Christmas Break

Quiet Christmas morning with just the 3 of us. 

Anders' swiped his first drumstick from my plate, devoured and loved it. 

Trying for a photo op. at timberline. 

Meme and Anders checking out a new book. 

Greta and Anders capturing the country spirit as they hung out in the back of our truck. 

Ryan's favorite new game, Settlers of Catan. It's addictive. 

'Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

And Anders had his mind blown. 

First by the red car Nana and Doodah game him. 

If he could have he would have stayed in this car the entire weekend. 

Then, upon our return to Portland, he had his first Chinese. He LOVED it. So much that he insisted he carry his leftovers to the car himself. 

A Quick Visit to Santaland

Anders wasn't exactly thrilled to sit on Santa's lap. He did humor us, didn't cry and powered through.

After he played is a mini polar express car and  intently watched the bigger kids in the seat in front of him. This was definitely his favorite part of Santa land.

Santa's Little Helper

Snow day

Getting excited

Off to day care

Oh, Christmas Tree

Hunting for a Christmas tree proved to be a little more complicated than years past with our independent wobbler in tow. Fixated on carrying the saw (!), Anders trudged through the snow and braved the 20 degree weather sharing his displeasure with the entire farm. Things turned around once we got back to the car.  And so are the days of our lives.

 

Thanksgiving in Kennewick

Playing on the rocking horse

The swing from the clothesline gets put to good use.

Thanksgiving day

The bird

Lasagna on the way home.