Sunday, December 4, 2011

Forgotten Thanksgiving pics

Kieran playing cars with his cousin Braydon.

Kieran, Jaron and Braydon hamming it up for the camera!

Look at those cheesy smiles!

Doing dishes post feast.

Kieran enjoying one of Nene oranges yummy cupcakes... mmmm!

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Uncle Zack and Nene Orange watch as Kieran demolishes his cupcake!

Kieran with Auntie Joyce- such a funny face!
After I posted Kieran's pics from his KIM school feast, I must have thought I was done with Thanksgiving! Today I found a bunch of photos from Sandy's Thanksgiving that I wanted to share... so here they are, a little bit late!

Friday, November 25, 2011

It's beginning to look a little like Christmas...

We decided to join the crowd and go ahead and get our home ready for Christmas this Thanksgiving weekend. Rick put up the outdoor decor yesterday and we got our tree today. We took Kieran to Timberview Christmas Tree Farm this year for the whole tree-farm experience. From the hay ride to the cutting of the tree to the hot apple cider- Kieran loved the entire experience- even if we ended up with a pine rather than my preferred fir tree ;)
Speaking of holiday traditions, I tried out a new one for me this year, Black Friday shopping. Lori and I were out last night from 9 pm till 5:30 am this morning with all the other crazed consumers... shopping, shopping, shopping! We waited in a near two hour line to get into Toys R Us and an equally  long line to check out at Target... it was nuts and exhausting, but pretty fun actually. Not sure I will do it again though ;)

Preparing to embark on the great tree-hunt!

"Hmmm... which tree will it be Kieran?"
"That one mom!"

Dad and Kieran work together to cut down our perfect tree- "TIMBER!"

"Missed a spot here, dad!"

Kieran "helping push" the tree from the very edge of the field- of course we had to have the tree furthest from the road ;)

While waiting for the trailer, Kieran entertained himself...

Our little "thinker" ;)




Helping dad tie the tree to the roof of the trusty Vibe...

Action pose!

Unveiling our new home's first tree- drum roll please!

"Who, me?"

The finished product- with Kieran and Koshka.

Neko got in on the action too.

Inspecting the tree... looks good! Bring on the Christmas!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thanksgiving at KIM School!


Kieran's newest piece of art. I never thought I would like the cheesy hand print turkey until I saw Kieran's tiny little turkey hand... and now of course I think it's the most adorable thing ever!

Kieran missed the last two day of school before the Thanksgiving break because he has had some pretty serious diarrhea. Otherwise he seemed fine, no fever or vomiting, eating and acting normally- but because of the mess we kept him home. On Tuesday Kiearn was doing better and so Rick took him into KIM for their annual Thanksgiving Feast. From the photos Rick took, it looks like it's a pretty big affair ;) Each family brought in a part of the meal and then the teachers and children spent the morning helping to prepare their special lunch.



Kieran is sitting next to one of his friends, William- I love that they put their napkins in their laps :)

Kieran's place card- how adorable is that?!

Look at that south-paw use his fork like a big boy!

Mmmm- apple juice!


A cheesy smile ;)

Kieran's first experience with pumpkin pie- he liked the whipping cream the best!

Getting ready to go outside...

Filing out to the playground...

This is Kieran's friend Camden. We just found out that Cameden's family will be moving in the house kitty corner to ours in Ashland! Kieran will be so excited to have a friend living next door- yay for playdates!


Hoo-ray for merry-go-rounds!

Following the leader :)

My mom and sister ordered some more pics from our October photo session...
LOVE this one ;)


Presley the nature loving princess ;)




Sunday, November 13, 2011

Thank you to Miss Lara- we are going to miss you!

KIM school veranda
Miss Lara and Baby Rosie

One of Kieran's favorite teacher's, Miss Lara, is leaving KIM school now that her long-term sub position is coming to an end. Miss Lara and her daughter "Baby Rosie" took the children on daily nature hikes and explorations and Kieran absolutely loved them both. Her love of nature truly spoke to our little outdoors man.


Miss Lara had this to say about Kieran:
"It has been wonderful seeing Kieran grow every day. He is so grown up now, and it's lovely to see how at ease and at home he is at school and in the woods. Not to mention how strong! He's helped to move some rather large branches for our fort!" 
"Kieran is a leaf rakin' machine! We were working on our stick and leaf fort today, and he helped gather leaves for a good 40 minutes, including several trips across the playground with tubs full of leaves. Some may have gotten into his hair..."

Miss Lara will be missed and we hope she will come back and visit us often at KIM school.