this was the weekend for the steenwyk christmas to fall on thanksgiving weekend. so we had one fun filled event right after another. thanksgiving dinner was at uncle mike and aunt emily's, an after dinner hike with the kids (actually boden stayed back and took a nap and then snuggled with grammy for a while till we got back :) ), and a tree trimming party at papa and grammy's (boden actually only got to hang one ornament this year, before we had to whisk him off for bed so he'd be fresh for the next day). friday papa had a pre-lunch fort building party in the hayloft planned for the kids. we had every expectation that boden would like it, he has liked everything else on the farm so far (loud tractors/combine, walking thru the cornfield, playing in a pile of corn, mooing with the cows, ect...). at first he just took everything in and sorta clung to daddy, after trying to get him to go into a 'hay cave' he pretty much decided he was done. so, mommy took boden in to play with cousin claire and auntie liz until lunch. that evening (aka christmas eve), the adults went out to a yummy anniversary dinner, while the kids got babysitters. on saturday we enjoyed a wonderful christmas breakfast, read the christmas story, sang christmas carols, opened presents, and just had a nice time being together as a family. so, i don't know if you have scrolled down at all, but i hope you are ready for the barrage of pictures i uploaded from the weekend. i already had a hard time narrowing it down. maybe we'll add an album on the sidebar so you can view them all if you so wish....
boden sure enjoyed spending time with his cousins...
taking books and videos off aunt emily's shelves with cousin nathan.
playing with cousin katie and nathan.
playing with cousin claire.
just lookin' cute all by himself :)
dancing with papa.
looking cute with auntie liz.
so boden found this little car in grammy's toy closet and kept coming back and back to it. problem was, he couldn't quite get his foot over the top to get on by himself, and he could only go backwards by himself, so we had to find a nice long stretch for him to ride :)
good thing cousin jenna was there to help push boden forwards!
boden brought this book to daddy to read to him and cousin jenna....hmmm hemboldt???
posing for the camera-daddy, boden, jenna, katie, and natalie.
don't cousin jason and natalie look so happy? why isn't boden? :)
hey! how come i can't get this doggie out of here???
hey dad, did you see there is a car in here???
what is this?
how did my favorite balls get in here? i thought i left them at home.
these balls work different than in my popper.
the whole steenwyk clan together...
2 comments:
Looks like he had a good time! Their home is beautiful!
The picture of Bodie in the hayloft looks just like his mother crying at that age. It's in the church directory. Same face.
He looks like Eric in the one picture, sitting with a side view.
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