Baby Elephant

Portland's Zoo had a baby Elephant. Aunt Juli took Von to see him.

Mickey Mouse Club

Von loves Mickey. He has been carrying a little Mickey Mouse with him in the car the last couple of days and searches for the Mickey's on the Christmas Trees.

All Von's

Von picked out a Christmas Train music box at Grandma's that he just needed for himself. He was so excited to bring it home he had to show Daddy and Aunt Juli when they got home. It sits up on the book shelves above his Christmas Stocking.

Dance, Dance Revolution

Von is a dancer now. He jumps around hip hoping to the beat whenever any music is on. Even for the commercials on TV. At Thanksgiving the little girl cousins were singing a song to Grandma Angel. Von heard the music come on and was up running around them, laughing and singing too. He had to join in on the show.

I'm A Big Boy Now

Von is starting to think about using his potty. He will sign potty if he has gone in his diaper and the other day we asked if he needed to go to the bathroom so he ran over to his potty and sat on it for awhile. He didn't go but he was so proud of himself he came over to us clapping afterward. 

Freedom

Von loves to be free or shall we say naked. He has learned how to get his own clothes and diaper off so he can run around naked. 

Grandpa's Helper

Von helps Grandpa out around the house often. Sunday Von and Grandpa used the blower to get rid of all the leaves that had fallen. At first Von was not quite sure he like the loud noise but then he jumped in and helped. Von also helped Grandpa lay the new wood floor.

Tattle Tail

Von tells on himself when he doesn't something he knows he's not to do. At my mom's the other day Von too a ornament off the tree that he know he is not to touch. He brought it to my mom shaking his head. Then showed her where it belonged. 

Christmas Train

Von found a Christmas train at Lowe's yesterday that, as my grandma says, "He couldn't live without." It circles under the tree. Steve and Von put it up last night. Von will just sit there and watch it go around and around.

Christmas Decorations

Von has been such a good helper decorating for Christmas. He loves all the decorations. He says, "Ho, Ho, Ho," when she sees Santa. Von would open the Christmas ornaments and hand the to me to put on the tree. He would get so excited to open a new box of ornaments and see what they were. Von also has his own Christmas Tree to play with, with lots of his own ornaments. 

The Swap

Last night Aunt Juli was eating some chocolate while Von was playing with his kitchen set making food for us. Von came over to Juli and gave her a fake cracker then took her chocolate for himself.

First Theater Experience

Steve took Von to the movies for some father-son time. They were the only ones in the theater which made it nice for Von. When he needed to get up and take a run he could. 

Dog Pile!

Steve and Von tackling the dog down. Von finds it so funny when Steve plays with Kilian.

Wrapped Up Tight

Von's favorite part of bath time is when he gets wrapped up tight with his towel after being in the tub.

Whistle While We Work

Von helping me clean the carpets. 

Laundry

Von loves to help with the laundry. We gather all the clothes upstairs and throw them down the stairs. Then as we walk down the stairs we kick them to the bottom. It's then a race to pile them up by the washer. Sometimes, Von gets so excited to throw the laundry downstairs he throws clean clothes too. So you have to put them away quickly.

Just Chill

Von loves to lay like this, especially when he is watching TV.

Hats Off

Von and Daddy with their hats!

Pumpkins

Von and Steve pick out the pumpkin that will become Frankenstein. Look how strong Von is.

Just The Two Of Them

Steve took Von and the dog to the park on Tuesday and everytime Von would go down the slide Kilian (the dog) would follow and slide down too. How funny is that. 

Run, Run As Fast As You Can...

You can't catch Von he's the fastest Man! (And yes, he makes this face whenever he is running as fast as he can.)

First Kiss

The other day at the playground a little girl came up to Von and gave him a kiss on his check. He looked at me with the biggest grin on his face. The little girl started following him around to the point Von was getting annoyed. He finally looked her in the face and said, "Go away".