Tinkle Bells, Tinkle Bells, Tinkle All the Way...

Colin did pee-pee in the potty! It's the first! He was so proud of himself as were Mommy and Daddy! (we'll see if it happens again!)

Hmmm...did he bring me Dunkin Donuts and Lollipops???

He sure did!!!! The look on Colin's face was priceless when he saw the bag of DD's and lollipops on the table next to the empty cookie plate and milk cup ( I had to recreate the scene for the picture since Ryan and I got a new camcorder for Christmas I was too wrapped up in that and didn't take pictures when we got up)...Let's just say about 5 munchkins and three lollipops were eaten before 9:00 a.m. Luckily Colin slept until about 7:30! We had a great day. This is actually the third year we have spent the day at home, just the three of us (soon to be four!) We had a great, relaxing, and fun day spent playing with toys and eating yummy food! We hope all of our friends and family had a very special day with their loved ones...we sure did!

Christmas Eve

We began Christmas Eve actually Sunday afternoon. We spent the afternoon with my Uncle Rob at his house and had a pre-Christmas mass. It was very special to have everyone there...Then Monday night we went Grammy and Grampy's. There are many traditions and it's hard to believe that Colin is the 5th grandchild to share in these traditions. The grandkids all get new pajamas and we all sit in the living room opening presents - youngest to oldest - which meant Colin got to go first! They all had a blast. The best was the search for Santa on the computer...the screams when they found the website and the even louder screams when they saw a glowing red light in the sky! Colin was up way too late, so were Mommy and Daddy, and the hope was that we would get some extra sleep time in the morning since it probably won't be that was on a Christmas morning for a long time!

Your a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!

Our Christmas festivities began Saturday night with a trip to Candia, New Hampshire to Charmingfare Farm to go on a Lighted Winter Wonderland sleigh ride. We got there just in time (or so we thought) and walked to the area where the sleigh would pick us up. Along the way there was hot chocolate, an indoor petting zoo, and a huge bonfire. Once we arrived to the sleigh area we realized we had to wait. The information posted on the website and the confirmation email was quite vague about the timing of the whole thing. Needless to say it was worth the wait! We learned what to do and what not to do for next year! We got on the sleigh and rode through the farm on trails and saw all sorts of lights. They had lighted houses, trees, characters and once the ride was done they dropped us off at Santa's baby reindeer barn, where we were greeted by Frosty and Santa and his real live baby reindeer. Now I must tell you that we have watched the Grinch movie (not the Jim Carrey version, but the original) every night for at least a month. Colin is slightly obsessed, so when I read online that one of the characters we might see on the sleigh ride was the Grinch I figured we have to go! Well after waiting a while, almost losing Colin to fatigue, we were lucky enough to see the Grinch. Let's just say he won Colin over way more than Santa and even jumped onto our sleigh...then jumped off and fell into the snow which Colin thought was hysterical! It was a great start to Christmas and really put us in the spirit!

Naughty or Nice?

Colin and I wrote his letter to Santa this afternoon...we are off on a "Lighted Winter Wonderland" sleigh ride and we hear Santa will be there with his two newest reindeer collecting letters...Not sure if you can see in the picture, but Colin would like Santa to bring him"Dunkin Donuts and Lollipops"!!!!! We'll have to see what Santa can do.....:):):)

Let It Snow!

Colin and I had a great time today playing in the snow! He loved it, which I was surprised by, I thought he would be whining after 5 minutes, but he lasted about 45! We even built a snowman (check out the baby carrot nose and the quarters for eyes!). Good Ol' New England...it took my brother in law 6 hours to get home from Brighton last night! And more to come this weekend!

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Today we had breakfast with Santa...Colin was just fine sitting on Mommy's lap and not Santa's! He did eventually give the man in the red suit a high five, but that was about it!

Look Out Emeril!

So most kids can't wait to go outside and play in the snow - right? Well Colin was pretty content watching it fall from the window this past Monday...instead we baked cookies! Yum! His favorite part was "rollin" and shaking the sprinkles!

No Baby!

Here's a couple of funny stories that happened today...Ryan, Colin, and I were sitting on the couch tonight reading a story before bed. All of a sudden Colin says "see Mommy's belly" as he pulls up my t-shirt. For a while now we have been telling him that there is a baby growing in my belly, but when asked what's in there he says "Daddy" (weird, huh!)., and he has never asked to see my expanding waistline! So tonight we corrected him and said "it's the baby growing in there Colin". Immediately the response was, quite clearly I might add, "No Baby" as he quickly pulled my shirt back down (like he was closing a door)! It was hysterical! Earlier we were sitting in the living room and his 2 piggy banks were on the coffee table. One is small and says "Baby's First Piggy Bank" and had been quiteld full, so Colin transferred his "monies" into a larger piggy bank the other day. So I said to him while holding the empty smaller bank, "Colin should we give this one to the new baby?" He looked right at me and said firmly "No, Colin's"...Hmmm, I wonder what we are in store for?????

Tis' the Season

The weekend was spent doing holiday "stuff"...decorating and getting the tree up. It was nice since we weren't worrying about the surgery (now scheduled for January 23). Colin's reaction to the tree was cute "wow, Chrismas twee"...even this morning at 5:45 when he woke up - "wow, Chrismas twee"...today I went to a performance of the Albany Berkshire Ballet Theater's Nutcracker that my two nieces were in...Maddy was a party girl and Casey was one of the little children that come out of Mother Ginger's huge skirt! It's funny, Ryan and I took Maddy to her first Nutcracker in Boston when she was three and now she is dancing in her own performance! We're hoping she'll be Clara next year! I think next year Colin might be able to handle it. They have been rehearsing since the beginning of October and you could tell, it was a fantastic show. When I got home we decorated the tree. Colin was in a bit of a mood, but he did manage to put up his new Sesame Street ornaments. I love putting up the ornaments, we have one that I made in kindergarten that Ryan always makes fun of and we have one of Ryan's when he was little too. They seem to all have meaning of one event or place we have visited. It's great! Now Colin's in bed, Daddy's watching football and I am off to have ice cream!!!!