Winter is here:
CJ in his first play at school.

He really wants Santa to bring him a bike.

Tough to make a snowman out of 2 inches of snow.

Getting the Christmas tree in an ice storm. For some reason there was less debate about which tree to get this year.

Thanksgiving at Crown Center.
2 of KC's best known mascots.
We tried ice skating again this year. CJ is still not a fan.


At Fritz's with Grandma and Auntie Dianne.

Fall pictures -
Do you know how hard it is to get a 3 1/2 year old, and two stubborn dogs to cooperate so that we could get a good picture? We had probably 100 pictures where two of the three had a great expression, and the third was very bad. It seemed to rotate between the three, with Hobbes (believe it or not) being the most cooperative. It may be a marathon effort to get the Christmas picture taken this year. We had some debate about which pictures to put on the blog, so there may be some that seem like duplicates.

Got Ya Day #2- 2 years ago today we left the orphanage, and hopped an overnight train to Kiev.
The last minutes at the orphanage.
Killing time at the hotel waiting for the train
On the train.

674 pieces of Leggo's.

With Scooby Doo.
Celebrating at Rain Forest Cafe.

Superdog, Spiderman, and Batdog.

Spiderman

Yes, I got to go tricker treating too.

Picking his weapon of choice.




Final product

He loved the pony ride.

He decided riding was more fun than walking


Mom & CJ.

I wonder why I had to go to the chiropractor? 36 lb CJ, plus 37 lb wheelbarrow, plus 116 lbs of pumkins.

Waiting for the pig races to start.
The pumpkin cannon lauuched pumkins a good 500 feet.

Two different weekends at Worlds of Fun
Hamming it up for the camera.

He loves the Flying Dutchman.

WOF version of the Octupus.
He was trying to figure a way to get into the herse.

One of the few kiddie rides that I could get him to ride.
For Halloween they start the fog machines at 4PM. By dark it was so foggy you could only see about 5 feet.

Animated monster.

Hiding in the coffin.
Nutricious dinner.