Christmas Adventure

I think that every parent would say that Christmas is an adventure, but this year seemed to be more so. Both girls enjoyed the LEGO Advent Calendar as well as turning on the Christmas tree lights before Christmas as well as visiting the State Museum (and riding a train), the Lights at the Zoo, and the Children’s Museum.




The girls received many wonderful toys and books and are enjoying all of them. AJT04 is proving to have a very steady hand with an Air Juggler set and Jenga game; unfortunately, AJT07 is not that steady yet. However, AJT07 proved that she has not forgotten any of the animal sounds, particularly the monkey sound with a Tumblin’ Monkeys game. The girls are doing their best Bob the Builder imitations by building with the many different LEGO sets they received. Needless to say, they had a wonderful Christmas with family, food, and lots and lots of fun. (Now if only Santa could bring Mommy extra storage for all of the toys…)

5 Years – How Time Flies

Well, AJT04 is now officially five years old and proud of it! Mommy and Daddy (as well as others) are still having a hard time believing that five years have passed, but every minute has been an adventure and would not be traded.

AJT04 is reading and reading some more and is starting to think like an engineer – just the other day she asked why the bridge in “Bob the Builder Built to be Wild” was not made of steel so that it would not fall down. She is also sounding more like a paleontologist reciting different dinosaur names and explaining their respective characteristics. Right now, she is displaying an interest in so many different areas from language to math to science to dancing to history that sometimes we have a hard time keeping up. However, we are enjoying every minute and are looking forward to the next surprise with her.

November 2009

Well the month of November has flown by; thankfully, the Christmas shopping is done, so I do not need to fight the ever-increasing crowds. We had a whirlwind Thanksgiving with Thanksgiving Day spent at Daddy’s parents and then the weekend after Thanksgiving at Mommy’s parents (again AJT07 became involved in very competitive games of Connect 4).

Prior to that, we did go to the Indiana State Museum, where we saw some Native American performances and found all 92 county symbols/art pieces. The girls loved hunting for the art pieces since it was almost like a gigantic seek and find as some symbols were on the building, in the sidewalk, under a bridge, or in a garden.



Even though we celebrated a little early, AJT04 celebrated her 5th Birthday with Mommy’s family over the Thanksgiving week-end. Needless to say, she was thrilled with her cake, which she helped decorate and the doughnuts, which she helped her Grandma make.



While we were staying at Mommy’s parents, we visited some extended family in Woodsfield, Ohio. Probably the biggest thrill for AJT07 (besides seeing many family members and playing with the younger set) was seeing the animals – particularly the pigs and piglets. Upon seeing the piglets, AJT07 promptly started saying “Hi Piggies” to the piglets; needless to say she was enthralled with the piglets and had to return to see them again and again. She also said “hi” to the boar, the donkey, several cattle, and the horses. AJT04 was a bit more reserved; she likes animals to a certain extent but not quite as much as AJT07. Fortunately, AJT07 did not make it into the pen with the piglets, but if we allowed her to climb up in the pen, I’m sure she would have done so.





Once again, time is flying by and the girls are growing up before our very eyes….it is going quickly but we are enjoying it.