Santa Claus Came to Town!

And he scared the crap out of Evan! Maybe 2010 will be our year with Santa.

Great Aunt Lyn

Great Aunt Lyn visited us a couple weeks ago. She read Evan every book in the basket!Evan in his new Washington DC shirt. Thanks, Aunt Lyn!

MN: Part 2....abridged version

Test shots before the Peterson family Christmas card.
Uncle Andrew going Emo with a flat iron.
Reading with Googly.

MN: Part 1

On Friday, we went to the MN Zoo.Evan LOVED the fish.
"Um, this wolf isn't moving very fast."
"Ok, that's more like it."
Up close with a thirsty puma.
Dolphins.
Checking out more fish with a fuzzy Uncle Andrew.
Snuggling with his new cheetah & moose figurines, courtesy of Andrew & Sara.
Chillaxing in the car.
Bubbles at Great Grandma Frank's house.
Andrew is a Bubble Olympic hopeful.
Pop N Pals with Great Grandma Frank.
Hanging in the fort with Uncle Googly Eyes.
A crowded fort!
Bundled up to go outside.

Some This, Some That

Sitting at the bar, doing his puzzle.Hanging with Aunt Chia, watching the Vikes stomp the Packers (barely). Skol Vikes!
The moooooon.
Grrrrr, Veggie Straws!
Yee Haw. Again.
Cooling out, stacking blocks.
Cooling out, waiting to take Pearly for a walk.

Halloween: Where's The Fire?

Getting hydrated for the big day.In partial costume at Aiden's; playing with the glowing spiders from Aiden's grandma.
All firemen drive to work in Corvettes....right?
Daddy and Chief Peterson going to check on the local fire station, making sure those guys are staying in line.
Aiden & Evan checking the rig.
Daddy keeping Evan from leaping off the truck.
The whole crew: l - r
The Bergmanns: John, Anna, Aiden and soon-to-be Dylan
The Buhays: Dave, Tanja & Morgan
The Petersons
The Kearns(es): Natalie, Jett & Jimmy
I think Daddy needs a bigger hat.

Runaway fire car.
"Hold on to your hat, Aiden! We got to get that cat out of the tree stat!"
(I hope Aiden's uncle David didn't spill any of his beer)
Checking out their loot from the first house.
Uncle David was safety patrol but mainly he made sure the beer didn't fall off the back.
Trick or treat!
Spooky!
The kids were like celebrities at this house. All the big kids were oohing and aahing over the costumes & the truck. Evan and Jett were like deer in the headlights.
"Hey Jettster, did you see that chick with the candy corn on her head?"
Morgan posing for the Fireman's calendar.
"Let's get this show on the road....we got lives to save!"
Aiden bringing up the tail end of the fireman's caravan.
Such a fun night! The boys did great in their costumes and Evan LOVED "driving" the fire engine. Time to start thinking about next year....

Halloween Preview

I know everyone is dying to see pictures from Evan's fire mission last night. We have friends over so I won't get them all up until later. This should tide you over!