she's improved and learned since the last observation day in October. We are looking forward to the year end recital which is now less than three weeks away. We are so proud of Kenz and it's a delight to watch her dance.