Pizza Man

Anders helped dad roll out pizza crust this week. He's really proving to be a great helper in the kitchen. 

His concentration face. 

You've got mail

Anders got a package in the mail from Greta and Kathleen/Gaga today. He was stoked and tore right into it. 

"Reading" the card. 

Demanded to read them right then, right there. 

January, in review

Somehow this month got away from us. There were highs and lows, but no great photo documentation of them. So, instead, a collection of everyday moments. 

Learning how to use chopsticks! Pho on New Year's Day.

Ryan and Anders and working on learning the harmonica aka "harm." 

After reading a great book about skating (Henry Holton Takes The Ice), Anders tried his ice skates on for the first time.

Lunch stop at New Seasons in a busy Sunday. 

His "cheese" face is starting to look like a roar or snarl or something. Time to say something else.

Ryan and Anders joined me for dinner in the cellar at a work event last week. He got some screen time while snapping shots with Poppi. He also got a bunch of money from people, totally funny and fun for him!

Counting his money (not pictured, the $5 that someone gave him). 

Post bath time snuggle and books. 

Incomplete recap

Somehow we hardly took pictures over the holiday. I like to think we were enjoying are selves too much to think about it grabbing a camera. Most likely we were just lazy. But the downside is that we have not much to share. Mea culpa. 

We opened a few gifts at home on the 24th before heading to Kennewick for the holiday. 

Anders opening his gift from Ed, Beth and family. 

Audobon birds from Gayle and Charlie. 

Trying to make a shadow puppet of maybel on the ceiling. 

Anders building the house he got from Nana and Doodah with the help of his cousins. 

Very excited before x-country skiing with Poppi, Nonna, Margret and Sean on Mr Adams, the weekend after Xmas. The excited was short lived and he screamed in his pack for the few hours we skied. 

Being doted on while eating lunch after the ski, but still miserable. 

Santaland 2014

Just in time for Christmas we took Anders to see Santa. He hated it. Specifically the Santa part. 

Refusing to go near the man with the weird harness. 

Things devolved into a family picture as Anders tried to climb Ryan. 

He did, however, perk right back up as soon as we moved to the next room. 

Watching a train from the front window. 

Watching the kids behind him. 

We took the escalator 5 stories up and down for more laughs. And finished up our downtown adventure with a quick visit to Pioneer square and it's very large Christmas tree. 

I think it's safe to say that Anders has no grasp on why there are so many "Kristin" lights aka Christmas lights, who Santa is or why we have a tree in our living room suddenly. We're still all in on the holiday but it's definitely the last year we'll get away with no Christmas presents or stockings!

Mmmmm, good!

Anders loves a veggie scramble (for today at least). I got the highest and first praise of a meal from him, "mmmmm, good!" My heart just melted. 

Oh Christmas Tree

Christmas was in full effect this weekend. That and cleaning up our house so it didn't look like it should be on an episode of hoarders. On Saturday we popped up to the top of Skyline Blvd to find our perfect tree. 

Playing hise and seek among the trees. 

Then "we" decorated it. Anders didn't totally understand how to get the ornaments to stay once placed on the tree. Thanks god I bought some plastic ornaments last year!

(That's right. That's a lollipop. We buckled. Not our proudest moment.)