December 1st and some early Christmas fun!

We had breakfast with Santa today at Rock Bridge High School...

Here, Kieran is telling Santa that he is three years old...

So cute! He was very excited to tell Santa  what he wanted for Christmas this year...
Rainbow Brite and her horse, Starlite ;)

One of Santa's elves helping Kieran fill out his wishlist...

Having his face painted- he requested Batman... why so serious Kieran? ;)

Glittering a pine-cone for the tree...

Checking out his handy-work :)

Such a cute little boy

Mom and Kieran on the RB stairs I must have gone up and down a million times when I was little with Papa and later as a high school student- ahhh memories ;)

We checked out Papa's old classrooms (home economics now) and ran the halls a little ;)

Story time with Mrs. Claus- Kieran listened so intently ;)

What a good listener!

After breakfast with Santa, we stayed around to see a performance of the Frog Prince- Kieran seemed to enjoy the show and once again was a good audience member :)

Sweet smile

Playing with his red balloon outside RB

A boy and his red balloon

After some lunch and a nap (for Kieran and Mommy) we headed to the Hartsburg Christmas Tree Farm - we all love the hayride and hot chocolate afterward!

The family with the 2012 tree!

We were on the last hayride, the sun was going down as we rode back to the barn

Hot chocolate and marshmallows with mommy!

Kieran trying to retrieve a sticky marshmallow from his drink :)

Thanksgiving 2012

Kieran in his adorable new fox sweater... posing on the stairs at my folks house... there are many a photo of my sister and I very similar to this one ;)
We spent Thursday with my family and enjoyed a delicious meal and shared what are all thankful for... Kieran: "I am thankful for the plants and animals, and mommy and daddy and Presley!" Presley: "I am thankful for mommy and papa and Journey!" 

Cheesy grin ;)

Papa and kiddos get in some holiday hugs before dinner

A pre-meal snack- wearing a scarf, of course ;)

The sisters and our kiddos... love this expression Rick caught on my face- is that how I always look?!

Cousin play time- so much fun together!

Thanksgiving number two... Sandy's house with family, friends and a giant leg of turkey!

Dress up time in Nene's Halloween wig!

Kieran had a lot of fun playing with the dogs this time- mostly being chased by uncle Zack's dog, Ronin...

On the run from Ronin...

Playing chase with dogs is soooo much fun!

Kieran also spent a lot of his second Thanksgiving sprawled out on the floor, playing with an assortment of Rick and his brothers' old toys...

Uncle Zack gets in on the Transformer action!

River Picnic

We took Kieran to a park by the Missouri river, below the bridge.  Sunny 70* weather, sand, rocks, sticks, a giant ramp to the bridge and a picnic made for a perfect family outing :)

When Kieran first saw the sand he yelled, "Look! The desert!!"

He was very excited to bring a pignic (that's picnic for those of you not fluent in Kieran-speak)... PBJs, veggies, fruit, yogurt and pretzels- mmmm!

Daddy and Kieran enjoying their meal ;)

All smiles!

"Mmmmm!"

Running up the ramp with daddy...

Running some more...

"Come on mom!"

Kieran discovered a gate at the top of the ramp- this resulted in a half hour superhero/jail play session ;)

Getting a little tired... "Carry me daddy!"

Smiley boy :)

Mom and Kieran hug session ;)

Daddy and Kieran on "Richard's Rock" ;)

More sand play...

"Anyone loose a key?!"

This boy loves him some sand

The mighty river-explorer ;)