getting ready for Christmas

This photo was taken over Thankgiving weekend as we started to get ready for Christmas and pulled out all the decorations. Brendan is also wearing one of his favorite outfits - he loves anything red especially sweatsuits. He wants to wear this outfit everyday but I have to tell him that it needs to go in the laundry. I also bought his some more red clothes so he can "the red guy" more often (red power ranger).

Construction worker

When Brendan grows up he wants to be a construction worker. Everyday on the way to school we drive through a construction zone and he asks if he can be a construction worker. He loves all the trucks and really wants to use the jackhammer. He also loves to help Rob around the house with projects. Recently Rob bought Brendan some more tools and a tool belt.

Thanksgiving at preschool

Brendan's class cooked a Thanksgiving meal (the kids prepared all the side dishes, the teachers cooked the turkeys at home) and they had a huge celebration. They also made placemats and headpieces (his hat has feathers on the back).

For Thanksgiving this year we celebrated Thanksgiving brunch wiht Rob's cousin Audra. Brendan has a blast playing with his cousins especially "big Brendan" (Audra's stepson). Brendan spent the rest of the afternoon with Grandma Brown and we went to see a movie. We cooked our own Thankgiving meal on Friday because we needed our fix of stuffing!

wax lips

more Halloween photos

pumpkin decorating

Brendan painted his pumpkin (I gave him fingerpaints but he wanted a paintbrush...guess they don't do fingerpainting at montessori) and Rob carved his.

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

The week before Halloween we made a trip to the local pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins.

Happy Halloween

more photos to come soon...

September update

Brendan moved up to the primary class at school so now he's with the big kids and he loves it. He's the youngest in the class which ranges up to age 6 as it is a preschool and kindergarten class. He's glad to be back in class with his friend Hayden and other friends from the toddler class. He's already learning new things from the older boys and the feedback we've gotten from his teachers are that "he talks alot".

(more later)

Trip to Ocean City, NJ

This summer Brendan and I traveled to Ocean City New Jersey to Grandma and Grandpa Vollmer and Aunt Allison. Aunt Jessica had to stay in New Orleans for classes so she couldn't join us. Brendan was so good on the plane as we had a 3 hour flight delay which including boarding the plane 3 times before taking off. View Master, Wikki sticks and Buzz Light Year DVD kept him entertained.

This year the weather was better and Brendan loved the sand.

(pictures to be posted later)