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All of the sudden, JT learned to climb. We’ve been practicing on the step stool in the kitchen so he can “help” at the counter, but this one took me by surprise. Fortunately, my little Flip has a tripod so I could be a hands-free spotter. It’s a six foot ladder!

I found this little radio in a drawer I hardly ever open, and JT absolutely loves it. He knows how to turn it on and adjust the volume with the knob. And now, at any moment, dance music comes blasting out of his room. It’s pretty funny!

While JT doesn’t yet say, “Roll Tide!” he certainly knows when “pah-pah” is on television. Here JT is helping us celebrate Alabama’s SEC Championship. JT made me some lunch in the play area at Kid to Kid while I shopped for JT’s new winter boots. He loved pushing the buttons on the microwave and puttingContinue reading “Latest Adventures”

I can’t seem to get Blogger to upload more than one per posting (I have four), so we’ll just go for one at a time. Yuck. JT learned how to squirt bottles with nozzles. I got wet. Enough said. (He started with Febreeze… but I quickly switched him to water.)

Our trip to the park this morning included a trip to Starbucks, where I got an eggnog latte (tall, decaf, nonfat) and JT got a whole milk steamer. Yummmmmm. We had a great time playing and swinging, stomping in the woods, rolling in the wagon, and watching the ducks. I got some great pictures too.Continue reading “December in the Park”

Some of you will think I’m insane (and some of you already do), because I do all of my Christmas preparations the day after Thanksgiving. I buy all of the presents, set up the tree, decorate the house, wrap the presents, and mail my Christmas cards. One year I even managed to fit in makingContinue reading “O Christmas Tree”

We had Thanksgiving this year at the Coles’ house. All of the Washington Keenes were there, too! Here we are getting ready to eat. We tried to get a good Thanksgiving picture of JT in his handsome outfit (a birthday gift from the Joneses that finally fits!) but he was too wiggly. The only goodContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”

Hooray for wonderful husbands. Jim booked a Date Night Package at the Bellevue Hyatt for us Friday night, and it was fabulous. We highly recommend it! Drinks, dinner, dancing, movies, and breakfast in bed – it doesn’t get much better. We even got upgraded to an executive suite… we could see Seattle and the SpaceContinue reading “Date Night”

Since getting his molars, JT has become a whole new type of eater. (And it’s marvelous!) He can chew meat and larger size bites, so we don’t have to grind up some things anymore. He also has decided that he needs a fork. He had started just staring at things like pork chops (see video)Continue reading “Forks”

We are lucky enough to keep our boat on a lift on Lake Meridian. The only downside to keeping your boat on a lift is when the lift battery dies… and your boat is stuck. So between that, work trips, rainy weather, and injuries, we haven’t skiied in awhile. Fortunately, all it took to getContinue reading “Some Saturday Skiing”