Making the most out of the Hawkeye’s Rose Bowl performance with grandma at the Blatt (a really nice waiter brought over Des his own balloon)
Playing with his new ball tower from Grace and Clara before bedtime
Making the most out of the Hawkeye’s Rose Bowl performance with grandma at the Blatt (a really nice waiter brought over Des his own balloon)
Playing with his new ball tower from Grace and Clara before bedtime
This year we met up with many friends at Durham Museum’s Noon Year’s Eve.
Des and dad were interviewed on KETV (see at 0:53 below), though poking the boom mic was only interesting part
Snacks across Omaha
Des exploring one of the Union Pacific heritage trains
Ringing in the new year and exchanging gifts with Grace, Jason, and Clara (kept the same red balloon all day)
Pointing is the new “in” thing, with Eric and Gini
Early morning nap with mom
Christmas celebration #5 at ma & pa’s house
Des test-walking the new “Chomp & Clack Alligator” push toy
Back at the ol’ homestead, mom demonstrates his new tractor
Des enchanted with the true magic of Christmas morning- blinking lights
Upon receiving his own set of kid-friendly keys, he immediately took them over to the door lock where’s he’s seen keys in action before
Thoroughly enjoying the pots & pans set from aunt Kellie and uncle Mike
Cooking Christmas breakfast for everyone
Playing with Liam at great-grandma Kathy’s house
Back to the kitchen, where all the fun is at
Grandma Anne video chatting with Kellie and Cal as Des toils away in the kitchen
All clean and ready for bed after a wonderful day with family
Earlier this week, meteorologists were saying it was a 90% chance of not having a White Christmas. It appears that prediction was off 5-7″.
Des’ first time playing in the snow:
Snow angels
A universal human experience: eating snow
Christmas Eve dinner at great-grandma Jan’s
DJ’ing the Fisher Price record player with mom
Santa’s visit
Des checking out the jukebox at the diner, which apparently was more interesting than pancakes
While only intermittently walking by himself, he’s getting quite good at walking with someone.
Des was getting pretty shaggy, so we went to see aunt Megan
Back home Des impressed dad with his new door-opening skills
Time for a quick drum solo before heading to ma & pa’s
Apparently even daycare has holiday parties. Really it was just normal afternoon snacks and ornament crafts, only with parents. It’s a nice time though to see Des in his daily environment and interacting with classmates.
You don’t have to tell him twice to jump into the paints.
In retrospect, we are super impressed with just how clean he comes everyday.