Doo Rand

On Tuesday night I drove down to Durand to stay the night.  Lora's grandpa passed away recently.  Lora and Kris were headed to Wausau for the funeral on Wednesday and Anders and I were going to hang out.

On the drive down I saw the most fabulous sunset and, of course, had to stop and take a few photos.  They are currently the background and header on the blog.

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On Wednesday, Anders and took a little ride over to Spring Valley to see the Vanasse girls.

Wynni and Anders
Anders doesn't know these girls as he hasn't seen them since last fall, but he got along well with all.
He was a little confused about all the names.
When he was telling his Mom about it later, he thought 2 of the girls were named Wynni.

Charlie and Wynni got busy coloring pictures.

Milli proudly displayed the puzzle she put together by herself.

There have been lots of teeth being lost at the Vanasse ranch.

For Charli, it is time to lose baby teeth so she can start getting those permanent teeth.

Charli has a nice gap out front now.

Wynni lost one of her baby teeth in a fall, so not both girls are missing front teeth.

Milli made sure that I noticed that she still has all of her teeth!

Anders was pretty interested in a rolling suitcase and a backpack.

Charli was happy to let Anders wear her backpack for awhile.

Anders took time to look at a book while wearing Charli's backpack.

Milli, Wynni, Kaija, TBD baby, Anders & Charli

On the drive to and from Spring Valley, Anders was busy noticing,
or in his words, "Keeping our eyes out" for tractors, cows, horses and deer.

Anders is pretty good about me taking pictures of him every-time I visit.

After a few pictures, Anders suggested that I shut the camera.
Annie is in the background on this shot, lounging.

So, since Anders was sick of me taking pictures, I turned to another subject.

Greta was happy to accomodate me.

On the way home Wednesday evening, I saw another great sunset.

This one not so colorful, but pretty awesome anyway.

A Day With Anders

We ate lunch at Champs and there was a Santa & Elf there, but Anders was not interested in sitting on Santa's lap, in fact, he really wasn't to interested in sitting on my lap next to Santa.

Anders is really fun to be around and he talks alot in his own language. It sure sounds like he has learned to say his Great Aunt Laila's name.

You'll have to pause the music to hear the video.

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Day before Thanksgiving Visitors

Lora & Anders and Annie stopped for a quick visit in Rice Lake today.

Anders is a busy boy and thinks it is fun to throw balls, even cat toy balls will do.

He also LOVES to climb up onto chairs.

He is really a cute little guy. Will see him more tomorrow at Gus's cabin for Thanksgiving.

Go for it

Anders, a frequent star on this blog, has learned to stand up pretty easily when there is something he wants. This is his favorite 'blankie'. I think he says "there" when he gets the blanket down, but that's just me.

Anders does his own version of Pat A Cake now too. We had a fun day hanging out together.