The Whipped Cream Incident...

This morning I made a fruit salad, and in true Minnesota fashion, that "fruit salad" recipe required whipped cream. Well, I thought it would be fun for Evan to get his first chance at licking the beaters. I grew up with a good cook for a mom, and she always let us kids lick the beaters.

If you'll notice, Evan has no pants on. He was busy in the living room while I was whipping the cream, and decided things were best done without his pants getting in the way.

Where's the good stuff, Mom? I'm all out! (He looks kind of crazed, doesn't he? I swear there was no sugar in the whipped cream!)

And now we know what Evan was doing in the living room while I was whipping the cream - getting into my purse (which I thought I left in the car last night, but apparently I was mistaken.) If you look closely, you can see the pair of pants he was wearing 2 minutes before this photo was taken. I have to laugh, or I'll cry...
Ahh, and here are the two snuggle-bunnies. Evan and Jonas are becoming better friends again. For the record, Jonas was on the couch first. Aren't they cute?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Alejandro comes to play!

Tonight my pal Amber brought her "cute as a button" baby boy over to play. Alejandro is 13 months now and is walking around like nobody's business. The two had a tough time sharing, but the Mom's were ready to intervene. Plus, Becky came over to see Ali, too, so we had a good ratio going on...

Is this not the cutest picture you have ever seen? I think Ali should get a modeling gig for those rosy cheeks and pouty lips. What an adorable little man he is!

Evan in his Jump-A-Roo "showin' Ali how its done."

The John Deere Tractor was a big hit. (And that is a red block Evan has in his mouth. Not quite sure what he was planning to do with it.)

Yep, still got the red block.

Becky stopped over to see how much Ali has grown. Evan was actually happy sitting in her lap, but like always as soon as I snapped the photo he made a funny face!

And here's a quick video of Ali "petting" Jonas. It was too cute to not share.

For any of you that have kids - this is the best Emergency Sheet for your babysitter that I have found. It has lots of things on it I would never have thought of - like where we keep the thermometer and how to use it, for example. To print one out for yourself, click here (PDF file.)

This morning we suited-up and went out to play in the first real snowfall of the year (and when I say "real" I mean 1/16 of an inch...) Evan had a great time, but he didn't like getting snow on his mittens and kept stopping to "show me."

"I have snow on my mittens, Mom."

"I SAID I HAVE SNOW ON MY MITTENS!!!"


"FINE, I'll brush them off myself..."

"TA-DA!"

As usual, I forgot my camera most of the week. Today would have been a great picture day, actually - we (Evan and Emily) went Christmas shopping with Emily's Mom and Grandma. It was a fun day, and Evan was a trouper the entire time - and he only took a ten minute nap all day! I was impressed. Needless to say, he went WILD once we got home. Here are a few pictures of him wrestling with his Daddy on the couch. He still has that persistent teething rash around his mouth and is drooling by the bucketful. He has eight front teeth and four molars so far. Hopefully the drooling will end soon...

We busted out the Jumparoo again this week. Evan has been in a "bouncy" mood and has now learned how to "jump" so we thought we would encourage it by bringing the ole' Jumparoo out of the attic for another run.

Evan's "Excited Face."

I had a few more fun photos from the week but my camera battery died while I was uploading them so I guess they will have to wait until I get another chance. Only 5 1/2 weeks until Christmas everyone - can you believe it? I can't wait to bust out the tree and lights!