Xmas in Buffalo

Please, Please tell Santa that I was good!

Morgan loves the singing Xmas decorations. This snowman couple sing 'We wish you a Merry Christmas', which happens to be his favorite carol.

He also enjoys the train tracks. This year he was old enough to be a junior conductor and operate the controls.

Happy Holidays from Morgan (featuring Nicole)

Tree Decorating and Hayride

Here's 2010's tree decorating event.

Morgan had everything worked out perfectly. His favorite ornaments were the ones that had holes for light bulb inserts. He was constantly switching the color of the ornament.

I dressed up in a silly outfit for a Jingle Bell 5k. No pictures please.

Mom & Morgan unwrapping Hershey kisses as they prepare for Xmas cookie making.

We went on a sleigh (hay) ride with Santa. It was tons of fun. We sang all sorts of Xmas songs and whenever there was a lyric about Santa, he would sing "I" or "my". It tickled me to no end.

Sleigh ride on the streets of town, amidst sunshine and no snow!

Are You Ready?

Look at the calendar. Do you know what month it is? Don't be a fool and say April, because it's November. Go Ahead. Think you're ready. Think that after such a long visual layoff, you can just launch back into this...you're not ready. Nothing will prepare you what comes next.

That's right!! Dancin' on the Wii!!

Put your hands up, put your hands up, everybody in the place put your hands up!!

Stretch it!

I'd say that this 'hoe down' looking routine is part of 'Cotton-Eye Joe'.

Do you know what tradition exists in our house for November? Black Friday shopping!! Do you know what that means? Morgan and Dad are home alone all day long. Commence fort building!

Welcome inside the fortress. Blink a few times, put your drink down, you're not seeing double. Bear witness to a rare moment...two light brown monkeys coexisting. Don't get too attached, it won't last.

Ohhh!!! I warned you not to get attached...ring the dinner bell!!! There were 10 little Indians, but Indian #7 (with t-shirt tucked into underwear) is cooking up monkey brains tonite!!

The Prodigy

Missy is busy out of town tomorrow nite.

Her boss called and asked if she could cover a class tomorrow nite.

As I mentioned, Missy is out of town, so it didn't work out and the call ended. Then I asked Missy if she wanted me to go take care of the class. She said, that she didn't think of that and would my boss mind if she covered for me when I was sick. (To which I replied "I don't get sick") I told her that I could take a video in and play it for the clients. Missy conceded to my silly plan and told me to get her phone.

I hollered into the living room: Morgan, do you want to teach pilates with me tomorrow nite?

Morgan: Ok. If you want to.

Then I laughed for several minutes before getting this in print to share. It's great that he has a go with the flow mentality :)

Phone Etiquette

The phone rang last nite and there was a pause when I answered it. This of course means that there is some sort of solicitation awaiting at the other end, but instead of hanging up, I handed the phone to Morgan.

Here's how his side of the conversation went...

Morgan: Hello?

Morgan: Who is this?

Morgan: Say your name.

Morgan: I don't know your name!

Morgan: Say your name!

At this point, I think they hung up.

Morgan just looked at the phone and shrugged.

Thanks for calling!

To The Moon!

Here's the rocket launcher in action!

(as you can tell these photos weren't taken yesterday,

since there's not an obscene amount of snow in the photo)

Ready!

Aim!

Fire 1!

Super high!

Fire 2!

...with the rocket streaking out of the top of the photo!

Today's Post Is Brought To You By The Number 4

Morgan's 4th birthday!

It was a pajama theme with decorate your own cupcake dessert.

We had Morgan decorate his cupcake ahead of time so that everyone could sing to him and he could blow the candle out.

Here you can see all the topping options. Morgan has used the ones on the right while the ones on the left are still available.

A few more used...there's so much topping on there that it's not even sticking to the frosting anymore and the plate is getting loaded up.

YEAH!!! FOUR!!

Waiting for the guests to arrive. We go through this every year. "When are my friends going to be here?" Over and over for at least 90 minutes.

The decorating is in full swing.

Opening the presents...we've got some Disney puzzles.






And a rocket launcher! (which is totally safe)