Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Love for Reading...
Alexander is so excited to be able to read multiple books & he does a great job!
With this book, he is doing a side-commentary about a little frog in the story as that was something he & I would do together, so if parts of what he's saying doesn't make sense, that's why
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christmas Festivities...
It was quite the busy Christmas weekend for all! There was cookie baking, Christmas lights, train rides, presents, Mass, visits with family & friends, presents, cookies for Santa, oh and did we mention presents?
Weekend festivities started on Friday as we had the day off - Mommy & Alexander baked some cookies for Santa before we headed to Mimi & Papi's house. From there, we then went with them to Edaville Railroad for our annual visit to see the Christmas lights and ride the train. It wasn't raining like last year and because it was right before Christmas, it wasn't as busy either - so overall a great night to go.
Christmas Eve started with some traditional fried dough (which Alexander wasn't that interested in), followed by some presents. We then headed to Christmas Eve mass at St. Marks in which Alexander did extremely well. He loved watching the children tell the story of the birth of Christ and was very enthralled.
After mass, we headed to our annual stop at our restaurant before going to Dennis & Mary's. It was eerily quiet and we almost had the place to ourselves. We then headed over to Dennis & Mary's where Alexander was very excited to play with Kyle & Kaileen. After some goofing around, dinner & pictures, it was time to get into jammies and head home to ensure we were in bed for Santa!
This is what is looked like after Santa stopped by
Christmas morning was the BEST! Not only did Alexander surprise me by sleeping until 7:05am but he was so excited with everything he opened. He rushed downstairs (nearly beating me down), and hugged his presents! He was beyond delighted when he saw his "Green Hot Wheel" bike, even more so when he saw his name on the back! The quote of the day was "I've wanted this my whole life" - it made everything so special that he was so excited!
Santa brought him lots of goodies which he loved all of them, well except the pajamas. He even loved going thru his stocking to see how much candy was there.
After presents, we hung out for a bit relaxing. Alexander & Daddy played their new Wii baseball game. The boys then got ready to head over to uncle Matt's house for more presents. After presents at Matt's, they then headed to uncle Steven's for dinner & time with the boys. Alexander played some more Wii and had a great afternoon hanging out with all the cousins.
Monday was a perfect day! It was a very low-key, chill out kind of day. Alexander stayed in his pajamas all day, we played Wii, played games, cuddles, watched movies/tv. Perfect way to end a great yet busy weekend!
Weekly Glance...
Weekly Glance (Monday, December 19th - Sunday, December 25th, 2011)
- Monday hung out at Grandma & Pop-Pop's for the morning
- Went to the park
- Had a short week at school (three days) and each day was a bit different from great, ok, to not good
- Did some pushing/rough-housing with friends which made him loose some stars
- Did a bit of shopping with Daddy on Tuesday night
- Went grocery shopping with Mommy on Wednesday
- Alexander & Mommy had our date night on Thursday
- We watched the Polar Express which made him very sad (he cried when the girl sang her song), then he was fairly emotional for the rest of the night
- Friday was a 'home' day - Alexander & Mommy baked cookies
- Friday afternoon, Alexander & Mommy went to Mimi & Papi's where we then went to Edaville Railroad to see the lights & ride the train
- Alexander fell asleep at 11pm as he could not get comfortable or fall asleep (too excited - sleep over at Mimi & Papi's)
- Alexander slept until 6:30am where he crawled in to cuddle with Mommy and then fell back to sleep again until 8am!
- Christmas Eve we opened some presents at Mimi & Papi's
- After lunch, we went to Christmas Eve mass at St Marks
- Then went to our waiting spot before going to Dennis & Mary's for Christmas Eve
- Christmas Morning! He slept until 7am!
- Opened presents & checked out all the goodies from Santa!
- Played with new toys, played Wii with Daddy
- Alexander & Daddy went over to uncle Matt's for presents with Grandma & Pop-Pop
- Then over to uncle Steven's for Christmas dinner & to visit with the boys
- Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Big Man...
Christmas JOY...
That's when you know that the presents from Santa were perfect!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Baking Cookies...
Alexander & Mommy baked cookies today - snowman, Santas, trees, stars & candy canes! Alexander did a great job rolling out the dough and using the cookie cutter.
Monday, December 19, 2011
School Picture...
Photo Recap...
Photo Recap (Monday, December 12th - Sunday, December 18th, 2011)