Thomas

So Peyton has developed a foundness for Thomas the Train. He got a new train set from Santa for Christmas. It is amazing how one little round track and a couple of trains can keep a boy busy for hours. He litterly hasn't played with anything else. Thomas even has to sit on his tray when he eats.

Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Mobraten

We spent Chirstmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa Mobraten. Peyton was very well taken care of. He is sporting his new Red Tricycle. With a little help from Amara he can go anywhere.

Peyton and Amara played so hard before opening gifts they had to take a break to wet the whistle.
Peyton had so much fun running around Cindy's house . Here is a shot of him. It is a little blurry because he was running. You can see from the side how excited he was.

Santa visted on Christmas Eve. This is about as close as he would get to the big guy.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

Peyton recieved a beautiful shirt from Grandma DelRae for Christmas. It is quite funny to see him running around the house with the shirt on.

I took off his pants so that you could get the full effect.

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Swanson's

We spent that last weekend celebrating Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Swanson and uncles Jordan and Davis. Peyton had so much fun. He was constantly trying to be chased by his uncles.

Peyton lined up all of the cars in his toy basket without any help. I had to take a picture because I was very impressed.

Peyton got a new truck and many other toys. He was a pretty lucky kid. Grandma kept letting him open up a gift every couple of hours. He has her wrapped around his finger:)

Weight lifting

Uncle Davis used Peyton as part of his weight lifting workout this weekend. Peyton thought it was a great.

Snowman

Peyton and I went outside yesterday and played in the snow. We built our first snowman of the year. It is not to good looking because the snow wasn't quite sticky enough yet. But we had a good time

A boy after his mom's heart

Peyton recently discovered his love of Lefse. He is a boy after my heart. A true Norwegian.

Christmas Train

On Sunday night the Christmas Train came through Rochester. It was a very cold night but we decided that it was worth it. Peyton is a HUGE train fan. He had so much fun. There was a ton of people there and the train was beautiful.
















Peyton and Jeremy looking for the train.

Santa was even on the train. They stopped and did a whole concert on the tracks. We had so much fun. Peyton loved dancing to the music.

Here is a video of the train coming in. I am sorry that it is pretty dark . You can hear Peyton waiting for the train.

Cookies Day 1

On Thursday we spent the day baking cookies with Grandma DelRae. Peyton enjoyed himself and did a lot of taste testing.





















Here is a picture of the final product(s)...

Cookies Day 2

This weekend we got together with the Exner family to make cookies with all of the little kids. Peyton had a great time.

He decided it was more fun to eat the dough and frosting then make or decorate cookies.

After cookie making we went to visit Grandpa. Peyton found a dancing and singing snowman. As you can see Peyton and Amara even got Grandpa to dance with them:)

Walking and riding...

We spent some time over the holiday at Grandma DelRae's and Grandpa Bill's house. We took advantage of the georgeous day on Saturday and went for a walk in the country. Peyton got to ride in his new wagon (it was supposed to be for Christmas but we broke down and used it on Saturday).

Peyton walking with Bill along the road.

We even got to pet some horses on our walk!

Great- Grandma and Peyton.

Turkey Day

After eating his fill of Turkey, potatoes, stuffing and pie Peyton headed outside at Grandpa Mike and Grandma Jeannie's house. Amara loved pushing Peyton on the horse swing out in the woods.

Waterpark

We met the Asleson's in Owatonna for a night of fun at the waterpark. The kids (and adults) had a wonderful time.

Peyton and his dad, and Brynn and her dad BEFORE going down the waterslide.

Peyton and his dad AFTER going down the big waterslide.

(if you look closely you can see two sets of feet in the air) At one point I wasn't sure if they were going to make it out of the water after the big splash.

Jen with Brynn and Peyton

Time for bed?

Peyton and Brynn

Here it is, the 2nd annual Peyton and Brynn Christmas picture. I also added last year's picture. I am pretty sure they will have blonde kids someday:)

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

I am really excited for Christmas this year. I think it is because Peyton is going to have so much fun. He is at and age where he loves to be around others and loves to open gifts (as we found out at his cousin's birthday party yesterday).

So we decorated the house for Christmas this afternoon. Now, this is the EARLIEST we have ever done this but since we are going to be out of town most of the week next week we thought what the heck. We put on some Christmas music to set the mood and we got started.

Peyton enjoyed his first sucker ever! Only, they make me a little nervous so I made him sit down while he ate it. He didn't seem to mind because he was entertained by Jeremy and I getting the tree up and putting up lights.

Peyton even put some bulbs on the tree. He didn't quite understand that we leave them on there. So, he kept taking them off.

He finally had to be removed from the tree so that he wouldn't destroy it.

Playing with Grandpa

We took at quick trip to Red Wing on Saturday night to test out our new truck. Peyton loved playing with Amara and Grandpa.

He thought it was so funny when Amara pulled Grandpa's hood off his face.

Day with Brynn

The Asleson's came down to visit on Friday night and Saturday. It was so nice to have them around. Jen and I took Brynn and Peyton (P as Brynn calls him) to get their Second Annual Christmas Picture taken. The pictures were a bit tough with two toodlers but we really enjoyed having them around.












Sadly to say this is the only picture that I got of the both of them. They had a very fun time coloring.

Swimming Lessons

Peton started his second year of swimming lessons this week. He LOVES the water.

Visitor

Last Sunday Peyton got to spend some time with his uncle Davis or Dais (as Peyton says). He was a big show off for his guest. He ran around like a crazy man and also showed him his mad horse riding skills.

Little Stinker

Peyton had a wonderful Halloween. He walked around all of the houses on the park. We were very impressed with how well he did, and how long he stayed out. He did say "treat" to a couple of houses and he took the candy and put it in his bucket. He really had no idea what the point of the whole thing was. Since he has never had a taste of chocolate he was not a bit interested in the candy, but his dad was.

What is that sneaking around the neighborhood?

Neighborhood kids

We got a quick snapshot of the group of kids from our block. They were all so good with Peyton. They wanted to make sure he was included in everything:)

Peyton and his good friend Callie from next door. They have such fun together. It was hard to get them to sit for a picture.