Technical Difficulties

I am running into technical difficulties with uploading new photos. Very frustrating! So I will post what I can.

Here is a picture of Calvin from his art class. He made an orange from Playdoh.

I will post more when I can figure out how to fix what is going on.

Welcome Winter and Christmas

The day after Thanksgiving, our town had a Christmas parade. The temperature had dropped from the 60s to the 30s over night so we had to bundle up. 

 We had some beverages to warm us up.

 The parade began with fire trucks, old and new.

 There was so much for Calvin to look at, the camera was the last thing he wanted to look at.

 There were dancing Chinese dragons.

And the Dancing Grannies (that is their actual name). 

And a Christmas train.

 Calvin scrambled to pick up candy with the other kids.

 He was quite excited and was yelling, "Halloween!" and "Candy!".

 But he was disappointed when he couldn't figure out how to eat it.

 Seeing some dogs cheered him up.

 As did letting him have a lollipop.

 Who was Daddy so excited to see?

 Ronald McDonald?

 No! It was Santa Claus!!!!!!!!

 We officially have the Christmas spirit now.

Happy Thanksgiving

Calvin wanted to tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving!

18 Months of Mayheim

I haven't posted Calvin's monthly birthdays in a some time but 1 1/2 is worth noting. 

He wanted to show off his stacking skills. 

Look, closely.

 Yes, he is stacking flat blocks on a rounded block.

 It actually is quite impressive.

Happy 18 month birthday, my big boy!

Another Visit with Jolene

We got to see baby Jolene again when her parents brought her to Lake Geneva for the weekend. 

Such a cutie!

Calvin wanted to hold her hand again!

 Hello!

 Grandma got to ogle over a new baby.

 Grandma had a butterfly chair just Calvin's size.

 The chair made Calvin make silly faces.

 And then act silly.

 Jolene says "Get me away from this crazy kid."

 Calvin was fascinated by her carseat.

 

 Jolene is looking at him and thinking "I'm trapped and he's right there!"

 He was trying to be a helper.

 It made Jolene a little nervous

 But still very cute.

Give Me a Rake!

Calvin discovered this fall that he loves to rake leaves. 

Grandma Sarah gave him a little hand rake to use. 

 The big sticks were pretty fun, too.

 Sometimes making a mess is more fun!

 He wanted to trade with Grandma.

"I'm helping!"

Yard work is so much fun!

Pumpkin Festival

The week before Halloween, we headed over to the Whitefish Bay annual Pumpkin Fest.

 We had to pose him on the big pumpkins like we did last year.

It was a little bit easier this year given that we don't have to hold him up anymore.

 We jammed him into the same pumpkin sweatshirt from last year.

 I think we will have to get a new shirt next year.

 Calvin's attention was grabbed by the little band playing music.

 We had a little bit of swaying going on.

 But he had to check it out closer.

 And closer.

 Then he broke out his dance moves; arms swinging,

 hips swinging,

 moving towards the other dancers.

Always good family fun at the Pumpkin Festival!