Gobble! Gobble! Turkey Time!

This Thanksgiving, the Kappy family celebrated in Reno (minus Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen, who we missed greatly).  We were excited to check out Uncle Matt and Aunt Linda's new home, hang out with Grandma Annie, and see the snow!

"I'm bundled up and ready for the snow!"

At first, Moses was a little unsteady and needed help to walk through the snow.

After a couple more steps, Moses was ready to run.

"Look at me go!"

Once we were all sufficiently cold enough, we headed into the house.  Moses was ready to play with the dogs, Andy and The Dude.

Moses was slowly learning how to be gentle, but he learned a new, not-so-gentle move.  He wanted to pet The Dude's eyes.  So it was a time-out for Moses. 

"I'm really, really SORRY!  Can I get out of time-out now?!

After time-out, it was time to watch some football with Uncle Matt.

During the commercials, it was a great time to get some kisses from Grandma Annie.

The day after Thanksgiving, we headed to Lake Tahoe for some sledding.

"WHERE'S MY SLED?!?!?!"

We didn't have a sled, so we had to make do.

"WHEE!!"

After an afternoon of sledding, it was time to play with the dogs again.  This time, The Dude ran for the hills, so Moses played with Andy. 

"See we're buddies!"

Happy Thanksgiving to all!  Nothing gets you more thankful than a cheesy family portrait.

 

Happy Birthday Maryn!

The weekend before Thanksgiving, our good friend, Maryn, turned the BIG 3!  What does any 3 year-old want?  A party at Chuck E. Cheese, so that's where we headed.

It wouldn't be a party without juice!  This was Moses's first time having juice and needless to say, he gulped it down.

Well he gulped down what didn't end up on his shirt.

After the juice, Moses was ready to get on some rides.  First stop was the carousel. 

Then it was onto driving Chuck E. Cheese.

He tried chauffeuring around Barney.

But Moses didn't like the big purple dinosaur!

So he decided that off-roading would be better.

It ended with a motorcycle chase by Officer Moses.

Happy Birthday Maryn!  It was another fun night at Chuck E. Cheese!

Big Boy Shenanigans!

Our little man just turned 15 months and here are some of his big boy shenanigans.

"HA!HA!  Can you see me?"

"Check out my new ride!  I'm getting ready for sledding in Tahoe."

"Do I look like a scientist?"

"I'm SUPERMAN!"

YUM...YUM...YUM!!!

Thanks to Moses's buddy, Ryden, we have found the greatest popsicles, the Mighty Minis.  We let Moses enjoy one the other night and boy did he enjoy it!

"SUGAR!!!!!"

"I can do this myself!"

"Thank you, Mommy!"

Now it was Daddy's turn to share in the fun.

"Can I have some, Moses?"

"No, Daddy, it's mine!"

"Oh, okay.  I'll share."

"Hey, Daddy!  That bite was way too BIG!"

"Thank you!"

 

Creepy Crawly Festival

This past weekend, we headed out to the Wild Animal Park.  The Creepy Crawly Festival was going on, so we all got to BUG OUT!

Our first stop was the gift store to see if there was anything that Moses needed to have.  While we were shopping, we found this scary lion! 

After our encounter with the lion, we headed to the petting zoo.

"Here I come deer!"

"I promise I'll be GENTLE!"

"See....GENTLE!"

"HEY!  Don't go!  I thought I was GENTLE!"

Since Moses enjoyed petting the deer so much, we decided to move onto something else he could pet but not run away from him.

"Really?!  This is what you want me to pet?"

"It's a HUGE cockroach!"

"Okay, I'll try petting this enormous cockroach."

"NO THANKS!!  I change my mind."

Since the cockroach was too much, we tried something smaller...ladybugs.  Moses got to set one free.  The ladybug is the small black dot on Moses's hand. 

After all the shopping, petting and setting animals free, Moses was ready for a snack.

"Mum Mums weren't enough!  I need some more!"

"Yummy yum!  This is DELICIOUS!"

"What is it that I'm eating you ask?"

"MEALWORMS and GRASSHOPPERS, of course.  It's a BUG Festival!"

Thanks Wild Animal Park!  It was a BUGGY good time!