The Santa Train Gets Set to Roll.....

Our neighbor's have a food drive every year for the Alger food bank.  You take canned food and get to ride the Santa Train, eat cookies, get pictures with Santa, enjoy their wonderful property, and most likely see a bunch of people you know.  I have a feeling Ryker is going to be pretty fascinated with this little train as he gets older.  We can hear the whistle from our house whenever they fire it up so we know when Ol' Locomotive #17 is leaving the station and making it's rounds.   

Ryker having a little snack before we head off to the Santa Train.

Fully equipped with his own train whistle.

 

Hmmm....Mrs. Claus looks familiar.

 Who ever said elves were small?

Ryker sharing his candy cane with Abby.  They need to work on their handoffs.

 

Ryker too interested in the train to get a picture

 

On day two of the Santa Train, I decided not to ride to get some good pictures.  Ryker was a little unsure about why I wasn't in the car. 

And they're off.

 

Toot! Toot!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Breakfast with Santa....Ryker enjoyed his pancakes, but not the pictures.

Montana trip

Seth's birthday was right before we left so I didn't have time to get the pictures up until now. 

We spent a couple nights in Bozeman and Ryker had a great time with all Ben's toys.  This was the favorite, but needed to be disinfected when he was done with it.

Rock on Buddy!

Finally made it to Wibaux after a few days and plenty of hours in the car seat.  He's happy to be free.

He played with pretty much everything in any cupboard he could get open.

Peek a boo with Grandma was especially fun because she had some crazy hats.

Off to the park in our sweet 20+ year old Radio Flyer.  The potato box is new at least.

This seemed to be his favorite thing there.

Dog pile!

Hey Cowboy...dressing up to fit in?

This picture makes me a little nervous.....someday they will be plotting against me.  Don't listen to a word he says, Ryker.

Ride em Cowboy

Aaaahhh..... sometimes only your Uncle Ty will do.

Off to the park....again.

This playground was rated 5 stars by Ryker.  It was better than the downtown park and the fairgrounds playground for his age. 

Aaahhh, sometimes only George will do???

Seth, Cosmos, Chacon, and Mylee doing a little bird hunting.

Ryker hanging with Mylee, doing a little jig.

Fast feet, fast feet

Waiting for Dad to get back with his birds.

And they're back....

Ryker getting the dogs some water

Christmas morning for Grandma.  She got to open her present a little early.

Reading with Uncle Cam

Ryker had a sweet tickling game going with his pheasant tail feather. 

It's all fun and games until someone takes your feather and turns it on you.

And the retreat......

And he's back....

And it's on....he's all reved up use Cam as a jungle gym

Time to explore Lesters

Yeah, sticks!

1, 2, 3, really that's all the pushups you can do with an extra 30 lbs on board?  Come on sissy!

Stunna shades for the trip home.....so long Montana.