Happy Birthday! Sam is Two!

What a party! Sam loved his construction themed party, complete with "birthday tree" to match. He had loads of fun with his family and received lots of cool things to play with.


Sam mesmerized by his new train set (Geo-Trax).


He especially loved the cake (in case you missed the red frosting on his lips in the picture).


"Oh my God!" Sam's words as he opened the giant fire truck.

Smile! Sam proudly showing off his Elmo slippers in front of the construction tree.

Snow Day!

Sam, Becky and Beamer enjoyed the first snow day of the season. No snow day for daddy.

Visit with Santa

We went to the Winter Wonderland event at the Family Resource Center in Plymouth. Sam got to meet Santa. He walked right up to Santa and sat on his lap. Although he would not make eye contact, he did tell the big guy what he wanted for Christmas. He was also brave enough to join the children's musician with the big kids. But his very favorite thing of the night was the model train. He was supposed to stay behind the red line. He tried REALLY hard.

Our little artist

Here are some projects that Sam has done while at daycare.

Fall

My delinquency know no bounds. Now that the kitchen is finished...Here are some more pictures of the little guy having fun this Fall. Click the pictures for a larger view.

Kitchen Remodel - Day 17

Day 17 is actually today...we did have the painters come in this morning to finish touching up a few little areas, but that just means that we are totally done with people coming into our house and working on our kitchen!

The following photos are of the final project. I'll be building a video that will include some before and after shots as well just so everyone can get an idea of where it came from and where it is today. As always, for a bigger photo, click on the image to enlarge it.

Kitchen Remodel - Day 9

OK, I'm delinquent on posting updated photos...but since their has been a significant change since day one (obviously!) I'm posting the day 8 photos that I took yesterday. When we left for work this morning the workers assured me that they would be finished with the cabinets today. That means they will measure for the countertops on day 10 and begin installation of them on Day 11 (next Monday).

Kitchen Remodel – Day 3

OK, so not much has happened since the demo work was done on Monday. Here we are on day three and it feels like we're taking baby steps. I've included the photos of the aftermath of the demo on Monday.

Baby steps. I'm a patient man, but I'm hoping the ball starts rolling soon.

Share in our pain below.

Our lovely oven vent

Our spacious pantry

The breakfast nook

Our vintage collection of 1920's plaster

...and the pile that was once our kitchen.

Our Kitchen!!!!

Holy smokes! our kitchen project has begun today. I wanted to post a quick note saying that I'll be uploading some pictures tonight of the destruction that is occurring in our kitchen this morning(ok, they're really just removing the cabinets and counter tops). I thought about putting "before" pics up, but I'm guessing most people reading this have seen it already.

Let the stress begin!

Bay Beach - Green Bay

Today we went to Bay Beach in Green Bay. Sam had more fun than he could handle. (I'm getting more timely in my uploads to the blog...enjoy!)

4th of July

The party was excellent. Everyone had a great time. Until the fireworks...then Sam got a little spooked and wanted to go inside.

Milwaukee Zoo

Sam had a really good time at the zoo and he even rode on a camel!




After a long day without a nap...he crashed, with his "big alligator", on the drive home.

Camping! Part 2

Camping! Part 1

Welcome to Sam's first camping trip. We didn't stray too far from home, we stayed the weekend at Kohler-Andre State Park. Good times were had by all. So many good pictures, I had to split them in two to fit them all here.