Books and the E-man

The "little man," as Hannah endearingly calls her brother, loves books.

Here is a glimpse into the Christmas books that he just LOVES!

Turning pages is serious business!

The stack of more to the left after he is finished with "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

Our sweet boy.

Our Thanksgiving Turkey

Mask ideas from Grandma

The princess....  Grandma Kathy gave me a book of easy masks to make.

Mommy helped me do cut out some shapes...

and here is my finished product =)

I added my own jewels to the crown.  

Hard to believe that 25 years ago my uncle Josh 

had a policeman mask from the same book.

Chillin' in my Sox Hat

Went shopping with daddy - we wore matching hats.  

However, I'm a bit jealous of dad's socking Boston cap.

Cheese

Rakin' Leaves...

We have a couple of leaves in our yard...

A cute little chilly girl!

Loving being bundled...

Our leaf collector...

And the helpful raker...

Important work...

Finally...

Finally it happened...my parents believed that I was a big enough boy for a big boy bed.

Of course, I had to be in the middle of the action to help with construction.

Check it out!

Tah dah! 2 little monkeys jumping on the bed.

1 fell off and bumped his head - mommy didn't call the doctor,

but the nurse practitioner said - "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

And Hannah trying to not get too excited...

Sound asleep.  So much nicer for him to have more space to spread out.

Here's to not falling out of the bed tonight =)

Topeka Zoo

A family picture at the Topeka Zoo.  Forgot our Omaha pass, but were able to see an 1 1/2 hour tour of the Topeka Zoo which happens to be next to the Children's Museum.  A very nice cute little zoo.

Mommy and Hannah on Mommy's birthday in front of the bronze lion.

Shout out to Shelli for the animal photos!  

The giraffes were pretty cool and the first animal to see.

And the orangatangs - this one was so cute.  

Took a piece of burlap and figured out how to throw it out to us the visitors. 

 Then he figured out a way to obtain the burlap again and start the process over.  So fun!

One of Mommy's favorite pictures of the kids.  They loved sitting on 

all of the bronze sculptures at the zoo.

Cutest Elephant ever!  Hannah was so excited because the elephants in 

Omaha are gone temporarily.  She remembered San Diego and 

loved watchting them eat.  Isn't this elephant to cute!

Flamingos....

Some hippos eating lunch...the kids wanted them to swim so bad, 

but they understood the importance of lunch.

The kids, again, riding on a wooden bear - so excited!

Hannah the navigator.  She took her job very seriously

This is what is next...

The Family Miller walking through the zoo...