Lego Club

We have been participating in Lego club once a month at our library and it has been a great way for Quintin to get around other kids that love to build. At home he mostly builds vehicles and sets that he has directions for. At Lego club he comes up with some very creative things. The librarian starts with reading stories about the topic and then they are encouraged to build on the topic. Quintin has not yet built on the topic, but is using his imagination and that is really the point of the club. There is also duplo legos for the little ones to build so Wesley can get in on a little Lego fun as well.

He titled this one "The old west"

Quintins 7th Birthday

 Quintins birthday this year fell on a bad weekend, but of course a seven year old does not understand that. Our church was doing a major outreach event that we were committed to and Jeff was also on duty that weekend. We did make it special for him though! First thing that morning Bekah's mom (grammy) brought him donuts

 Later that day Jeff's mom(Grandma) kept the boys for Bekah to run some errands and she helped him bake his own birthday cake. Baking is a passion for him already and he enjoys baking every time he goes over to his Grandmas.

That evening we gave Quintin his present from us and took him to eat pizza at Ricos and we ended the night singing happy birthday to him at home with the cake he baked!

One week later we had his party! We kept it small with just immediate family and then invited a few friends to come over and spend the night to do something fun the next day. Quintin had originally chosen a Lego building place but since it shut down we ended up at chuckie cheese(no photos as it was crazy chasing 5 boys around on a saturday at chuckie cheese)

Update on Wesley

Wesley is now 14 months old..Wow time is flying by! We had him allergy tested and turns out he is allergic to or has high sensitivity to eggs, dairy, nuts, eggs, and soy. This has been quite a challenge for us. We always thought eating healthy was making sure you get your fruits and vegetables for the day. Now we are finding ourselves buying a lot more organic foods and are more cautious about what we are eating. Wesley also has contact dermatitis so he still reacts to most things that touch his skin. He has been on an organic diet now for about 3 weeks and we cant say that there is too much improvement. We do know that it can take a few months to work everything out of his system.

poor buddy after his testing

Wesley Crawls like a champ but is not yet walking and we will actually be having someone from early intervention coming to the house soon to check on his progress. His feet tend to turn out when he stands and he may need to have some physical therapy.

Even though he is very high maintenance we love him more than life. His laugh and smile just makes it all worth while. He also loves to talk and says momma dadda juice ball and uh oh. He talks in his own language all day long and never stops. He is definitely going to be the social one of the boys we think.

21 lbs now and in a big boy seat

eating with a fork sometimes!

taking a few steps with his walker

loves my kitchen more than his but still enjoys playing on his

This boy still loves to eat

Our Visit to Nauticus

A few weeks ago Bekah took the kids to the Nauticus museum with her sister, niece, and nephew. All the kids had a blast as they explored what it was like to be on a ship. Their favorite part was touring the Wisconsin. All of them wanted to to move in! Enjoy the photos.

Warm Day In December?

We had  a very warm day in December and since everyone was still getting over sickness we decided to stay home. We did go outside though! We live close to a small parking lot so we took the boys out there to ride bikes. Zach was not in the bike riding mood so unfortunately we do not have a photo to share of him riding. He did squeeze in with one of Wesleys photos though! Wesley was driving his new ride we got from a friend...Thanks Mary Hatton he loves it!

Christmas 2014

We had a great Christmas this year but not many photos to share. We decided to enjoy Christmas without chasing everyone around with the camera this year. Usually we have hundreds of photos to look through but not this year. We simply got a few pictures of each child with Bekah because Jeff would rather be behind the camera. We also know Bekah's mom has plenty if we feel like we need more! We also did took a video of our Christmas morning so we have that to view down the road. Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and has a blessed new year!

Happy New Year from the Pennington Crew

Wesleys First Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated Wesleys first birthday with close family members. We can hardly believe Wesley is already 1...Time is flying by!!
Wesley did not have a great week leading up to his party because he was teething and not sleeping or eating all that well. On his party day he really did not even care for his cake so no smash the face into the cake pictures for this boy. We saved some of his cake though and hope to give it to him in a few days once all this teething yuckiness has passed.
Wesley did enjoy his presents though and all the attention he got that day. Here are some pictures to enjoy from his special day.

Christmas decor that kind of went with our Wesley :)

Just a little snack before cake time

A few tastes of the icing and he was done