Beans, beans, beans...

I'm posting this for the folks that read the blog at work (G-ma Sue :)), because by the time I post about Zoe's b-day it will be the weekend. I have lots of pictures to post, but not a whole lot of content. The weather here is still muy mild. 60's & no snow (obviously). So we've spent some time outdoors here and there.

A couple weeks back we went to a store - Outdoor World. It's for the most part an enormous outdoors/sport department store by the Bass Pro Shop people. It's decorated crazy...with a motif like a hunting lodge if the Disney imagineers designed it. The kids got a real kick out of all the mounted animals. Coincidentally Santa was there and the kids got a picture taken (I will scan it in one of these days). Dexter really didn't want any part of the man, but I was able to crouch down, hide, and hold him up for the camera. I asked Zoe what she asked Santa for and she said "I ordered for Dexter and told him to surprise me."

We made it to one of our favorite parks recently. Way off in the distance we saw this "dog" - it was the size of a wolf and we really weren't too sure what it was because there wasn't anyone around it. For some reason we decided to go for a closer look. I mentioned to Kellan it may eat us and he responded "That's OK at least we'll all die together." Ah, how sweet. It turned out to be a huge wood cut-out of a wolf. Hmmm, we have no clue why it's there.

Dexter loves books. Typically he reads in his room or the family room, but this night he decided to get away from it all, enjoy the lights and curl up on Duke's couch with a good book. It took a few days before he stopped noticing the ornaments on the two trees. It was a long two days for Jim chasing him from one tree to the next. I think we only lost one ornament and that was due to the seven year old.

Dexter still loves the beans. If anyone had any question what type was messier, black beans or chili beans?...you can take a gander at the below pictures and make your own decision. Luckily he still loves his bath and now his next favorite thing to do is brush his "teef".

So lots of excitement about turning 5 around here; on that note...another post soon..