Weekly Glance...

Weekly Glance (Monday, November 23rd - Sunday, November 29th, 2009)

• Had a short, but good week at school
• His manners are improving extremely well - he oftens says please & thank you without being prompted
• He's still waking up once during the night but will fall back to sleep with Mommy
• Went grocery shopping with Mommy to pick up ingredients for Thanksgiving
• Had a very cranky Tuesday morning (took 40 mins to get dressed & ended up in the timeout chair)
• At school on Tuesday, they had their Thanksgiving feast & he had a great day
• Helped Mommy make dessert for Thanksgiving after school on Tuesday
• On Wednesday, helped Mommy bake appetizer & cake
• Went to Mimi & Papi's for Thanksgiving
  
• Watched the Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade & played with his new kitchen set
  
• Despite being tired, he would not nap at Mimi & Papi's - we tried for about an hour and finally let him come out (he was too excited to nap) and he was good all day until bedtime where he started to get cranky
• Slept over Mimi & Papi's - slept til 7am!! Woke at 4am but went in with Mimi & fell back to asleep immediately
• Hung out with Daddy & Papi after nap while Mommy & Mimi did some christmas shopping
• Had a family dinner (homemade Mac & Cheese) & then tubby time
• Slept at Mimi & Papi's again and had the same nighttime routine!
  
• So exciting for us that Alexander slept past 6am which he did for 3 mornings in a row!
• Hung out at Mimi & Papi's house on Saturday - had a lowkey day (fought nap for quite some time), then after dinner headed home
  
• Sunday, we had our annual Christmas card photoshoot
• Helped Daddy string up the lights outside
• Helped make pizza for dinner
• He heard the Chipmunk Christmas song for the first time and thought it was hysterical
• Has been talking about wanting to see Santa and asking him for trucks - we'll see if that works well when we actually go
  
• New favorite word: WHY