Birthday Boy

Our little man turned 2 this past week. It's hard to believe the things that he is doing and saying. He is literally a "little man."




Thanks to Grandma Glupker (aka the "little grandma") for throwing him a nice party on his birthday, complete with balloons, hot dogs/mac-n-cheese, and grapes & strawberries -- all of Holden's favorites!




We were also blessed in that Addie had one of her best days in several months.

Our Dancing Queens

Fall around our house is a great time for so many reasons, but the most important of these is the return of "Dancing with the Stars." Addie fell in love with the dancing, great costumes and judging last year and thrives on it still now. The unfortunate part is that Holden has gotten the fever as well. As you will see Holden has latched on to the whole pageantry of the event as much as the dancing

As you can see I still need to work on my footwork. Think of it as a work in progress. Oh well... there's always next year.

Holden's Bible Verse

Holden has started "Big Boy" Sunday school and now gets to do great activities and learn Bible verses. His favorite so far has been Psalm 95:3 "The Lord is a great God." I think part of that was the awesome craft that he got with it. He loved waving the signs all over and telling us all the things that God made as part of his creation.

He really wanted to thank one of his teachers, Aunt Chris, for all the hard work she did to make the craft. (I'm pretty sure the only thing Holden did was put the stickers on the side of the cup)

Cousins

Addie has gradually been improving over the past few weeks. Earlier this week, Grandma Ruiter (aka "The Big Grandma") was coming through town with the kids' cousins, Aiden & Elena. Elena is one of Addie's favorite playmates in the whole world, as she is older & does a great job entertaining her. Anyhow, they stopped by for a short visit and this just made Addie's whole week!

"Great" Aunts!!

We are truly blessed to have such wonderful, supportive family & friends. This past week, we (I) were (was) particularly blessed by the kids' aunts, Aunt Kim & Aunt Sherri. Last week, Aunt Sherri came & played with the kids & stayed with Holden while I went to a doctor's appointment (see picture). This week, Aunt Kim (I forgot to take a picture) came and played with the kids while I cleaned and prepared the nursery for the new baby. She brought my favorite soup as well!

Thanks Aunt Kim & Aunt Sherri! We love you!

Business is Good

Holden has been using the computer a lot lately, but I guess we never realized how serious he had gotten.