The Manley/Coleman Family

Reeve is undeterred by 2+ feet of snow. He made a snowman, and fed it some snow.

This is a video from November-ish 2010. Reeve can do this weird thing with his mouth where he can talk out the sides. We cannot replicate this at all ourselves, and we have no idea where he picked this up, but he will just randomly do it every once in a while. I was thrilled to capture it on film.

Reeve had his first swim class at our local pool today! Mommy got in the water to help Reeve learn the fundamentals of safely getting in and out of the water, blowing bubbles, kicking, floating on his back, and just getting used to being in so much water. The teacher used noodles, toys, songs and kickboards to help the little ones get motivated. He had a blast!

We got a bunch of pictured taken of Reeve for the 2010 christmas card. But we didn’t think they were as cute as some ones that were taken late this summer when he was having fun in a mud pile. We went with the mud shots in the end. but since the others were cute too, we’re posting all of them here.

We went to the Kohl Children’s Museum this week. Reeve had a blast with all the different types of activities: a water room, a music area, trains, etc.

Reeve and his friend Evan.

Reeve got to enjoy the beach well into the fall due to the warm temperatures. He loves playing in the sand with his trucks.

Reeve was a cute pumpkin this year! It was his first year walking around trying to collect candy, and it took a few houses for him to get the hang of it. But once he understood, he ran from house to house to fill up the bucket.

Like many boys, Reeve’s a fan of construction vehicles, police cars, fire trucks and ambulances. Many days each week he goes to our local construction sites (there are many!) and will happily watch the machines work. One day the workers took a break and offered for him to sit in one of the diggers and check it out. Reeve was in heaven! Then a few weeks later, we ran into our neighbor, the fireman, who informed us that kids come down to the fire station all the time to check out the fire truck and get pictures taken. Wheeee!