Little elf

After watching mommy wrap a few presents I thought I'd give it a try. Two hours and a roll of tape later... I did it! Now we have one present under the tree.  (Shhh, its my Captain America shield.)

Tradition

Tradition is doing the same fun thing every year. Making Christmas cookies was mommy's tradition growing up and now it is ours. Being good cookie decorators must run in the family.

First snow

It has mostly been cool and rainy here this winter. Everything I have seen and read about Christmas time says that snow is part of it. We finally got a little bit of snow outside, but not nearly enough. So Cole and I made it snow inside too!

Fun for mommy...

Not fun for mommy. Its snowing!

Mr. Clean

Have you ever used shaving cream? Well, now we have! I'll be happy to take a bath every night if its a shaving cream bath!

Gingerbread program

Today I went to the metro park farm to learn about gingerbread. I smelled and touched all kinds of yummy spices, I listened to a story about a fast running gingerbread man, I made a Superman Gingerbread man out of paper, and I decorated (and ate) my very own gingerbread man cookie.

I also had time to look around the farm. They have lots of friendly turkeys and they really liked me! They followed me around the yard and down the road and they gobbled at me when I was talking to them. The sheep, cows, horses, and chickens were also nice, but not as fun as the turkeys!

I helped the farmers walk the turkeys back to the barn.

Christmas lights

Daddy covered our house with lots of Christmas lights. It must have taken lots and lots of daddys to cover the zoo with lights! We visited the zoo and saw a bazillion lights. We also saw polar bears, snakes, fish, and Santa's reindeer. Mommy's favorite was riding on the train and my favorite was riding on the merry-go-round... twice!

Good teeth

I passed my first dentist visit with flying colors. I was the model patient, letting them take x-ray pictures of my teeth, picking out bubble gum flavored toothpaste, and giving the dentist high fives.

Play outside

I don't care if it's cold, I still like to play outside. I think I was the only kid riding his bike in the 30 degree weather. I lasted about 20 minutes, but in that time I rode my bike, collected acorns, danced in the gazebo, played with a magic wand, ran from the headless horseman, and looked at Christmas decorations.

Here's me giving mommy my "cutie-pie" face. I'm not sure what I look like but it does make her laugh!

All work

I like to look like I'm very busy doing important work. Later I have to ask mom what I wrote. One of these days I will randomly spell a real word.

News flash!

Today I did my first poop in the potty!!! I've been using the potty every night for months and also at school for the last two days. I'm clearly making progress towards big boy underpants!

Family walk

Did you know there are monsters and headless horsemen in the metroparks? Watch out! We're coming to get you!

Photo shoot

I recently had my picture taken by a photographer. I learned that it is very hard to sit still and look pretty for longer than 3 minutes. I also learned that it is much more fun to be behind the camera taking pictures... or playing with cats. Thanks Carolyn!

Brave little boy

Today mommy took us to see Santa. I know all about Santa. I've read books and seen him on tv. I thought I was prepared. But I guess seeing the real guy is something else. In the two minutes we had to wait in line I went from excited to scared, crying, and wanting to leave. It was even hard to stay so close while Cole took his turn. When it was finally time to go, mommy told me that Santa was sad that I didn't want to say hi to him. Sad? I couldn't make Santa sad. That is just so, well, sad! So I dried my eyes, took a deep breath, and walked over to him. I said hi and he gave me a chocolate! That was very nice and not scary at all. I don't know what I was so worried about. I sat on his lap and talked to him and he gave me two more chocolates! (You can see my mouth is very full in the picture.) I couldn't think of any toys to ask for, but I did ask him if he eats cookies. He said yes, and I promised to leave him some at my house.

Acrobat

My gymnastics is going so well, I think I'll join the circus.