December

We have been having a very fun December!

TJ rehearsing for his first Christmas pageant!

Next weekend Bubbe took TJ to 'Build A Bear' where he made a Reindeer!

The reindeer got a spiderman costume and got to visit Santa too!

Then TJ got to play in the "fake" snow that evening.

Two years ago, the son of a teacher from TJ's school wanted to share his kinderbike with TJ when he got a big bike for Christmas. TJ chose a boy in the two year old class to pass on the kinder bike sharing tradition. He is getting a big kid bike this year for Christmas!

It is hard to believe this was two years ago!

TJ has been helping Samson get into the Christmas spirit too. He is a very (very) patient dog!

TJ's best friend came over and they decorated Christmas cookies and ate lots of sprinkles!

On the last day of school, the kiddos had pj day, TJ's reindeer also wore pi's, he also insisted on accessorizing with a purely decorative bandaid

Over this past weekend TJ went to stay with Bubbe and Grand Daddy in Chattanooga and Samson enjoyed some relaxing antler free time.

20 Questions with TJ

I found this interview online to ask your kids once a year these 20 questions and see how their answers change every year.

What is your favorite color?

yellow and purple, lila und gelb

what is your favorite toy?

I just like to play with my transformer

What is your favorite fruit?

little apples

What is your favorite tv show?

I love Dinotrucks

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?

chicken and fries and chick - fil -a

what is your favorite thing to wear?

a short sleeve shirt with a long sleeve shirt under it, just like Daddy

What is your favorite game?

some puzzle games

What is your favorite snack?

peas (from Trader Joes)

What is your favorite animal?

a blue and purple zebra (???!!!!), and skunks, and big puppies

What is your favorite song?

Darth Vader Song (Imperial March) and Blur - Song 2

What is your favorite book?

Monster Truck Book and Darth Vader book

Who is your best friend?

Tom, Mia, Ben, and Palmer, and Liam, and Jenson

What is your favorite sport?

I like to play baseball and golf (mini)

what is favorite thing to do outside?

play on the playground

What is your favorite drink?

apple juice, milk, water, coconut water, tea, and lemonade

What is your favorite holiday?

Halloween and Christmas

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?

just knuffle bunny

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

peanut butter sandwich

What do you want for dinner on your birthday?

ummmm a cake

What do you want to be when you grown up?

Jesus

Currently 38" Tall and 33 pounds

This is my favorite picture of our Church Christmas pageant.  We think TJ has inherited R's love of singing.  Many prayers and much love to everyone over Christmas, we know this can not be an easy time right now.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2016

We went to the UGA game and TJ wore his Batman costume!

Jonathan was invited by the Vatican to participate in a conference regarding faith based responses to health based emergency preparedness. We renewed our passports and got one for TJ. However since everything was last minute we decided that only Jonathan would be going to Italy this year. E and TJ are a little sad to stay at home but we knew J would be super busy at the conference. We are all super excited for J's trip.

TJ wanted to "hammer" so we got crafty and he hammered, painted, and used yarn to make his name.

TJ was very proud of his project.

Bubbe brought TJ a big turkey balloon for Halloween! He was very excited about it!

Our Thanksgiving table!

E wrote down what TJ said he was thankful for

The day after Thanksgiving we got out the Nativity and TJ enjoyed playing with the "Christmas Moose" (aka the camels!!!)

Autumn Videos

Post Halloween - candy candy candy

Would you believe he only ate three pieces?!!

Corn dog dance

Baseball

St. Martin's Day (he is singing the lantern song in German)

Johnny Appleseed Prayer

Oh, the Lord is good to me,
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, and the rain, and the apple seed.
The Lord is good to me

Halloween

 TJ had a great Halloween! He has decided it is his favorite holiday!

First he was Batman at his school party!

Then he was a purple and yellow ghost!

When you are super cute bakeries give you lavender macaroons on Halloween!

Neighborhood trick or treating!

 "This is not my Halloween costume, this is what I wear to put out fires"~TJ

Beach and Half Birthday

In the words of TJ - "I had fun having fun with you"

We all had a great long weekend with Bubbe and GrandDaddy in Hilton Head

TJ ate shrimp and made his muscles big

We went for early morning bike rides in our pjs, but biking is very serious

We got a new boogie board

TJ did not want to build a sand castle, he wanted to build a sand pyramid

When we got back home Omi had made a purple cake to celebrate TJ's 3 1/2 birthday!

and we did the awesome USA puzzle before bed time

This is the costume rendering for TJ's Halloween ghost costume, while E thought it was finished TJ informed me that it was missing something important.

E- look I am finished with your ghost costume and it has lights in it!

TJ- but there is no yellow

E- but it lights up!!!

TJ- but there is no yellow