poke it with a stick. image gallery: August 2018

brink christmas

chilling out, pestering papa, as you do.

getting a bite to eat. jill had a couple extra kids that she was watching for the day, so we even had some more kids for ledger to play with!

passing out the prizes.

though it can sometimes devolve into chaos at these things, its always a fun sort of chaos!

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still lovin the bb-8! we got him a super soft 'cloud pillow' and a bb-8 hat. our boy was pretty pleased!

another robot! this kid can't get enough of them!

he got a cool drawing pad that you push the button and it erases. of course he figured he'd draw his new robot!

as is his way, ledger wanted to take all his new robots and make a cool picture of them all together! that's our lil artist!

christmas morn prizes! 1

digging in to one of his prizes- this one is a magic kit so we can learn some cool tricks!

playing around with a new fun craft!

taking a breather from all the prizes...

just what he wanted! a fun programmable caterpillar robot!

checkin out his new caterpiller!

he got a cool robot building set where he can make robots out of foam bits and pieces, and check out what he made!

christmas morn rolls

a bit sleepy, but super excited about the yummy breakfast!

santa's visit

a tree full of gifts for one spoiled little boy!

santa's gift for ledge. he knows that santa just gives him one special gift but all the rest are from his loving mama and daddy.

how thoughtful of santa to leave a special note!

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showing off his new batman pajamas!

making snow angels in the park by the library!

as we get closer to our disney trip, david has been sending ledger different postcards and disney stuff in the mail. one of the things he got was a chart that shows how tall you have to be to ride the different attractions. we put it up and checked out what ledge is able to do. he was relieved because he is tall enough to go on the haunted mansion- that's the one he's most excited for!

christmas at the lake

the table's set and ledge is ready!

filling our plates with the great spread david had gotten for us.

yeah, about 3 of those gifts are for someone other than ledger...

our happy lil christmas elf was ready to hand out the gifts!

now that's a happy, spoiled boy!

checking out what he got, making sure grandpa allen could help him out with the some of the tough words.

after we got home he poured out all his gifts on the floor and checked them all out again!

auntie b's ornaments

since he was 'baking', ledger wanted to play the part and asked if he could wear an apron. of course you can!

showing auntie how well he can read!

should we decorate ornaments? yolo...

so focused he had to stick his tongue out to really get it done right!

looking good, james!

a fine mess we've made!

wow- they look great! this is certainly a family of artists!

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for some reason ledger loves to play on the counter top. mama doesn't usually let him, so it was a special treat to be up there- mama even joined him for a picture!

filling his fun workbook on the counter.

drawing at the table- his favorite activity!

soon after the first tooth fell out the second one followed!

getting a little snuggin' time in with papa!

spending time with daddy, even if he's asleep...

ledge doesn't discriminate- he'll hang out on the couch with a sleeping daddy or mama!

getting some time in with his beloved cousin!

for some reason ledger really wanted to climb on top of the car when i picked him up from school. strange, but ok. just don't tell mama...

not ready to go home after school right away, we will often head downtown allegan and just wander around for a while (granted, this usually involves a visit to the candy store, so ledger is always up for it!)