Culinary Experiences

Making Nate's Sandwiches for the week...

Making Caramel popcorn....

Potty Training... WHAT???

Trip to Michigan

I didn't take too many photos while in Michigan this year so these are what we captured on our cell phone. Here is Nate's grandma with Sammy. We went over for a visit to his grandparents house and Sammy loved it.

This is a house in Nate's grandparents basement. The kids loved to play in it.

Nate, his dad, and Uncle Marv went to hang out one day. They love Uncle Marv!

Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Vol. 29)

Can you see what is happening in this photo??

Our little dude...

We love that Sammy is our only boy and he is 100% full boy. It is so interesting to see him do things that the girls would never do. For starters, he loves to hang out with other dudes. He is really drawn to older guys as you can see below. We went to a chili place for dinner one night and while we were waiting, he hopped up on the bar stool with some other guys to watch the cook make the food.

. Happy bday to Gpa V!

Here he is with another one of his favorite dudes, Uncle Marvin. This is Nate's brother. We saw them over Christmas break in Michigan.

Sammy loves to go to naptime with Nate reading his truck books.

He also has a love for cherry tomatoes, olives and celery!

We went to a Tebow party and there were a ton of college dudes there eating a lot of hot dogs and mac-n-cheese. Sammy loved just sitting by them and hanging out. We get a kick out of it seeing his personality develop so differently than the girls.

Post Office Museum

My favorite Smithsonian Museum is the United States Post Office Museum. So we went on a trip there during Christmas break also. The museum is never crowded and is not too big so it is manageable in a few hours. The kids really enjoyed it also and learned a little about zip codes and mail fraud!

Here is the kids in the mail wagon. They learned that mailing the packages meant for a crowded wagon ride across the US because they would continue to add more and more packages.

Here they are practicing the zip code sorting system....

This is a large video room that they enjoyed rolling all over.

This is all sorts of mailboxes through the years...

Baxter the Library Dog

Another adventure we did during Christmas break was that we took the kids to see Baxter the library dog. Apparently kids are more apt to read to dogs than adults so our library puts on this program with a trained dog to encourage kids to read aloud. It did the trick with my kids. Baxter even put his head on Grace's lap. They really enjoyed it! Ellen brushed the dog and Sam fed the dog treats (Cheerios).