The Wissinks: October and Hope is 2!

Sunday, November 6, 2016

October and Hope is 2!

More football. A lady must never leave the house without the necessities.

Even when going to football practice.

Our little book-lover!

One of the weekends in early October, Grandma and Grandpa Wissink and Kobe came out for a weekend visit and early birthday celebration for Hope!

Hope was one happy little girl! :)

We also got to go swimming in Grandpa and Grandma's hotel pool, and they were able to come along to church (and saw J sing with the Sonshine Choir!) and to J's football game. It was a really nice weekend!

We finally got our Holland, MI tulip bulbs in the mail! Yay! Adam did some rearranging in the front, and he and J got the bulbs planted (with plenty of time to spare before the ground freezes! Ha!). I'm so excited now to see how they come up in the spring!

One or two mornings so far it's been cold enough for hats!

My little fox

We have a very large tree in our yard, which produces a LOT of leaves! This year was our first year ever having to take care of leaves in our yard (house in Ankeny= had no trees, townhouse in Holland=yard maintenance not our problem). The kids were pretty excited! Adam, not so much. :)

Hope's 2nd birthday was October 24! We had a little party with our friends here on the 22nd, and Grandpa and Grandma Wiers came to town for the weekend, too.

In the morning on the 22nd, we drove to the QC to take H (and J, by default) to Build-a-Bear! This is what we did when J turned 2, so we thought it would be fun to do for Hope's 2nd birthday, too. The thing is, apparently every child is different! :) When J was 2, he was SO into it- he helped stuff the animal, bathed it, etc. Hope, on the other hand? Didn't care one bit! She much preferred wandering around the store and getting into stuff!

J and Adam did a great job of bathing and dressing the animals, while Hope roamed the store.

This is your new stuffed monkey. You will like it.

The kids with their new animals! She DOES really like her monkey, just apparently didn't enjoy the process. Oh well!

We had a great time having our friends and my parents over to help celebrate Hope!

She ate her cupcake like such a big girl!

The 23rd was J's last football game, and grandma and grandpa got to come along!

Hmmm, ya think Hope is a little sick of the football games? :) We're not sad the season is over, either. Adam and I were kind of disappointed in the amount of "teaching" that happened.... for some boys who were having their first experience with football. Lots of focus on scoring and winning, and not much playing time for the boys who weren't as into it, or as athletic, as others. Anyhoo, J still had fun, but is excited to move on to swimming lessons this winter and soccer when the weather warms up!

Monday the 24th- Hope's 2nd birthday! Even though we had already partied, we still had to celebrate on her actual day! So we did the presents from us, pizza (Hope's favorite!), and more cupcakes. :)

We love our sweet girl so much!