silo's snow house

icky snow for lunch @ silo's house

icky snow {for lunch @ silo's "house"} from keo boun pheng on Vimeo.

playing baby

sometimes my mommy calls me her baby. i tell her i'm not a baby - i'm a boy. but last night i played along with her (to make her feel better) - she wrapped me up in a blanket and carried me around like a baby for a little while (like 2 minutes.) i think she thought it was fun, so that is all that matters (although it was nice and warm wrapped-up like that!)

christmas 2007_02:SALMELA

A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM CHRISTMAS IN DULUTH: 1) ruining family photo opportunities by being a squirmy 2 year old boy! 2) singing christmas carols outside with a christmas-eve-fire in the unchimney and getting to touch the snow on the "mountain" outside my grandparents house. 3) getting to open one present on christmas eve (especially because it was the CARS movie - "light-queen say kachaow!") 4) playing with all of lussi's new toys - particularly her new purse with make-up and cellphone. 5) experiencing my first real "christmas morning excitement!" 6) getting the same SUPER-COOL gift that lussi got from gramma & grampa - a plasma car! 7) watching the plasma-mechanics in action. 8) driving our new cars around and around the house!!

christmas 2007_01:KEOBOUNPHENG

we spent the sunday before christmas with my keobounpheng family at ma-tu and pa-tu's house. we had some really yummy food: sticky rice, bamboo soup, pad thai and nappa cabbage salad -sap-sap! we even remembered to take a picture of the whole group! and i love this picture that my papa got of ma-tu and her "baby" bruno!

infection hair

last friday the doctor told me that i have an ear infection. i was in a lot of pain and had a pretty rough weekend waiting for the antibiotics to kick-in. i slept really late on monday morning and you could tell i slept pretty hard - because LOOK at my hair! my mom is calling it my "infection hair."

my mom downloaded a bunch of our christmas pictures at grandma & grandpa's house and forgot to take them home with us (that's why i haven't posted any yet...) -- they'll be coming shortly...

happy new year

snowman

snowman (kisses&bellybutton) from keo boun pheng on Vimeo.

present from C&K!!

snowshoes from keo boun pheng on Vimeo.

a tux!

my uncle chad is getting married in february and i am going to be a ring-bearer. my grandma found me a black tux and i got to try it on this weekend for the first time. my momma has been telling me that i am going to have to walk down the aisle and stand (very still) while they get married. i'm taking it very seriously and everyone could see how special & important i felt it that black coat! i can't wait for the wedding!

wow - nice bed!

you can see that my parents were busy this weekend .... changing my room from a nursery to a boy's room. they took my crib out and put in a twin bed (the same bed my mom slept in as a girl!) - you can also see that my windows have been painted white (along with every other window in the house - my mom says "an attempt to get a few more years out of our 50+ year old windows") and the walls have been patched and primed and are ready for a new coat of paint. i'll post more pictures once it's been painted --- but thought i should mention that i've slept in my bed 2 nights (& 1 nap) and have not even fallen out! bedtime routines are going through some adjustments, though......

snow balls (in front yard as sun goes down)

snow fun from keo boun pheng on Vimeo.

SNOW!!!

Today we walked to the sliding hill by our house and had a whole bunch of fun playing in the snow! i got a ride in the sled and jabbered jibberish the whole way there and back. one of the things my mom could understand of my important conversations was "eat white snow.....eat white snow...eat white snow"

(i want to eat snow a lot and she told me that i couldn't eat yellow or brown snow.)

me & cat hat

my mom wanted to get a picture of my new haircut.

i wanted the "cat - hat" to be in it with me.

hair cut!

my momma cut my hair last sunday. i tried to sit really still - but it was REALLY itchy! i tried to brush the hair off of me, but it stuck to my hands. so i decided i'd just suck my thumb and wait for my mom to clean it up -- and i got some in my mouth!! what a sticky mess! my mom is still finding some of my hair on my chair - where does it come from???!!?!?!?

"wear glasses"

my parents friends, bob & susi, gave me these glasses when i was born. i asked my mom if i could wear them again ... after some investigating i realized - they don't have any lenses!

my second set of photos

my first photographs

my momma was getting the camera ready to take a picture of me and my great grampa & i took it from her and wanted to take a picture by myself. because i was so clear in my intent, she decided not to take it away from me and instead, she helped me turn the camera on and showed me which button to press. these are my first 9 photographs...in order (starting top left)

great grampa

this is my great grampa. he is 96 (and has the same birthday as my momma) he came over to our house to eat supper. my momma made a special finnish dessert for him : suomalainen pannukakkua (oven pancake.) i drew a picture for him and gave it to him so that he could take it home and put it on his fridge. i really liked having him at our house!