Betty Crocker, June Cleaver, potty chairs and couch potatoes

Been a couple weeks, been super busy up here lately. Jason is back into the winter long hours at work, so the home schedule has been modified. All are making do, and still finding time to snap a few pictures here and there. Hope you enjoy. Looking forward to spring and seeing you all.

Carly's new pet... the hand mixer.

Carly has been very interested in the idea of "potty" lately. We decided it was time to invest in that next step in parenthood. And by step, I mean that thing that you have to have in the bathroom so you can trip over it at 2 in the morning.... the potty chair!


Carly was so excited she even helped put it together. We can only hope that this enthusiasm will carry through to actually learning what the whole thing is about.



Seems comfy.



Yep, this will do. (Hopefully in the future it will "doo-do"!



As many of you know (and have experienced in your own areas) it's been butt cold this winter in Minnesota. There was one weekend however that the temps made it into the 20s and we decided to see how Carly would like to see the backyard.



She enjoyed it, only lasted about 5-10 minutes though. Once she took her gloves off we had to head in.



She didn't really mind though, as long as we let her wear her snow pants for a little while.



Gram and Baka came up to visit when Gram had a long weekend from school. Since Carly was such a great help with Christmas cookies, Gram went ahead and picked up a little chef hat and apron for her.



So our little Betty Crocker helped make some lunch for Gram. (yummmm.... soup)



What?!... Isn't this how you dress to clean YOUR house? :)



Carly's friend Ryan won a bunch of John Deere toys and such at a Christmas party. These slippers were too small for him, and he wanted Carly to have them. She loves them!



She even wears them for "jam" sessions.



Please... no paparazzi!!!



No comment. Just look and smile.



So I mentioned that Jason is working longer hours. Carly has dutifully taken up the "couch potato" role and wears it pretty well.



That's all for now. Rocky is doing well, Kim reports some noticeable activity in the form of kicks and punches. Our next checkup isn't for a while yet. More later. See ya!!

Checkup time

Had a 'Rocky' appointment this morning, thought since we got a new picture, I'd scan it and get it up right away. Things appear to be going well and on schedule.



Carly is doing well. I'll try to get another post with some new pics of her up yet this week too. Take care everyone!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was almost here, and there was a shortage of cookies at Gram's house, so Carly chipped in to help make some cutout cookies. She was quite the little helper.



I have to make mention in this picture, in the background on the left edge, you will see Carly's brand new knitted stocking hanging by the fireplace. Kim just finished it in time for Christmas.



Carly wasn't so interested really in the frosting part of the cookies, but when it came time to sprinkle them, she was all over it.



She's very good at sprinkles.



This one will be for Daddy!



And this one will be for me to taste test!



Christmas in Northern Illinois was very white this year!



Carly enjoyed playing in it. Sure is better than the sub zero temp snow we have at home in Minnesota!! Here she is helping to shovel off the sidewalk.



Then we moved down to Central Illinois and enjoyed some Christmas time with the Schahl side of the family.









Back to Dixon for Christmas Day... poor Carly was miserably sick. She put on a good face and tried to enjoy part of the day. Here is a special present from Gram and Baka... it is Kim's tricycle. Baka spent quite a bit of time tracking down parts to fix it up (Nana ran over it when it was Kim's) so Carly could have it for Christmas! (We'll try to not run over it....)



After many hours on the road, the front wheel drive sleigh dutifully brought us home. Carly (and Kim) were finally feeling better and all were happy to be home.



Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!