Christmas Fun in Florida!

Last week we were in Florida celebrating an early Christmas with Gigi, Big Al and Ro-Ro. We also went to Alabama for the Cox family Christmas. The entire family gathered for a fun day on the farm. We had so much fun...playing in the hay, campfire with smores, hayrides, shooting, yummy food, playing or shall I say chasing the cows, and of course catching up with our wonderful family. It was such a great day, Holden is still talking about it! Then we had lots of fun in Pensacola with Gigi, Big Al and Ro-Ro. Trolley rides, airplanes, Christmas lights, lots of playing, shopping...It was a great week!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Wow, we've jumped full force into the Christmas season! We've been to a Christmas parade and went to see Santa at Bass Pro Shops last night. It was lots of fun and Holden loved seeing Santa. He wasn't afraid at all...he sat on his lap and said "hi Santa, I want presents for Christmas!" So cute!! Then we had cookies and milk and made a cute snowman ornament. What a fun night!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Ingram's!

Fun visit from Gigi, Big Al and Ro-Ro!!

We had a great visit from Gigi, Big Al and Ro-Ro. Holden enjoyed every second of his time with them. We did many fall activities and visited the OKC Zoo. They even brought one of Holden's favorite animals...Patches!! He was lots of fun and such a good dog.

Holden having Fun!!

Holden is a busy boy these days...he loves to try anything and everything! Below are a few pics of us finger painting and playing with play dough. The elephant hat is from story time at our library. Every week they read several thematic books and have a craft for the children that relate to the theme. It's lots of fun and Holden looks forward to it every week. He also loves checking out library books. He calls them his "story time" books...we read them over and over and over and over...... When our weekly trip to the library arrives, I'm very excited to get new books!! =)

Holden going to School

Holden loves going to school...it's actually Mother's Day Out, but we call it school. He is in a wonderful program at our church and he loves all the teachers and his friends that attend. He moved to a new class for the fall session and has two wonderful teachers who love him. He really likes them too! Holden has a new backpack/lunchbox and is very proud of them, he wants to carry them himself when we go to school...what a big boy!! Last weekend Holden, his daddy, cousins and uncle JJ went fishing and had a campfire cookout...plus 4-wheeler riding and lots of playing in the dirt...he was a mess when he came home, so I know they had lots of fun!!

Z is for ZOO!!

Holden LOVES the zoo! I have been taking him since he was a baby and he asks to go about every day. The OKC Zoo is wonderful. They just opened a "children's zoo" within the facility and it's so fun. Children can pet animals, play in a stream, in other water sprinklers, run on rope bridges, feed birds, etc... They also have so many other wonderful things to do and see.
This week Holden started taking more of an interest in the potty. He has gone #1 several times and #2 once, he always initiates getting on by himself. Sometimes I ask him if he wants to potty and he says no, so we're not pushing it, but we are excited he is taking another step in that direction.
School started in Guthrie this week, so he has been hanging with his cousin Kellen. Kellen is a little lost with his 2 older brothers gone all day. This Tuesday we have meet the teacher for the fall session of Mother's Day Out. Holden has two new teachers, they are really sweet and already know Holden from having adjoining rooms with his class last year. Thursday is his first day back, he will be excited to see his friends! Have a great week!

Summer fun in Florida!!

We had a great time going to visit Holdens' Gigi, Big Al and RoRo in Pensacola, FL. last week! We had tons of fun...Holden LOVED the airport and the airplane ride. He was such a big boy and traveled so well, we were very proud parents and think we might have a pilot on our hands! Holden enjoyed every second at Gigi and Big Al's home. He loved riding his Red Rider trike, playing with Patches, their dog, playing with all the toys and reading books. We also went to an aquarium and saw tons of sea life and a dolphin show. We played in the water at a water park and went to the beach. It was a great trip!!

4th of July Fun!

We hope you had a wonderful 4th of July! Ours was a little rainy, but that didn't stop the fun. We went to a water park last week and Holden really enjoyed it. Noony had a 4th of July family cookout at her retirement center on Friday night. We went to a party yesterday and it was lots of fun too. Other children Holden's age were there, so he had fun playing with them. Today Holden and I started mommy and me swimming lessons. It was so funny, the weather is still a little rainy, but it had let up so we went ahead and went to the class. The water was freezing and it started raining again once we got in the water. It was quite an experience...we came home and warmed up! Have a great week!