Just need the goggles

I love my little bomber!

Flour power

So I make Birthday cookies for all the ladies in the Relief Society. And I didn't notice Tripp was doing his own thing on the other side of the table. I figured he had already started the mess, I might as well let him have some fun with it. He also found that it looks good in his hair. I'm pretty sure he's blaming me for the big flour mess in this pic.

And here he looks a bit confused as to why he is so dirty.
When your son throws you flour, I say throw it right back at him :)

Anybody hungry?

Looks like Tripp is cooking tonight The specialty: 2 measuring cups, a teaspoon, and my watch! Mmmm

Upgrade

For the past few months Tripp has been flipping this chair over and using it as a slide. So I decided to get him a real slide to play with.

I got him this beauty for FREE off Craigslist. He hasn't stopped playing with it since I brought it home yesterday. We did find out that PJ's are super slick and last night he went down so fast he bonked his head at the end of the slide. oops.

*sigh*

Everytime we give this little guy a haircut, I don't recognize him. He doesn't look like a baby anymore. Now he looks like a little boy.

Happy Holidays!

We had a lot of fun taking our Christmas pics this year. Jordan took our pics and got Tripp to smile everytime (no surprise there, the kid is pretty goofy;).

Tripp got to see Santa twice this year. This one is at a furniture store. Tripp even touched his beard. I think he was grossed out cuz his hand is still sticking up after touching it -like it was germ infested or something.

We visited this Santa at the High School where they had a free community dinner and all the kids got a present after sitting on Santa's lap. We went with Tripp's friend Gabe.Something we've learned this year is that Tripp is way too smart and can find a way to climb up on to just about everything.
And that he loves egg nog milkshakes as much as we do. Look at the seriousness on his face. He wouldn't even share with us, the little stink!

We went to a Festival of the Nativity a couple of weeks ago with Mike and Tina, and got to see Nativities from all around the world. There were a ton! We got to dress up in nativity clothes and get our pics taken. This was how it turned out:

I hope all of you are enjoying this holiday season. And good luck with 2010!

I love my VT

My visiting teacher came over today and she phrased the typical -"Is there anything you need help with?" question in a way that made me say yes. She asked me to name one thing I would like to get accomplished today. I had brought this large box home from work a couple of weeks ago planning on making it into a playhouse for Tripp. It had been sitting on the guest bed the whole time taking up space (and probably would have stayed there a lot longer if it wasn't for my VT). She told me to pull it out and we went to work. It was a lot more enjoyable making the house with someone. Here is what we came up with:I didn't make the door large enough so he always hits his head on the top of the door frame.

Back window
Side windowother side window

Tripp has been playing with it nonstop. So if you need any gift ideas, get a big box. Inexpensive and lots of fun. Making this house reminds me of a house my mom made for us several years ago when my sisters and I were little. Her's was more blinged out than mine. She painted it to look just like a real house with flower pots under the windows and everything. I enjoy reliving those memories with my son. Thanks mom for the awesome idea!