The Anderson Brood: December 2009

First Snowstorm of the Year

This weekend we received almost 20 inches of snow. It was our first big snowfall of the year.

It took Scott almost three hours to plow all of the snow out of our driveway. What a trooper!

Aaron, Helena and I decided to make cookies while Scott was out removing snow. They were both such big helpers!

Family Portraits

Our yearly family photos taken for the holidays

Aaron and Helena were invited to their first birthday party hosted by a friend. Up until now, their birthday party experiences have only involved family members. A school friend had his third birthday party at a local gymnastics arena and all of the kids had a chance to try out most of the equipment. It was as much fun for the adults to watch as it was for the kids to run around and play!

Aaron tries the rope swing

Helena crawls through the foam blocks

Aaron and Helena wait patiently to jump into the foam blocks, a unanimous favorite among all of the kids.

Aaron and Helena crawl through the blocks together. It was interesting to see that they wanted to complete all of the centers together.

Helena crawls through a tube

Thanksgiving 2009

This Thanksgiving, we had everyone over to our house for dinner. Aaron and Helena loved playing with their cousins and Scott and I felt like we saw very little of them because they were so busy entertaining Lexi, Maya, Casey and Callaway. It is amazing how much Thanksgiving has changed over the last few years. We loved watching all of the kids have fun together this year!