Thanksgiving 2012

We are in Michigan for Thanksgiving again this year, as has become our tradition.  Luke hasn't taken any vacation this year yet so he took all of next week off, so we are up for about 10 days!   And we are due for some family QT after a long and very busy summer and fall.  With us only seeing each other on weekends it really takes a toll when we're so busy.  We've really been looking forward to this trip up.  We have a lot of plans to relax and do a whole lot of nothing.  This was the first year, ever I think, that I've been in charge of preparing a "Thanksgiving Dinner."  I use quotations because I didn't cook a turkey, but hey - this is what my fam wanted!  (rather, what they would be most likely to eat)  So we had ham, asparagus, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and rolls.  Luke even did the ham - it was delicious! It was a nice little meal and so good to be with my boys.

 

We were just sitting down to enjoy this meal and I put Dane up in his booster seat.  He says, in exasperation, "Where are my pancakes?!?" 

A Lap...Any Lap

This must be a first! Kramer curled up on ....Dane?

 

Who Loves Diego!?

The other day I was getting dinner ready and this was going on.  And on and on.  He must have done this for 5+ minutes.  The most hilarious part is that Will was acting like nothing at all was out of the ordinary.  Please excuse the news blaring in the background but I didn't want to draw any attention by turning it down.

Pre-K Pictures

I always thought it was silly when I heard people coaching their kids on how to smile for their school pictures.....UNTIL NOW!  This is what I have to choose from for Will's Pre-K year. Really?  Photographer Assistant, you couldn't have made a joke or done something silly to help this poor boy? 

Dane ish

The other day Will spent the night with Aunt Terri so Dane and I had some QT together.  I was realizing how quickly he's changing into a little boy.  He says some things that I think are absolutely precious, and I know before long they will stop.  One of them is his "ch" sound, which he emphasizes when he says words that end with ch.  Like he'll say we are going to the "beaCH"  And he was asking for his Cinnamon Toast CrunCH. I prompted him to keep going - to say some of the things that I love so I have them on video.  Like how he calls Will "Bru-er" It is adorable.   I also had him say his "Mu More".  They both do it and they'll say it over and over.  It's so bizarre it's funny.  I have no idea where they picked that one up.  

Again, sorry they aren't rotated correctly. 

 

Dane also is very good at saying his "L" sound.  In fact he was just asking for his LashLight with both L's  emphasized.  And he also often uses P for F.  So he'll say "I'll get it por you" which makes him sound like he has some type of cute little European accent.