Music and Outdoors

Paul always has music playing when he's home, but lately Rudy has been wanting to listen to his ipod with headphones (the music on it is pretty much the same as what is playing on Paul's ipod). He looks like such a big kid like this!

This spring Rudy has become quite the tree-climber. The trees in our backyard are not the easiest or sturdiest) to climb but Rudy manages to get high up in them.

Every June our church has a mass at the outside chapel. Rudy took the opportunity to explore a little while mass was going on. (I should not have picked out a green shirt for him to wear - it made it harder to track him!).

After the outside mass, we had a picnic including a bounce house...

...and a fundraiser - throw cream pies at the priest. Here the deacon took the first shot. You can see the kids all lined up!

Mo. Mantelle bent down so Rudy could reach her.

Yep, she is a good sport.

Happy New Year

We spent a quiet New Year's Eve with friends - 4 adults, 2 little boys and one baby. The boys actually made it until 11:00pm. They might have made itnuntil midnight but none of really wanted to chance that. So at 11 we had a mini celebration - the boys were completely unimpressed, except for the noisemakers they were given.

Tommy and Rudy enjoying dipping (anything and everything) into choclate.



Party animals.

An encore performance before heading home.

Rudy was home and asleep by about 11:40pm. Of course, this morning he was wide awake by 7:10am. He is still very tired so I am sure it is going to be a lazy day.

Happy 2010!

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve day was spent running around getting ready for guests. We went to church and then came home and finalized everything for dinner.

The first guest of the night, Sean, was lucky enough to get to entertain Rudy for a while. Typical artists - they didn't want their pictures taken.

Music was the theme of the night. Rudy recruited everyone he could to sing and play with him at some point.

Uncle Tom even brought his own guitar for the festivities.

It was a late night. Rudy went to bed around 10:30 and was up by 7am.
Discovering what was left under the tree and in the stockings.

The bets gift of the day - a 'scooper trash truck'. He spent the most time playing with it.

Pretending to rest.

Santa left a great gift - a Batman costume.

Batman playing with the trash truck.

Even Lou got a gift - a new toy. 5 minutes after these pictures were taken, Lou chewed the toy enough to pull the stuffing out, so the toy went into the trash.

Such a patient dog.

My dad came over around 9am and we had a big breakfast and then exchanged a few gifts with him.

Playing with Legos. He copied all the pictures off the box- a house, plane and car.

Batman trying hard not to be photographed.

As busy as Christmas Eve was, Christmas day has been much more laid back. Paul, Dad and I played a card game and Rudy jumped from toy to toy playing with all of them for a while. We are starting a new tradition tonight with my dad of going out for Chinese food for dinner. That should be a great end to a great day.