Getting a Christmas Tree

The Krosschell Family tradition is to cut down a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. This year was so much fun because Caleb could actually run around help up pick out a tree. I guess I should not say "run" because he was tripping almost every step he took, whether it was a stump, his boots, or vines growing everywhere he would fall flat on his face but get right back up and go after it again. The whole family made it to cut a tree down. Good times, great traditions.
AHH......We found the perfect tree. It was almost Griswold style once we got it in our house :)

Caleb with Uncle Scott and Aunt Heidi

Caleb with "Popop" and Gramma

Caleb and Cousin James

Caleb with Uncle Brian and Aunt Tara

Caleb with Uncle Marc and Aunt JenBringing home the Tree!!!

Playing with Friends

Caleb had his friend Laney Borchert over and they found a lot of fun ways to use their heads.....

Halloween

Caleb was a Spider for Halloween. He really enjoyed trick or treating once he got the hang of it. I had to bribe him with that sucker so he would wear the costume. Grandma and Grandpa Krosschell came over to help hand out candy.
Look at that sugar buzz!
Caleb and his buddy Owen chillin' on the couch.

Orchard

This past Saturday we took the Krosschell annual trip to the Orchard. Brian, Tara, and James drove up from Chicago to go with us this year. Although the weather was not the greatest we still had a good time. Caleb LOVED picking the apples off the tree. He also chose a great pumpkin that ended up falling out of the car when we got home and rolled all the way down the street. Just a little bruised.

Summer in a Nut Shell

This summer has come and gone so quickly! I haven't updated in a while, so here are the highlights since I last posted.

Caleb loves the park

He learned how to go down the slide backwards (the safe way)

We learned the backwards thing after he went head over heals going down this way :(

Caleb met his new cousin, James Hunter (Brian and Tara's little guy)

Uncle Scott and Aunt Heidi got married. Caleb didn't quite make it down the isle. He lost it right before hand.

Caleb with Uncle Scott.Jeff and I went to Mexico in August with a group of friends (NO KIDS)We went with Jon and Cricket, and Rob and RachelWe ripped apart our house
Kitchen Before!Kitchen After!Caleb even got involved in helping Daddy
We played with Cousins outsideAnd....had a great time!We had a very busy summer, so busy we got all tired out while eating lunch!

Meeting a new Friend

Recently my friend Sarah (a.k.a. Beamer) stopped by with her little girl Aliyah. As you can tell from the pictures there were good times and not so good times.

Aliyah and Caleb meeting for the first time. Wow Caleb, that's not nice.
Playing niceNot so nice
Oh.........Alyiah going in for the big one. Priceless.

Camping

We went Camping with our Small Group from Church at Hungry Horse in Dorr last weekend and had a blast. Caleb did really well with sleeping (oh yeah after I drove home because I forgot his blanket and all his pacifiers). He loves being outside, and wandering around aimlessly. Good thing we were at a site away from everyone and there was NO traffic.
Between the six couples that went camping there were 9 kids under the age of 4, so we were a busy group.

Caleb was obsessed with this car. He would sit in it for hours. As you can tell he is not happy that he has to share it with Tyson.

Running to the pool!!
We set up a kiddy pool at our site, and the kids had a ball. By the end there was more than just water in the pool........yuck!

Keeping them caged in didn't last too long.

Memorial Day and Family

Over the weekend we got to visit with my brother, Joey, and his fiance, Sarah. They live in Seattle, WA and they were home for a long weekend. My whole family was up in GR, so we got a chance to catch up with everyone. It was so much fun.

Caleb making a mess on his future Aunt Sarah's lap. That was his 3rd piece of the day.
Caleb was a little unsure of his Uncle Joey's beard. He cried every time Joey got near him, but as you can tell he warmed up a little.
Here's Caleb with his Aunt Sara, and other Aunt Sarah (not sure how he'll get those right)
Finally, after all that watermelon Caleb had what you call a little "sugar high"