Sunday, January 4, 2009
It's Santa.
In the months before Christmas, Daddy kept telling me about this Santa Claus guy. We even read a couple of books about him. Daddy said I was really scared of him last Christmas. Well, anyway, I have learned this Christmas that it is not about what you "get" at Christmas, but about what you give. Even though I learned that, I still wanted a couple of things. So I decided to ask Santa for a firetruck and a kitchen. Here are pictures of me, Lena Grace, and cousin Nate with Santa.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
C is for Cookie
Another thing that we did to get ready for Christmas was to decorate sugar cookies at Doll's house. My favorite was decorating the Christmas trees. I did a green tree with lots of sprinkles and a pink and white tree with silver balls (we wanted it to look like Bird's pink Christmas tree).
Daddy helped me decorate my sugar cookies. When Daddy got one Christmas tree, I bit the top off while he was trying to mix some icing for me. I liked eating the yummy cookies even more than decorating them.
Daddy helped me decorate my sugar cookies. When Daddy got one Christmas tree, I bit the top off while he was trying to mix some icing for me. I liked eating the yummy cookies even more than decorating them.
I even decorated some cookies by myself. But the best part was at Christmas -- when I got to eat some of the cookies I decorated...
Hanging Stars
My last post was a little misleading. While we were celebrating Christmas in Harrison, it wasn't really "on Christmas." We went to Harrison on a weekend before Christmas. This post is all about our preparations at home for Christmas.
First, Daddy told me we needed to "fix" the Christmas tree. I heard the word "fix" and I came ready with all of my tools...
Then, Daddy and Mommy took some pictures of us for Christmas. This one was Daddy's favorite. He likes it because of the smile on Lena Grace's face.
I like this one -- because it shows off my cool white shoes.
While we were putting up the Christmas decorations, I decided that the teddy bears needed to go night-night, and that I needed to go night-night with them in the box (which I call my "van").
We put up our Christmas tree and we decorated it with huge gingerbread stars (nobody told me they were cookies -- if they had, the stars wouldn't have points). We also decorated the trees with some pretty white lights and colored paper garland. It was very pretty. Whenever anyone would come over, I would take them and show them our tree.
It was my job to hang the gingerbread stars on the tree. I think I did a pretty good job. I didn't break any stars.
Of course, I did hang all of the stars in one spot on the tree....
First, Daddy told me we needed to "fix" the Christmas tree. I heard the word "fix" and I came ready with all of my tools...
Then, Daddy and Mommy took some pictures of us for Christmas. This one was Daddy's favorite. He likes it because of the smile on Lena Grace's face.
I like this one -- because it shows off my cool white shoes.
While we were putting up the Christmas decorations, I decided that the teddy bears needed to go night-night, and that I needed to go night-night with them in the box (which I call my "van").
We put up our Christmas tree and we decorated it with huge gingerbread stars (nobody told me they were cookies -- if they had, the stars wouldn't have points). We also decorated the trees with some pretty white lights and colored paper garland. It was very pretty. Whenever anyone would come over, I would take them and show them our tree.
It was my job to hang the gingerbread stars on the tree. I think I did a pretty good job. I didn't break any stars.
Of course, I did hang all of the stars in one spot on the tree....
We did a lot of fun things getting ready for Christmas. I can't wait to show you more pictures about our family Christmas. Stay tuned.
Christmas in Harrison
We started our Christmas in Harrison, Arkansas with most of Mommy's family. We started at Uncle Phil and Aunt Connie's house for a yummy lunch. Bird held Sissie (Lena Grace) and let Daddy take her picture. While Bird was holding Sissie, Nanny held cousin Nate.
Aunt Connie's little doggy just had puppies and they are living in Uncle Phil's train roundhouse. I got to touch one of the puppy dogs.
Doll held the puppy dog so I could pet it again.
Aunt Connie's little doggy just had puppies and they are living in Uncle Phil's train roundhouse. I got to touch one of the puppy dogs.
Doll held the puppy dog so I could pet it again.
I got to climb in Uncle Phil's train car and pretend like I was the conductor. Uncle Phil also showed me his basement trains and train toys. I wanted to stay down there, even during lunch.
After we looked at Uncle Phil's trains, Great-Granddad rode up in his little car and carried me in for lunch.
After we looked at Uncle Phil's trains, Great-Granddad rode up in his little car and carried me in for lunch.
After lunch, I rode on the rocking horse that Nanny gave us at Christmas last year. I am much better at the rocking horse this year than I was last year.
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is playing with Nativity scenes. I like big nativity scenes and little ones. Nanny has a little nativity scene. I like to pick up the pieces and ask Daddy or anyone who is listening what it is. I especially like to identify the "baby Jesus."
When it was time to open presents, I was the present delivery boy. I delivered all of the baby presents to the babies (Lena Grace and cousin Nate).
The babies all took turns opening gifts. Here is a picture of Aunt Nancy opening Sissie's tea kettle and tea cup set. Sissie likes playing with the pink toys in the set.
We had so much fun in Harrison. I hope I get to go again real soon.
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is playing with Nativity scenes. I like big nativity scenes and little ones. Nanny has a little nativity scene. I like to pick up the pieces and ask Daddy or anyone who is listening what it is. I especially like to identify the "baby Jesus."
When it was time to open presents, I was the present delivery boy. I delivered all of the baby presents to the babies (Lena Grace and cousin Nate).
The babies all took turns opening gifts. Here is a picture of Aunt Nancy opening Sissie's tea kettle and tea cup set. Sissie likes playing with the pink toys in the set.
We had so much fun in Harrison. I hope I get to go again real soon.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Turkey Time
While I am a bit late in telling my story about Turkey Day, it is a good one. It is a story about sherriff's hats (I call it a cowboy hat), turkey pictures on my shirt, playing football with Daddy, yummy sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and cookies and, best of all, a story about the slide in the middle of Doll and Granddad's living room.
On Turkey Day, we woke up early and went on an adventure with Daddy. First, I ate some yummy pancakes. I ate lots and lots of pancakes. Then, Daddy took Lena Grace and me for a ride in the car and on the double stroller. There were lots and lots of people on both sides of the road and some people were running and the middle. Then we saw Mommy and Ms. Becki and Ms. Cyndi running in the road. And they grabbed me and Lena Grace (our stroller) and we ran (rolled) across the finish line with them. Everyone was cheering. This was my second race (you probably remember that daddy and I came in last in the 5k last spring).
After the Turkey Trot, we went over to Doll and Granddad's and there was a new toy in the middle of the living room. It was a great big slide, with a ladder and a basketball goal on the side. I played football and basketball with Daddy and went down the slide about 100 times. Great-Granddad, Nanny, Aunt Connie, Uncle Phil, and cousin Aaron came over too and Great Granddad went down my slide. On his tummy. That was soooooooooooooooo funny.
After we played on the slide for a while, we had a yummy dinner. And then we played some more. Auntie Rachel and Ms. Amanda came over for lunch. And even Lena Grace had some lunch. Here is a good picture of Lena Grace and Mommy.
Here I am with Auntie Rachel. Thank you for looking at our Turkey Day pictures.
And as the back of my shirt said, it's "Turkey Time."
On Turkey Day, we woke up early and went on an adventure with Daddy. First, I ate some yummy pancakes. I ate lots and lots of pancakes. Then, Daddy took Lena Grace and me for a ride in the car and on the double stroller. There were lots and lots of people on both sides of the road and some people were running and the middle. Then we saw Mommy and Ms. Becki and Ms. Cyndi running in the road. And they grabbed me and Lena Grace (our stroller) and we ran (rolled) across the finish line with them. Everyone was cheering. This was my second race (you probably remember that daddy and I came in last in the 5k last spring).
After the Turkey Trot, we went over to Doll and Granddad's and there was a new toy in the middle of the living room. It was a great big slide, with a ladder and a basketball goal on the side. I played football and basketball with Daddy and went down the slide about 100 times. Great-Granddad, Nanny, Aunt Connie, Uncle Phil, and cousin Aaron came over too and Great Granddad went down my slide. On his tummy. That was soooooooooooooooo funny.
After we played on the slide for a while, we had a yummy dinner. And then we played some more. Auntie Rachel and Ms. Amanda came over for lunch. And even Lena Grace had some lunch. Here is a good picture of Lena Grace and Mommy.
Here I am with Auntie Rachel. Thank you for looking at our Turkey Day pictures.
And as the back of my shirt said, it's "Turkey Time."Happy Holidays to all.....
Monday, December 8, 2008
Our Louisiana Friends
I am sad. So sad. Because my friends from Louisiana had to go home to see their daddy. Ms. Erin, Luke, and Emilie came to visit us from New Orleans last week. We had so much fun. Luke and Emilie are 3 year old twins. So we had four 3 and under in our house last week. Daddy said he thought there were 10 of us.
We did lots of fun things. We played with bikes and ride on cars. I showed Luke my tools. Emilie showed me how to feed her baby doll with a bottle. We all took turns playing with Lena Grace.
On Saturday, we went to the Discovery Center and did lots and lots of fun things. I really like the huge "eye" and Daddy took a picture of me, Emilie and Luke. I'm not really sure what that look is on my face....
The discovery center has a supermarket where you get to pick out all the "food" you want and take it to the "kitchen" to cook. What do you think of Sissie on the scale? I think she fits perfectly.
We did lots of fun things. We played with bikes and ride on cars. I showed Luke my tools. Emilie showed me how to feed her baby doll with a bottle. We all took turns playing with Lena Grace.
On Saturday, we went to the Discovery Center and did lots and lots of fun things. I really like the huge "eye" and Daddy took a picture of me, Emilie and Luke. I'm not really sure what that look is on my face....
The discovery center has a supermarket where you get to pick out all the "food" you want and take it to the "kitchen" to cook. What do you think of Sissie on the scale? I think she fits perfectly.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Holding Lena Grace
Last week, I asked Mommy if I could hold Sissie (my name for Lena Grace). This was the first time that I asked to hold her. Of course, Mommy said yes. She let me hold Sissie in the yellow chair in Sissie's room.
Mommy told me I had to be gentle and couldn't squeeze Sissie too hard. Of course I was gentle. Doesn't she look happy?
I had a lot of fun holding Sissie. I hope Mommy lets me do it again!
Mommy told me I had to be gentle and couldn't squeeze Sissie too hard. Of course I was gentle. Doesn't she look happy?
I had a lot of fun holding Sissie. I hope Mommy lets me do it again!
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