Christmas tree

Putting up the Christmas tree has turned into quite a long project. It has been hard this past week to find a time when all of us are home to decorate the tree as a family. We started on Friday by building the tree. Perhaps we will put ornaments on this weekend. We will keep you updated on our progress.

Gabe was Daddy's little helper. He sorted the branches (with Mom's help) into piles for each tier of the tree.

Gabriel loves to read

This picture was taken 3-4 months ago. We thought it was so funny that Gabe was sitting in the laundry basket reading his books.

These pictures were taken today when Gabriel was in the basement reading. I guess he likes to sit inside of something to read his books. It's funny that he was wearing the same pajamas and reading the same set of alphabet books.

Three months old

Claire is 3 months old today. She is getting pretty good at sitting with just a little support and she is doing well with sleeping through the night.

The above two pictures show Claire watching Dora and Diego on Nickelodeon today. She will lie in her Boppy and watch TV for 10 minutes at a time so Mom can do housework.

More fun with Grandma and Matt

Grandma Anderson and Uncle Matt came to visit for the weekend and had lots of fun with the kids.

Claire is not sure what to think of Uncle Matt but it sure was nice to have an extra pair of hands to hold her over the weekend.

Grandma missed the memo that Mom was TRYING to stay out of the picture and kept getting shots of Mom shying away from the kids. I guess she was just trying to catch her daughter in the photos as well.

We worked really hard to catch Claire's smile on camera but it finally worked.

Mom's last day off work

Since Mom went back to work on Tuesday, we tried to have as much fun as possible the last day she was home.

Claire hung out on the couch while Gabe watched an Elmo movie.

Claire spent a little time in her swing while Mom was fixing lunch.

Enjoying the nice weather


Claire has officially found her thumb and thinks it's great!

Gabe was trying to write his alphabet but sidewalk chalk isn't the best choice for forming letters.

Gabe mowed the lawn one last time before it gets cold.

Underwater Adventures

While Grandma and Uncle Matt were visiting, we decided to use up some tickets we had for Underwater Adventures at the Mall of America. Gabriel was so excited to see the fish.

That shark swam right over us.

Sometimes when an aquatic animal would get too close to the glass Gabe would cringe like this.

Look what we got in our treasure chest!

Halloween

We all dressed up for Halloween and went trick or treating. Claire only made it as far as the house across the street before I left her at home with Grandma.

Daddy had the idea that we should all be superheroes so Batman, Batgirl, Superman, and Supergirl were patrolling the streets this Halloween.

What a handsome superhero!


Uncle Matt came along dressed as Sylvester the Cat but he felt a little out of place amongst the rest of the superheroes.