Reinhardt Christmas....in September

My mom's side of the family has always been really good about getting together every year for Christmas.  However, as the family has grown we have had to move our gathering to a different time of year because December got to hectic. Everyone had a great time catching up, playing games, and of course eating a ton of food!  We love you Grandma and hope we have many more years of celebrating Christmas with you!

Megan, Hannah, Sarah, Amy, K'Lyn, Abby (and baby Conley), and Angie




(Romeo, Isaiah, Hannah) Job (Curt, JoLynn) (Amy, Paul, Sawyer, Selah) (Jim, Deb) (Austin, Sarah, Gavin) (Mark, Angie, Elliott) Marilyn (Linda, Jeff, Megan, Brady) (Aaron, K'Lyn, Addison) (Drew, Abby)



Elliott got an art desk from Great Grandma Marilyn and he loves it!

Elliott and Addison waiting patiently at the hotel...looks like Elliott is eying Addison's money

Soccer....

....ugh!

 

Mark and I vowed that we would never expose our kids to soccer.  There's just something about spending all weekend on soccer fields in sweltering heat or pouring rain that doesn't sound appealing.  The fact that we've never played the sport and don't know the rules may also have something to do with it.

 

Mark took Elliott on a run at a park nearby on Tuesday and they stopped to watch some kids playing soccer.  Elliott LOVED it!  And the weather has been so nice lately that I've taken him back to the soccer fields the last two nights.  Oh, what have we gotten ourselves into!

 

 

 

 

Weekend of Kansas City Fun

Kansas City has an art fair on the Plaza every September so we decided to partake in the craziness which includes masses of people, hundreds of babies and strollers, more dogs than you count, and enough loud music to make your ears ring. 

Styling for the Plaza Art Fair

Dad found Elliott a balloon....you could literally feel the joy in his heart when he got his own balloon!

City of Fountains

First Royals Game

We spent most of our time in the "Kids Zone." 
Elliott looks so old in this picture!!

Getting Elliott to look at the camera is like herding cats...

Father and Son at their first baseball game!

17 Months

I'm going to call this month the sponge month because the amount of stuff Elliott learned in the last 30 days has been amazing.  We continues to surprise us daily with a new skill.  He's so much fun to be around!

 

Elliott's Skills:

He knows how to find and touch his toes, mouth, ears, eyes, nose, and belly button 

He knows baby sign language for more and please

He knows what a monkey and puppy says 

He can give you a high five and blow kisses

 

Favorite Things:

Playing outside

Wrestling Mom and Dad, but mostly Mom

Playing with Cousin Addison

He still loves to play basketball of course

Working in the yard with Dad

 

Schedule:

6:30-7:00 Wakeup

8:30 Breakfast

9:30-10:30 Nap (have to wake him up at 10:30 so he'll take a 2nd nap)

11:30 Lunch

1:30-3ish Nap

5:30 Dinner

7:30 Bedtime

 

 

 

 

Fun Weekend

Abby and K'Lyn came to Kansas City for an extended weekend to do what we do best...shop!  We have such a fun time when we are together.  Somehow I only managed to grab one picture. 

Aunt K'Lyn and Elliott face-timing Cousin Addison

On Sunday we took Elliott to the petting zoo.  This place is the cheapest entertainment for a Sunday afternoon at just $2/person.  Elliott could spend all day playing with the animals.  

Feeding the Goats

Hugging the Goats

Elliott hasn't quite got the concept of fishing yet.  He doesn't have the patience to keep the worm in the water long enough to catch anything.  Somehow we still managed to catch two fish.

Some grub after a long morning of chasing animals

Elliott's New Sandbox

What do you get when mix Aunt Megan's creative mind/Pinterest

and Grandpa Jeff's woodworking skills....

 

A pretty awesome sandbox!

 

The side benches fold down flat to cover the sandbox when it's not in use.  That's a good thing because we have a few neighborhood kitties who would love to have it as a litter box.

 

Elliott will spend as much time in the sandbox as you allow him!  This is music to the ears of a mom who struggles to find ways to keep an almost 17 month old busy and his curiosity filled. 

 

Thanks, Grandpa Jeffy!

 

 

Kansas City Sealife Aquarium

Dad had to work on Saturday so Elliott and I went to the aquarium for the first time.  Elliott's vocabulary consisted of one word the whole afternoon....WOW!