Juno, again!

As you may have noticed, Juno has been the theme of the month.  She's been the focus of much of our attention since she arrived, which has been great fun for all of us!

Playing with Juno

Here are Phineas and Juno being silly, playing in her crate.  They have fun together but there's definitely a sibling rivalry going on between the two.

Playing with Juno

Christmas!

We spent Christmas day at home this year and Gido, Sandy, and Aunt Julie joined us.  Phineas received many many vehicles, including a hot wheels track.  He also received his great-grandfather's Basin, WY volunteer firefighter dress uniform hat, which was an extra special treat for the budding firefighter.  

Juno - our Christmas puppy!

Ever since Mayflower and Dijon passed away we've been without any pets.  But on Christmas Eve we changed all that with the newest addition to our family: Juno the Golden Retriever!  Juno and Phineas became fast friends and like to chase each other around.  He even read her a bed time story when she snuggled down for one of her first puppy naps at our house.

Christmas in Sedgwick

The Saturday before Christmas we went to Grandpa and Grandma's house to have an early celebration with cousins Henry and Ben and their family.  It was an action packed day!

Making Christmas Cookies

Here are some shots of Phineas and Mom making sugar cookies.  Phineas liked the car, truck, and fire truck cookie cutters the best.  He had fun decorating them and ate lots of frosting!

Singing Christmas songs

Here's Phineas singing at the dinner table!

Our Christmas Tree

This past weekend we picked out and then cut our Christmas tree.  Phineas took the lead in tromping around in the woods, although he didn't have much input on tree selection.  When it came time to cut he was right there, though, and was a big helper.  Then we went took it home and decorated it!

Getting ready for work

Every morning dad gets ready for work by putting on a suit and tie.  Usually Phineas helps select the tie (or a back-up tie if dad has already picked one out!).  This morning he was extra excited about work and wanted to get read to go to his pretend work.  So he put on a shirt and one of dad's ties and presto...