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Jared Comes to Town

It was so much fun having Jared come visit us for a week during Thanksgiving. We got do to lots of fun stuff, and had plenty of down time as well . When Jane woke up from her nap and she saw Jared for the first time she went right to him and was all snuggly. It was pretty cute.

We had been telling Crew about Jared's visit for a few days, so by the time he was actually here, crew was READY for him to be here. Note to self: don't tell 2 year old about something that isn't going to happen for a whole week. He still doesn't grasp the concept of weeks and days yet. He still says that everything happened "last night".

In the city we rented bikes for 2 hours and rode all the way around central park. This was our second attempt at this. We tried to do it when Crew was around 9 months old, and didn't get very far. This time both the kids LOVED it. It was PERFECT weather that day.

Look at the colors on that tree. Its like a rainbow - so pretty!

Stopped at a park about halfway around to let the kids out to run and play. They were happy.

We went to the museum of natural history that day. It was so cool. All of the fossils were real! Definitely could have spent more time there if it hadn't been such a long day already. We were pretty tired by the end, so we didn't even go to all the different floors - and we still had one more stop to make.

Uncle Jar spoiled Crew and they shared an ice cream cone together.

We also hit up Grimaldis Pizza under the Brooklyn bridge on the way back to Long Island. It made for a late night, but it was totally worth it. The boys got to go into the city one other evening while Jared was here and see Rockafeller center and do some other stuff. We loved having Jared here, it made us very reminiscent of the time he spent with us - and made us extra excited to spend time with our families in December!

Thanksgiving 2011

This year we made turkeys for family home evening. Crew had something stuffed in his mouth for this timer shot from the couch.

Below you will find the only picture I took on Thanksgiving day. We had quite a delicious feast at Josh's parents house. This picture is of Jane with Josh's brother, Danny. Jane just loves Danny. She likes to be right where he is. In this pic, she sat herself down right next to him, played, and shared crackers for quite some time. One of Danny's favorite things is to play with these squishy balls, and Jane loves to stand right in front of him smacking her own squishy ball right in sync with him. Danny even gave Jane one of his squishy balls to borrow because she couldn't part with it - and she carries it around our house every day. It is her current favorite toy. I just think their friendship is so cute.

Flashback

We recently went to a murder mystery dinner that had a 1930's theme. Thanks to a borrowed dress from Katie, a borrowed fedora from a ward member, and a you tube "how to finger wave" video, I think we looked pretty good. It was a fun evening.

Videos

Jane is fearless when it comes to slides. This one is small compared to many she has attempted of her own free will and choice.


Just a cute one of Crew playing in the leaves. I'm told that Crew's most requested song in nursery is "Leaves are falling all around," and that they usually can't get away with doing it just once if he has anything to do with it.


"I had to hide behind the couch to get this one. I've tried video taping Crew singing SO MANY TIMES. He knows lots of songs and sings all day long. Its so cute, but as soon as he sees me video taping, he starts talking baby talk and says nothing that anyone can comprehend.

His current favorite song is "Praise to the man" which he calls "The Grandpa Song" and asks to hear it literally every 2 minutes when we are in the car. The version we have is a group of adults singing, and at one point, there are only adult men singing. He has told me several times while listening to the song . . . "There are 5 grandpas and 2 grandmas singing to me."

This is a combination of "the more we get together" and "here we are together". You'll hear him saying Zoe (Jane), Cookie Monster (myself), Big Bird (Ryan), and even Super Duper Elmo (Crew), amongst other jibberish. Super Duper Elmo is even wearing his cape :)

Jane's Birthday

Sweet Jane turned 1 this last Sunday. She had a little bit of a rough day and didn't get a good nap, so by cupcake time she was getting tired. But she got totally spoiled, and has had lots of fun having girl toys. She got babies with bottles and binkies, a crib and stroller, and even a my little pony. Crew loves her new toys just as much as she does. I did not do a very good job of photographing the day, so here are the few that turned out OK.

She has been able to take several steps for some time now, but still favored crawling most of the time until about 3 days ago. She learned how to get up on her own, and now she is a walking machine. I can't believe how fast she has gotten in just a couple of days . . . and she always prefers to walk now instead of crawl.

We gave her that bottle and she knew right what to do with it.

AND, the birthday video. . . that is kind of sad. We scared her when she tried to grab the flame and we all kind of freaked out. I was holding the camera, and didn't even think about that being a potential hazard. . . DUH MOM! Oh, memories.

Costumes 2011

Crew was Bob the Builder, and Jane was a Kitty Cat. Crew had a blast this year. We only did a few houses, but he kept saying "Should we go to another one more house????" His official favorite candy after trying so many. . . suckers.

Thanks to Selden thrift and Target for really coming through for me this year. I had already planned to do both of these costumes, and while shopping at target found BOTH Crew's hat and Jane's cat ears in the $1 section. Booyah!