Merry Christmas (a few days early)

With the holidays quickly approaching and life in general speeding up and being busy, I know I won't get around to posting very much the new few weeks. So, I am going to go ahead and wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. We are lucky to have so many people in our life who are wonderful friends and family. If you are reading this blog, you are probably one of the people we count in our blessings. Thank you for always remembering our little family and we wish you nothing but love and happiness during this joyous season and the New Year.

Love ~ Lane, Laura, and Max

Wild Thing

The name Max is a very literary name. It is in all sorts of children's books. We were inspired to use the name because of the book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, a book and author that both Lane and I love. We even decorated Max's room with illustrations from the book and the words "Let the Wild Rumpus Start" which is a direct quote from the book.

I'm starting to think maybe we knew exactly what type of child we were going to have. This is an illustration from the book. If you replace the dog, with a cat then you have a clear picture of what life has been like in the Nelson House lately.

Wild Rumpus, hmmmmm. Maybe that wasn't such a good thing to put on the wall.

Display of Light

Lane decided yesterday that Max should be the one to hang Christmas lights on our bushes. This is what the end result was:

I can't decide if I'm going to fix it or not. Part of me thinks it is hilarious and I love it! But part of me thinks our neighbors will start to wonder about the state of mind of those living in our house. Oh well, who cares what the neighbors think! Right?

I'm just so crafty...

Max has his last Kindermusik class on Saturday. He has loved going. I wanted to make something small for his teacher, so I did a project with Max that I did with my first graders last year. I think it turned out pretty good.

Max's Christmas Poem

Here is Max doing his Christmas poem (well as much as he can). My favorite part is his version of "ho, ho, ho". Sorry it is a weird perspective. He has discovered what the camera does, and he likes to see.

Let it Snow!

Here are a couple of pictures from trimming the tree and one of Max enjoying the snow. I'm not sure he was too impressed with our winter wonderland. He did however keep eating the snowballs Lane made and then saying "yucky".