Merry Christmas!

It was a very good Christmas. Kaj didn't really get into the present opening. There was too much going on. He was more into Auntie' s eggroll than he was opening presents. A week before he would have liked to tear into all the gifts. This is a picture off of Auntie's new camera. A Christmas present to herself.
Sorry this is sideways but here is Karli with her pups.

Kaj in his new fleece leisure suit and his cell phone from Santa. He sits and talks and laughs on that phone all the time.

Kaj and Auntie the morning after. She had to dress him up in the outfit she gave him.

Grandpa posing for a picture. Kaj was taking the picture.

Kaj and Mommy ready for church.

Kaj all dressed up for church.

Kaj and Brandi reading stories and mellowing out after the busy holiday and after cleaning up the livingroom. Brandi got her pony that she has always wanted and we got a second pony for the rest of the family. I still don't think she really believes it.

I think the matching PJs were the biggest hit. They have little monkeys on them which is most appropriate for these two!

The Finished Product

Getting Ready

Happy Be-lated Birthday Auntie Karen! This is a picture from Thanksgiving.
Here is a picture of the Gingerbread House after assembly and before decoration. We even have a light in the middle of it so the windows glow!

Brandi making cookies

Brandi and Kaj took over the kitchen

Kaj had started doing the dishes in the afternoon and as you can see from the picture above he was still doing it in the evening but with a new outfit.

Kaj coming out from his favorite spot behind the tree.

Reading his book from cousin Nathan.

Favorite spot.

Kaj had his first sleepover with Auntie this last week. He decided the dogs needed to be washed so he is going after them with wet wipes.

Kaj riding Auntie's ponies

Kaj was eating Captain Crunch with berries, sitting on the couch watching the Golden Girls when I walked in in the morning. What is she doing to him!?

Kaj herding the puppies.

What do you think of this Uncle Jeff? from Marja Wiinanen on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving

So when you leave your camera laying around you end up with about twenty pictures of the above on it!

Kaj just loves to play the piano

We had Thanksgiving at the Devil Track Resort where the Aunts were staying. It was a really good time.

Kaj and Brandi had plenty of room to run around. The funny thing is that Brandi had us all in one of the closets doing shadow puppets.

Our fashanista

So I think Kaj is trying to start a new trend with the shirt.
I don't know why he does it but he seems to like to walk around with one arm out.

And he is experimenting with yogurt as hair gel. It seems to work pretty good.

Happy Belated Birthday Cousin Bailey! I can't wait to see you again.

Poor Anssi gets no attention anymore.

This is how we hauled the firewood after it was cut to the pile by the boiler. As you can see(but not very well)Kaj and Brandi are both helping. That pile of wood is now gone by the way.

Misc. pictures

Kaj and Auntie hanging out in their matching Carhart's and red shirts.

We got a lot done this weekend. We got the greenhouse all enclosed amoung other projects. It was nice to have Auntie here to help sheriff the little one and hang out. We already miss her and she hasn't been gone 24 hours yet.
Kaj and Auntie had a big weekend.

See lots or wrestling. I am pretty sure that Kaj won!

Brandi painting her wizard hat for the school Halloween party.

The torture has already begun. Kaj is being dressed in Sissy's clothes and being lead around.

Kaj chasing Dad with the chainsaw.

Brandi operating the mini-excavator.

Kaj thought the pancakes were a little thich and they needed some juice added to them to thin them out.

Stirring the pancakes.

Kaj was a banker for Halloween. You can't see it very well but he has a dollar bill sticking out of his pocket.

First Date

Kaj had his first date on Saturday with Sienna. She is older then him by two weeks. It was a short passionate relationship.
They went for a walk. Sienna wanted to talk with Kaj, but he just passed out right away.

But then they made up.

And made out. They got busted kissing in her bedroom too but her Mom didn't have the camera.

Then they both felt that the relationship was fencing them in. They felt like caged animals.

And they wanted out.

So they decided to just be friends.