Saturday, January 26, 2008

January at the VanOsdols


Bathtime!


Alexander loves his baby food and is quickly getting the routine down. Elizabeth loves her art easel that Grandma and Grandpa Maloney bought her. On this day we painted with metallic and glitter paints using sponges. Unfortunately, after five minutes or so, Elizabeth was bored... Also, here's a picture of Elizabeth before Andrew took her out to play in the snow. The temp was in the single digits yet she insisted on being outside for over an hour!







We were thrilled to have Sarah visit us for a few days! She was a huge help with the kids and they both adore her. We relaxed around Vermillion one day and shopped in Sioux Falls another. Thanks Sarah!





Check out her flexibility!

Enjoy the pictures of Alexanders hair ... its disappearing fast! I have a feeling he'll spend most of the next year bald like his sister was.






On this day, to keep Alexander entertained for a few moments, I asked Elizabeth to dance for him. She stood there for almost five minutes "shaking her bon-bon!" It was adorable and Alexander loved it!
















Here's Elizabeth sitting on her potty however, much to her mothers dismay, not actually doing anything...! Elizabeth is one of the most stubborn children I've met and I'm not surprised that this personality trait is influencing her potty training.







Grandma Look!


Yes Grandma, we're using the sewing machine - yeah! Thanks Grandma! I realize this picture is of Mike but I've played with it a few times...

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Burlington with the Van Osdols!




































Instead of meeting up in Montana, the Van Osdol family decided to travel east to Iowa to visit Grandpa Van Osdol and the rest of our family. After very long drives, we all met up at Grandma Horn's house. (Memory I'll never forget: Grandma Horn slept in the bathroom, yep bathroom, on a mattress so that we could all have a room!) The kids were wonderful and the tight living quarters just made for more family time! We visited Grandpa at the hospital in shifts and spent time with the Horn family. The Horn's rescheduled their family get-together so we could join in the celebration. (There were too many little ones to count!) Our last day in Iowa, Grandpa got to head home for the day where we all ate wonderful food and shared great conversation. The Anderson's crashed at our place New Years Eve and before you know it, the vacation had ended. Definitely a Christmas for the memory book! Wow, there's a ton of photos, enjoy!

"Happy Jesus!"

















Sarah and Lee hosted Christmas in their new house and (after a minor turkey scare... uhhh... the lack of one) we all had a great time! Her house was decorated beautifully, the food tasted great, and the company was wonderful.

My favorite story from this Christmas, after everyone had settled in with their Christmas dinner and all was quiet, Elizabeth very loudly exclaimed, "Mom, Happy Jesus!" Priceless.