1812/24/2007 - Beau got this musical Little Einstein book, and it is a real treat. Everyone that plays with Beau and this book loves it almost as much as Beau. It already needs new batteries!
2012/29/2007 - Here are Gramma and Grampa turning Thede family Christmas into Thede Speedway. Aidan and Beau are racing... and there is a minor injury at the end. No worries... Gramma said she was sorry.
1812/24/2007 - Here is Beau playing with a new Sesame Street electronic alphabet toy (featuring Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Ernie). Go figure, He already knows M-S-O-E.
2012/30/2007 - Beau continued to wear the pony costume for awhile... including this opportunity to feed the horse from his new dump truck
1912/24/2007 - Here is Beau opening an original Tickle-Me Elmo. "Elmo" is very popular with Beau now for him, so this qualifies as a favorite, as do Lounging Elmo, Elmo Slippers, Elmo Alphabet, and the Elmo & Friends book
1812/30/2007 - This is a good clip of Beau opening presents at my folks house. It isn't captured here, but Beau was later quoted as saying "Beau Happy!" during the gift opening. It was a precious moment of Christmas Joy... from a 22month old.
201/1/2008 - We had every intention of leaving for home on New Year's Day, but a huge snow storm hit Chicago and the Southwestern part of Michigan. We stuck it out an extra day, and Beau had time to play in the snow with Gramma and Grampa Kuhl.
2012/30/2007 - After the presents were opened and the adults were occupied with games, the kids played. Here is Gramma, Aidan, and Beau playing with cars and tractors on a cool play mat.
1912/30/2007 - Before the Christmas festivities at my folks house, Beau found his cousins pony costume and had to try it out. Here's a short clip of little "Pony Boy".
2012/23/2007 - Family met at our house before Christmas, and Beau got everyone in the mood by wearing his Snowman costume. Here's Beau running around looking cute.
1912/23/2007 - While dressed in his snowman costume, Beau turned on the singing/dancing snowman knick-knack and started dancing too. Pretty adorable... too bad I only caught the end of the dance.
1812/29/2007 - The Super Boys take on Great Uncle Steve. This has been a fun game since I was a little boy. Seeing my nephew and son do the same things with Uncle Steve that my brother and I did when we were little, is something I'll always treasure.
1912/29/2007 - At the Thede family Christmas, Auntie Dawn made Aidan and Beau superhero capes from a red plastic table cloth. Her creativity turned into hours and hours of fun for everyone! They were a real riot.