Alphabet

The whole family has gotten involved in teaching Jayden the alphabet...he loves his letters.  If we walk by anything with letters, he likes to stop and spell it.  This morning I got him on video and I wanted to share but I can't get it to download so I will post to facebook. 

We are in our final days here in Appleton.  Today is our storage day, tomorrow I will be getting our stuffed packed for the plane and then Wed/Thurs the house is packed and we are gone at 6 am on Friday.

We found a home in Ewa Beach and we are really excited to be near many young families and playground/park areas.  

More to come....our Hawaii Adventure is about to begin!

Thanks!

Jayden is ready for Hawaii

My work put together a luau lunch on Monday, which was very nice of them..they decorated one of the conference rooms and brought in many tasty foods, even pineapple pizza.  They also bought Jayden several sand toys and also a gift certificate for us.  I worked with some great people and it was very sweet of them to think of our family as we take on this next adventure.

I unpacked everything last night and Jayden, on his own, decided he would play with some of the decorations...I think he will like Hawaii...

Aloha...enjoy the hot weather.  Forecast on Oahu...85 degrees.

Dear God...

Jayden has a little tractor in his room with a prayer on it and lately he has wanted us to read it before he goes to bed.  I asked him two nights ago if he wanted to pray and taught him to fold his hands.  Joe took a picture while we were praying tonight...it just makes my heart smile.

Hope you are enjoying your night!

Mom's Day 2012 Video

My sister sent me the video...here it is. The sound you hear at the beginning of the video Jayden, then the peacocks join in.

Enjoy!

Mom's Day 2012

I know this post is a little late, very much like all of them but I wanted to share some pictures of our very fun Mother's Day. 

We (Joe, me, Grandma & Grandpa Geniesse, Grandma & Grandpa Teska, Aunt Sarah & Uncle Casey, Aunt Debbi, Aunt Becky & Uncle Tim, Jayden) went to the Milwaukee Zoo.  We were all very excited to spend Mother's Day together and see Jayden's reaction to all of the animals.  I think at the end his favorite animal was the bear and my favorite moment was the merry-go-round.  Jayden smiled and giggled the entire time and was very sad to get off the ride.

Jayden with Uncle Casey, he was able to see a lot at that height!

Jayden's Favorite Black Bear, he was on the move.

Jayden & Grandpa Teska walking to the elephants.

My favorite moment....the merry-go-round

Our Big Boy wanting to walk.....

The most humorous moment of the day was when we saw the peacocks..and then they started talking to each other.  Jayden joined in with a very high pitched squeaking sound.  It was hilarious, he looked very serious as if he was part of their conversation.  I thought I had a video but I can't find it sadly.  I do have a picture though of one our peacock friends.

I am a very blessed mom and had a great day to celebrate.

Easter 2012

I know that Easter was 2 weekends ago, so I am a little slow with my updates.
We had a great Easter Morning. The Easter Bunny stopped by and dropped off a basket for Jayden.

Jayden loves books and bubbles and he got a lot more from the Easter Bunny.  After a quick breakfast, we were on the road to Dodgeville to visit Grandma DeMuth and family.  It was great to see everyone.  Jayden had a blast running around the kitchen over & over again.  He was sleeping by the time we got to the highway for our drive home.

Last weekend we were bounce house crazy....On Saturday Jayden & I met up with Jo (my friend and old boss)  and her son Cameron (2 months older than Jayden) at Wild Air.  The boys bounced for an hour and had so much fun.  I think Jo & I got our work out having to take the boys up the big slide over & over & over again. On Sunday, Joe & I took Jayden to Monkey Joe's which has bounce areas as well.  I was a big fan of this place, especially with the 3 & under section....so...we may be going back there today, unless we decide to go to the park.

Sadly, last Thursday we had to say goodbye to my step Grandpa Geniesse. The funeral was a celebration of a long and fulfilled life. The priest spoke some great words about Grandpa Geniesse and the choices we make in life. He will be missed.

Dells Vacation 2012

Last weekend we met Joe's cousin (Matt), his wife (Chris) and their twins Reagan & Quinn in the Dells for a fun family weekend.  We started the weekend in the waterpark.  It was the perfect size for the kids, it wasn't too deep in any area for them.  It took a little warming up to the idea of the slides for Reagan & Quinn but once they started, all three didn't want to leave.  Jayden's favorite part was the big blue slides...we have learned that Jayden has no fear.  Thanks to his daddy for going on the slide over & over & over again.  We  have learned that Jayden just loves water (or wau wau as he calls it). Below are some pictures of the fun....even a video on the slide.

Yes...Jayden has a tattoo on his arm...

Below is a video of all of the boys playing in the big pool area.

We also traveled to a place called Knuckleheads on Sunday.  They had a bounce maze, slides, and several rides for that all three kids could enjoy. Jayden loved the Flying Tiger ride.  I thought he was going to be scared...Mommy was wrong...I think we went on the ride about 7 times.  Jayden laughed and giggled the whole time.  He loved it.  Then when we went on other, not so fast rides, Jayden gave us a look like..."really, this is not fun." 

Below is the look I thought he would have the whole ride.  This is before is started. Like I said before, I was wrong.

We were able to get all of the kids on a bus ride together.  As you can see, this is Jayden's not so fun face.

 The crazy bus driver!

Next was a big climbing areas with a slide all three loved.  Joe got to go on this over & over as well. 

Below is a picture of Jayden at one of our dinners.  He had his moose hat on and this is the first time he tried chocolate milk, which of course he loved.

Our last morning was spent at Paul Bunyan's restaurant.

We had such a fun weekend and was so great to spend time with the DeMuth family.  Hopefully we can make this at least an annual adventure.