December 2010

The weekend after Thanksgiving Natalie and I went to see the Nutcracker at the Smith Opera House in Geneva. This was Natalie's third time seeing the Nutcracker, it was also the third year that my niece Kyiah has performed in the ballet.

Cozy Days Preschool had a nativity play on December 10th, Natalie was an angel in the play and enjoyed singing the Christmas songs that she had learned in school.

This year Natalie and Ryland really acquired a taste for hot chocolate, now they ask for it every day!

December has been a great month for Ryland, he has made unbelievable progress in swimming! He is totally in love with his teacher Ms. Heidi and asks about her every day! We decided to sign him up for another session in January because he loves to swim so much. Ryland has been recommended to move up another level, from the Pike class to the Eels. However, mommy thought that it was in his best interest to keep him with the Pikes (and Ms. Heidi) for one more session because of his age. Ryland has learned to do sitting dives, swim on his back, swim under water and jump off of the diving block. We are very proud of our boy!

Christmas is coming...

Move out of the way Halloween, forget Thanksgiving...Christmas is coming!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Halloween 2010

On the Friday before Halloween Natalie wore her costume to school for a parade and a party, the excitement in this little girl was overflowing! Trying to explain to a 2-year old that he couldn't wear his costume "yet" was attempting the impossible. So needless to say, Ryland went to Ms. Millie's as the only one dressed up for Halloween...he so didn't care!

A fifties girl and a race car driver, my babies rocked out these costumes like nobody's buisness!

Natalie and Victoria

Mommy and Natalie after the Cozy Days Preschool parade

All ready to trick or treat with the cousins

Five out of seven Dunham cousins, missing Allison and Emily

A picture with daddy and mommy at the end of the night

Happy Halloween!

Fall 2010

Fall is a short season but it has so much to offer. On a warm, sunny fall day the possiblities are endless!


With a very hot September the pumpkins were ready early this year. By the time we got around to getting ours all of the good ones were long gone. We still managed to have a great time walking through the field of rotten pumpkins.

This pumpkin wasn't to bad, not good enough to take home though.

We managed to find some nice pumpkins at a road stand on the way back home, perfect for painting!

Putting the kids to work early.

After very little work, there was lots of FUN to follow!

Happy fall from our family to yours...

Ryland's 1st day at Millie's

Ryland was very excited to go back to Ms. Millie's this fall. It was a rainy day for that first day back but it sure didn't matter to him.

With his back pack in tow, Ryland marched down the hall to his classroom

There were lots of kisses from Ms. MIllie

And after a long summer, Ryland finally got to see Jackson, one of his favorite friends. A little bit bigger this year but still Mama's baby boy!

Natalie's 1st day at Cozy Days Preschool

This past Friday was Natalie's 1st day at Cozy Days Preschool and she loved it! This year she is in the 3-year old program with Mrs. McFadden. The amount of love and enthusiasm that the teachers at Cozy Days have for the kids is literally overwhelming! It took one day to convince me that this was the best decision we could have ever made, I couldn't imagine a better place for her to be! This will be a very exciting year for Natalie.

First getting to school, Natalie and Ryland sat on the bench holding hands

Natalie standing by her wall hook, her name is on the the green flower

The "three musketeers", Lilly, Natalie and Victoria

Lilly

Endless smiles...

We look forward to the year ahead and all of the great things it will bring!