Walter Playing

Today we got together with our extended family as a belated Christmas and birthday celebration. Aunt Mimi used Grandpa & Grandma L's camera to get a video of Walter playing with his great-uncles and Boppa after dinner. He was having lots of fun with the spinning ring.

Thanks to Boppa and Nate, we were able to post it here. We thought those of you in Seoul and our family who haven't met Walter might enjoy seeing him in action and hearing him laugh...and if you listen carefully, you might learn something new about mercury.

Smoothies

We had fun making smoothies a few days ago. Henry and Walter enjoyed measuring (and sampling) ingredients and pushing the blender buttons - although the noise did make them both jump. The best part was enjoying their treat.

Little Helper

I love my little boys...and they love to vacuum. We have to divide up the vacuuming equally so that they both get a shot. There are days when I think I need a shop vac for my kitchen, but that's a whole different story! So I pulled out the vacuum a few days ago and Walter insisted on doing the whole kitchen floor on his own.

Here he is trying to retract the cord. Whatever he sees once, he tries...


I think this is how mommy pushes the button...


That didn't work. Guess I just need a little more weight. Try again...


Hmmm...let's re-evaluate the situation.


Never give up!

The Pantry Trick

As you can see, our little guy took a page right out of his big brother's book (click Here and Here to see what I'm talking about and then scroll down a little...)! He figured out that if he takes the step stool from the bathroom sink to the kitchen, he can open the pantry doors, move the step over and presto - lots of goodies are suddenly within reach! Unfortunately, he didn't realize that Mom was onto his scheme and moved all the goodies up a few drawers...

Little Chairs

Henry and Walter each have a special chair they like to sit in. They used to both fight over Henry's blue chair, but Walter got a chair for Christmas so now they each have a place to sit.


We just thought this was kind of cute - of course, Henry is in Walter's and Walter is in Henry's chair. This lasted about 1 minute because Walter doesn't have time for watching T.V.!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

We finally celebrated our Christmas with the four of us on New Year's Day.


Family Pic in front of the tree...most of the ornaments survived this Christmas.


Our little dinner. It was pretty quiet until Henry wondered what would happen if he put a paper napkin in the candle flame - thankfully, Nate and I have developed fairly quick reflexes over the last 2 years.


Henry with his fun gift.


Walter loved his Thomas the Train books so much we couldn't get him to open his other present!


Singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus and blowing out the candles (notice there aren't any napkins nearby!). Henry thought Jesus would really like ice cream dessert so that's what we had for a cake.

Christmas Part II

On the 30th we celebrated with Nate's parents, grandma, and his brothers and their families. The boys love being with their cousins so they enjoyed every minute. We had some crazy rain all day long and then wicked wind all night with a little snow, so we were thankful for a warm house.


The cousins and Great-Grandma Josie


Henry and Walter with Grandma Josie - both of the boys love playing with her flowered-cane!


Getting a hug from Uncle Jon.


Nate getting to work on putting some toys together.


The present opening begins!


With the cousins