Baseball helmet

Jasper loves to play baseball. And when you play baseball you need a baseball cap. Or helmet.

Crush

Jasper has his first "crush." It is with his tumbling coach named Lauren. He always wants her to help him during class and usually stands in line real still to wait for her next direction. It is pretty cute! This is his 4th week of his 6 week tumbling program, so we'll have to make sure we go into the Altoona Campus and visit her after this session. He is even doing a great somersalt now! The first week he had no idea how to do one, and now he's doing them all by himself, tucking his head, and everything! Way to go big guy! This is a picture of Lauren helping him on the mats at class.

Happy September Birthdays!

We got together over at Aunt Sandy's house for pizza and cake to celebrate august and september birthdays. One picture includes Jasper playing BINGO. He loved this game and once he found it, i think he worked on spinning the wheel and calling BINGO the rest of the night. Perri also showed us some of her dance moves and Dom showed off his standing and taking a few steps - way to go, buddy! This was my mom's 55th birthday - so people were teasing her about being the "speed limit" - funny! Happy Birthday, Mom! We love you!

A Night at the Salon

Every few months, my cousin Allison graciously sets aside a family hair night! We get some pizza and she makes our hair beautiful again! This time, Jasper came with me and boy, did he have a good time! He got to play with Payton and Allison even got a manequin head out so he could do the hair, which included combing it, pretend "coloring" it with a brush and water, and of course, styling it. Uncle Junior came and helped Jasper do his hair, too. I think he will probably ask to come to another family hair night!

Cuddle Time

We went over to Grandma Vicki's house the weekend of her birthday and hung out with Jason, Noah, and Abbey. It was kind of a dreary day outside - misty and cold - so we put in the CARS movie and the boys cuddled up to watch it.

Go Hawks!

We headed over to the Norems house to watch the ISU v. IA game (Iowa won big, but I can't remember the score right now). Meaning that the game was fun to watch for a while and then we got distracted since it wasn't an exciting game. Ava, Katie, and Jasper enjoyed some time in the bouncy house. Adam, Zach, and Hank played some catch and Jman and Hank even got some reading time in. Jman is quite fond of Hank. When we got to their house, Jasper simply said, "hey hank" like he is over there all the time. It was funny! And just a few weeks later, the Norems welcomed baby Claire to the family! So now Jasper has two Norem girlfriends :)

Fishing Fun

We headed out to Stuart to enjoy one last fishing trip before the weather got too cold. We caught quite a few little fish, including one neon green fish that kept biting jasper's pole :) (his toy story pole has a green fish permanently attached to it). Jasper did a great job reeling it in and he and Syd liked the thrill of the catch more than actually touching the fish once it was caught.