Winkler Family

Vera Reading

Both Jonas and Vera read books all day. Vera has started reading to herself. She reads in a language only understood by herself. She really can talk better, but it's hard to catch on video. I just think her voice is cute.

Tired Vera

Still loves her blanket.

Crochet

I've been crocheting a lot again lately. I made Vera some leg warmers and I made myself a hat. I will add in the picture of Jonas' new hat as soon as I finish it.

Snow Day

We have gotten too much snow this year. Jonas likes it. He always wants to play outside. This is the first year that he has gone sledding. He has created a few sledding tricks. He loves it. Vera, however, doesn't like being cold and usually lasts a couple of minutes outside. She went sledding once. She went down about two times and liked it, but then got snow in her gloves and was done.

New Pics

Pic 1 and 2: We found a play house on clearance at Target. Jonas and Vera like it, especially Vera. Our neighbor gave us a small kitchen to go in it. Vera loves it. Her favorite part is the microwave.
Pic 3: Jonas and Vera are showing off the tatoos that Pop Pop Casey sent in the mail.
Pic 4: Vera loves hair bows, sometimes a little too much.
Pic 5: Jonas wanted to take a picture of his Pixar Cars having a parade.

The other pictures I took of Vera because she finally is letting me take her picture again.

Happy 5th Birthday Jonas

Jonas wasn't feeling very well on his birthday. He had a fever after the party, however, he still had a good time. He wanted to have a Jelly Belly Birthday in honor of his favorite place here in Wisconsin. 6 of his friends came. They had a jelly bean hunt, a jelly bean toss and each colored a picture of a jelly bean stating if they were a jelly bean what flavor would they be. All of those games were Jonas' idea. He said that he would be Rootbeer IceCream flavored. They also guessed how many jelly beans were in a jar I put together. There were "100". Some of the guesses were "11", "4", "1,000", "a lot", and "9 trillion". The friend that guessed "11" was the closest and got to bring the jar home.

Goodbye Bella and Lily

We sadly had to say goodbye to our kittens. John was having bad allergies. It was very sad, but gladly we found them a great new home. We now have two fish. Sarah and Tommy. Tommy is Jonas'. Tommy has a black stripe on his tail and one over his mouth that makes him look like he has a mustache.

New Year's Eve

Elle, Stephanie, and Dante came to visit us. They celebrated New Year's Eve with us. This was the first year that Jonas got to stay up late. He stayed up all the way to midnight. He had a blast. John and Jonas rented an XBox and played that all night. Elle and Stephanie and I made some good food and watched the festivities in New York on TV. Dante had fun playing with Jonas and Vera.

Wisconsin Dells

We took advantage of John's only week off until next November and decided to go on a short family vacation. We stayed at Mt. Olympus Resort in the Dells. Inside our hotel was a waterpark, amusement park, and arcade. Next door was an upside-down White House, called Top Secret. That was Jonas' favorite.