Happy Birthdays!

During the month of May we get to celebrate lots of birthdays! Happy Birthday to Aunt Lisa, Uncle Clark, Great Aunt Barbara, and Aunt Bobbi! We love you!

It's coming down

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Yesterday afternoon we had some strong storms with lots of rain. At first, our 'little weatherman' kept talking about the thunder. Once we were upstairs, all he could say was 'it's coming down' over and over again. Thanks for the weather report, Kueffer!

New Terminology

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Just in the last day, Kueffer has started answering some of his questions differently. Instead of a 'yes' or 'no', he is replying with 'yea, I do' or 'nope'. Already getting casual with the language!

Heavy Machinery Operator

Last Friday, Kueffer and Mommy went on a tour of the Public Works Department. He had a blast getting to see all of the BIG tractors and trucks up close! The men at the department were so nice to the children and let them play on everything and gave rides to any of them brave enough. As you can see, Kueffer loved climbing right onto the machinery...except for the big front loader tractor- much more scary in person! At the end of the tour, each child and parent could take a ride in a big spray truck. Since Kueffer and I were last on the tour, we were delivered right to our car. It was such a fun day!

Morning Messes

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Okay, I could not 'break' for long because there is just so much fun stuff to share!

This is Kueffer enjoying a little yogurt in the morning. Mommy knew something must be up as he was just too quiet! Kueffer ate a bit and then gave himself one of those fabulous 'yogurt pedicures'! YUCK!

You never know what to expect with this little guy!

Blog Break

So sorry for the lack of posts so far this month. It's been super busy and this momma is overwhelmed! I will try to be better at posting so that you don't miss a minute of Kueffer's exciting adventures, but going to take a bit of a break for now. See you soon!

Prairie Village's littlest Fireman

A couple of weeks ago, Daddy, Mommy and Kueffer visited the local fire department with our Parent's As Teacher's group. Kueffer loved seeing the big trucks and the firemen were all so nice to everyone! During our tour of the fire station, we got to see the kitchen where the firemen eat their meals. One fireman was eating breakfast and Kueffer saw his food and yelled 'Bite!' Luckily we were holding him back so he could not get to the table.

Watch out, Hollywood!

If they are casting a little, less risky Risky Business, I have the perfect little boy in mind...

Papa Tractor

Kueffer is definitely ALL BOY and loves his trucks and tractors! Everytime he sees a tractor or any kind of construction equipment, he gets so excited. With a little nudging from Papa, he now knows that green tractors are John Deere tractors! :) Now that the sun is shining again, we have been outside every day and this is where Kueffer spends a lot of his time.The other morning Kueffer woke up in a great mood- as he does most mornings. That morning I was asking him if he had good dreams overnight. He said 'Yea!'...when I asked him what he dreamt about, he said "Papa tractors"!

The 'No Napper'

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Kueffer is not the best napper and will hold out as long as he can before he goes to sleep. Here is a shot of him yesterday after he spent 45+ minutes in his crib singing and jumping- doing everything to stay awake. As you can see from the photo, he was not tired at all!

Happy Frogs Playing

Today Mommy picked Kueffer up from Parent's Day out and his teacher, Miss Jennifer was so excited...Kueffer did something AMAZING! He woke up before all of the other kiddos, as he does every week at naptime, so Miss Jennifer and Kueffer walked down the hall to get a new book to read. (They have to leave the room because Kueffer is such a chatterbox!) On his way down the hall, Kueffer spotted a mural on the wall that another older class had painted. The mural had frogs playing and hopping around. Kueffer pointed to the mural and said 'Happy Frogs Playing!'...and Miss Jennifer was so excited! She must have shared this with the school director because she mentioned it to me when we were leaving too. When I arrived in his room for pick up, Miss Jennifer could not wait to tell me...'He put an action, and an animal, and a feeling...this is very rare for a little one not even two years old!'...She was so thrilled about it and so was Mommy!
It is so much fun watching Kueffer pick up on everything and you can just see his mind working...soon, he will be outsmarting his Mommy!

Veggie Lover

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Daddy and Mommy are very lucky that Kueffer loves his veggies! When he first started eating 'real' food, he only liked the orange vegetables...carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, ...now he loves them all! Okay, most of them. He even LOVES broccoli and gets excited when Mommy makes it! Of course, this may pass so we are giving our little 'veggie lover' all of the veggies he wants.
Here is Kueffer enjoying one of his favorites...CORN!
(I promise you that he did get some heaping spoonfuls in his mouth- definitely more in his mouth than on the floor!)
Happy Weekend!

Arf, Arf!

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Kueffer loves dogs and everytime he sees one, he 'speaks' to it! Lately though, his 'chatting' with the neighbor dogs has been driving them crazy. They are actually 2 beagles, but on this video, they sound like pit bulls!
Kueffer is not scared though...okay, as long as he is on the other side of the fence!

Mr. Cool

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Kueffer got these really cool sunglasses from Grandpa Bob and Mimi Mary Ann in his Easter Basket. He thinks he looks pretty cool in them. He even takes them and tries to hang them on the neck of his shirt- just like Daddy- when he's not wearing them!

Just like Daddy!

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Kueffer and Daddy have so much fun together. Here is a cute video of them this past week goofing off together...and Daddy teach Kueffer some really important tricks...ha! :)

Mr. Clean

This afternoon the weather was beautiful so Mommy and Kueffer were outside playing for quite a while. Once inside, Mommy asked Kueffer to wash his hands...okay, after he decided that he needed to take all of his clothes off- our new 'inside uniform'...ugh! The phone rang, so Mommy went to answer. Upon returning to the bathroom, this is what was seen.

He decided to take the bar of soap and wash his hair too!
Soap and water were everywhere- he was so proud of himself!

Little Mister Fix it!

Saturday Daddy was fixing a light fixture in the house and had a little 'helper'! Kueffer was so anxious to help on his project. He even went to get a baseball cap to wear just like Daddy! When Daddy went to go get something, Kueffer even started climbing the step ladder to finish it himself!

Eggcellent Easter!

Today was a gorgeous day- can't remember an Easter Sunday when the weather was nice enough to see all of the pretty Easter dresses and sweet little suits on the kiddos! We had a great weekend with family - church, food...okay, LOTS of food if candy counts!, and egg hunting!
We started on Saturday morning with an egg hunt at one of Mommy's friend's house. This wasn't Kueffer's first egg hunt this year and he was definitely showing that he knew what he was doing and collected 15 eggs! Pretty good for a toddler! :)
Saturday afternoon Grandpa Bob and Grandma Mary Ann arrived. (Kueffer is now calling Grandma 'MeMaw' or 'Mimi'...cute!) Once they arrived, the treats were in full swing- starting with TRACTOR!!! Aunt Lisa heard how enamored Kueffer was with the tractor at last week's egg hunt and remembered that cousin Brock had one of those when he was little. She searched with Uncle Darryl and found it...after almost 18 years! Kueffer was in heaven and has been riding that tractor ever since! The Easter Bunny made an early stop at Grandpa and Memaw's house so Kueffer got those gifts early on Saturday too...as if the tractor wasn't enough, he got a Thomas the tank engine!! Wow, now there was some real pressure on Peter Cottontail come showtime Sunday! :)Sunday morning, we all went to church- let's skip how delightful Kueffer was that morning. Uncle Clark, Aunt Bobbi and their dog Earl came for lunch and even more food, candy and egg hunting! Kueffer was collecting all of the eggs until Earl wanted a piece of the action too! It was beautiful weather so we played outside, blew bubbles (thanks, Wilson's!), ate more candy, rode 'tractor' and chatted. We were sad to see everyone go but then Grandma Karen came...yippee! That Easter Bunny gets around and had made a stop at her house for Kueffer too! We loved spending the day with almost all of the family!
Yes, it was a wonderful Easter. We were all happy and exhausted by the end of the day. We hope that all of you had a wonderful Easter too!

Easter Egg Hunt

Last Saturday, Kueffer, Mommy and Daddy all went to our first Easter Egg Hunt this year! Unfortunately, it was raining so the event was inside. Kueffer and his friends did not seem to mind and were quite the little hunters...okay, until they discovered that there was candy inside of the eggs AND toys in the rooms!


Okay, BUSTED...the Daddys were helping a lot!

This is Kueffer's buddy Brodie and his Daddy collecting eggs with Matt and Kueffer.
All of the Mommies were taking the photos!
Within the first few minutes, Mommy had to remove A LOT of foil candy wrapper from Kueffer's mouth!
Once Kueffer found this...the eggs were history. He was all about the tractor!

Have a very Happy Easter!
Love,
Matt, Michelle and Kueffer

The Little Gardner

Mommy has been keeping some of their egg shells lately to plant

grass seeds for Easter decorations/gifts!
Kueffer has been such a good gardner and watering the 'eggs' each day!

He is doing a great job...look at how good the grass is growing! :)

Quiet Time

Although most of the time, Kueffer is a 'wild man', there are some days lately when Mommy is in the kitchen and goes to look for Kueffer and finds this...

He loves books and being read to. Mommy and Daddy suppose that now he
thinks that he can actually read to himself and it is awfully cute hearing him 'read' out loud!

**AND he turns the light on for him to 'read'! Too cute!

Big Shoes to Fill

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Lately, Kueffer loves putting on Daddy AND Mommy's shoes and walking around. He is pretty good at it too! Mommy thinks it's so cute and so does Daddy, unless he is strutting around in Mommy's leopard print or red patent flats..Daddy is not lovin' that as much! :)
Here he is showing off his skills in a pair of Daddy's shoes

Cupcakes!

After Kueffer and Mommy made the cupcakes, he had to sample our finished product! Mommy thinks 'cupcake' was his favorite word this week...

and they were great bargaining tools! :)

Yes, we did give most to our friends. It would have been cruel to have little Kueffer help to make them and not have any for himself, right? :)

Cleaning up!

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This past weekend, Mommy and Kueffer made cupcakes for a friend. Kueffer was a great assistant chef and even helped clean up...by licking the spatulas and even the floor when some of the yummy batter dripped on it!