Christmas Break in Wisconsin

We spent part of our Christmas break in Oshkosh with Joe's side of the family. Here we are taking a horse drawn carriage ride through Menominee Park to see their fabulous Christmas lights.

Here are Sawyer and Peter (Sawyer's uncle) in the lower bunk of Peter's bunk beds. They hung blankets over the sides to make it a "tunnel", as Sawyer called it. He also loved to jump in it!

Sawyer and Joe, opening the last door on the advent calendar Christmas Eve day.

Snowmobiling Fun!

Joe went snowmobiling for the very first time yesterday. Here is my dad teaching Joe how it works, and then Joe flying through the fields outside my parents house. Next, Carrie and Joe went together. After much persuasion, Joe finally convinced Carrie to take Sawyer out on a slooooooow ride as well.

During the big snowstorm last week, Joe took Sawyer out for his first "snowventure". Sawyer was bundled up for the first time this season. They trekked through the snow on the playground and neighboring forest. Joe says Sawyer was really tough, even when he would trip over things in the forest he would get himself back up saying "ok, ok, ok..." (I'm ok). Here they are heading out, and when they came back in with red cheeks.

Sorry it's been so long since I've done any posts. Our internet hasn't been working, but now we're at my parents' house for Christmas break and have some time. Here are a few pics of the gorgeous tree in the main building at Notre Dame.

Sawyer's Oreo

This is what he did with just one half of an oreo... maybe he should've gone in his high chair?

Baby Sawyer Video

I found these old clips of baby Sawyer & wanted to share them. Enjoy! I didn't have an exact date on this one, but it came from the disc labeled "6-9 months old".

Mini Home Photo Shoot

Just took a few pics of Sawyer myself for fun! He didn't last very long, though, so only got a few good ones.

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Kids Museum Visit

I'm in charge of our church's winter play group, so for our first date we went to the HealthWorks children's museum. It was "free admission" day, and we had a great turnout. Here's Sawyer playing "dentist", reaching for the falling planet Earth on the virtual reality wall, and a video of playing "grocery shopping".

Halloween Day

On Halloween Day, the three of us went over to campus for a little Fall Family Festival. They had dinner, candy, an inflated bounce room, a haunted house, and some other little activities. Here's Sawyer in the bounce room, then some pictures we took of eachother on the beautiful walk across campus to head back home.

Halloween!

We had a church Halloween party on Tuesday the 30th. Here is Sawyer playing a 'fishing' game, and checking out the prize he won (a sparkling plastic orange and diamond costume ring- maybe they should've asked if the player was a boy or girl first). There was also a Trunk-or-treat out in the parking lot, where Sawyer had his first trick-or-treating experience. He had his "chickacheet" down by the end of the night! He refused to put his bear costume on a second time. If you even tried bringing it up to him, he gave a worried: "No... no... no... no..." while shaking his head! So, of course, we didn't force him!

Pumpkin Carving

We tried to be good parents and have Sawyer experience carving a pumpkin. Well, not the carving, but the scooping out of the goo at least. Turns out he didn't care for it! Here are a few pics, and then enjoy the video of his disgusted face and coughing at the smell!

Halloween Party!

Tonight was the University Village's Halloween party (our apartment complex). Here we are in our costumes of momma and baby bear with Park Ranger Joe. We have another Halloween party coming up as well as trick-or-treating, so check back for more pics!

The Sand Dunes

Indiana's State Park on Lake Michigan is made up of sand dunes! We decided to go check it out this afternoon. It was extraordinarily WINDY and mighty COLD, with the "sand storm" blowing in our faces, but it sure was cool! Sorry the video is sideways again- Check back later for an additional video of Sawyer and Joe playing near the lake (the site isn't working right now).

Kindt Grandparent Visit!

Joe's parents came down for the weekend! Here are some pictures from game day (Saturday, October 13) while checking out campus. We stopped to watch the bagpipe band, and to take some pictures in front of the library (the famous "touchdown Jesus" mural).

Grandpa, Grandma & Uncle Peter

Me (Carrie), Joe & Sawyer

Sawyer, Peter, & Joe watching the bagpipe band on campus before the game.

Grandma, Peter & Sawyer watching the bagpipe band.

Playground Video

This video has several clips of Sawyer at the playground with some friends. Our friends next door have a video camera and were doing some filming. They were nice enough to edit out the clips with Sawyer in them for us to have (our neighbors are awesome). Enjoy! This clip is from 9-27-07.

Kids Museum with Grandma & Peter

Grandma, Grandpa, and Peter Kindt are here for a visit! Friday, while Grandpa was at his conference, the rest of us (being Joe, Carrie, Sawyer, Grandma & Peter) went to the Hammes Bookstore (on ND campus), then to the Healthworks Kids Museum in South Bend. It was our first trip there, and it was very cool!

Sawyer and Peter hanging out on some large intestines!

Peter and Sawyer on the "Skin climbing wall".

Sawyer, Carrie, & Peter.

The Virtual Reality Wall- Peter and Grandma Kindt are playing air hockey by 'hitting' the puck with their hands! Way cool!

The Virtual Reality Wall- Sawyer and another little boy 'hitting around' the balls with their hands and shadows! Really amazing!

Fire Safety Day

Today was fire safety day at University Village! Firemen put on a small presentation on fire safety, then let all of the kids go play by the firetruck! Sawyer got a fire chief hat, as well as a badge (which he loves)!