ho ho ho, scary Christmas

Poor Ryan was so scared of Santa when we went to get his picture taken tonight. I really thought he'd like him because he seems to like characters (like the Minnie Mouse we saw at Perkins on kid's night, LOL). I also talked a lot about going to visit him - told him he could ask Santa for a candy cane, presents, etc.

We tried, but we didn't want to push him too much - it's just not that important! He wouldn't even sit on the couch next to Santa and Katie. He also would not sit with Santa without Katie, or stand near him, or sit on a wooden present on the floor near them (a prop they use for older kids), or sit near him with Daddy, or on Daddy's lap. Would not could not. Not on a box. Not with a fox. Not in a house. Not with a mouse.

So, we have a picture of Katie smiling and looking happy as pie. I think she asked Santa for a few things for her brother :-)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ryan loved the cranberry sauce again this year (he would point to it on your plate, and kept saying "MORE!"), and that is almost all he ate - oh, that and 2 cupcakes :-) I couldn't be more thankful for my children and family and friends, this year and always. xoxox

jumping is very tiring

pea tea?

Apparently, peas are SO good that Ryan even wants to drink the water that they're cooked in ("in which they are cooked" sounds funny, but I guess that is what I should say??)

When he eats pineapple or mandarin oranges, he usually asks to drink the juice by signing "drink" or saying juice. Well, tonight, when he signed "drink" I thought he was pointing to Marc's glass, but he was actually pointing to the bowl that I had used to cook the peas!! He had eaten them all, so he expected to do the same thing that he does with the fruit. Too funny. So, we let him have it, and he did drink the pea flavored water. LOL. (for the record, I can only assume it was pea flavored, I'm certainly not trying it!!)

there was a birdnapping!

This morning when I opened Ryan's door, he said "Mama! Mama!" and was over by his bed - and then he signed and said "birds!" to tell me that his birds were missing! He was pointing to where they should be on his bed railing (the "birds" are on his crib soother). Awwww, it was so sweet. The batteries needed to be recharged, and he had been asleep when we got home last night, so he went up to his room and didn't notice they weren't there until he woke up.

This is a picture of his "birds" - the birds move and flap their wings and there are lights and music, and it also projects a light show onto the ceiling. He still loves it!

little sisters are pretty entertaining

This is Ryan's reaction to Katie jumping in the jumperoo this morning . . .



It was funny because he looked at me and said "more", so I told him to tell her, which he did. Well, I hope she learns what that means soon because when he got out of the booster seat, he went right up to her and was VERY insistent with his demands for her to jump MORE. Ryan needs a lesson on babies not understanding things yet ;-)

Happy Birthday to my precious little man!!!

I am so excited about Ryan's birthday! I can't believe my little baby is two years old :-)

I really need to go to bed (it's just after midnight) but I am tempted to stay up and go kiss him at 1:25am, LOL. He is such a sweetie, and I'm so thankful that I am his Mommy!!

I was wrapping presents tonight and was thinking about what we'll do tomorrow (well, today). I have a book that I'll give him in the morning so that we can read it during the day. I wrote a little note in it that he'll probably think is silly some day - sappy mommy stuff :-) We might go to the park or at least play outside in the morning before his nap. When Marc gets home we'll give him the rest of his presents, and then will probably take him outside to play with his new t-ball set. I am so excited to give him that - he's going to love it!

During his nap, I am going to try to make him a cake for after dinner - using this pan. I hope it turns out ok! I am trying to not make it too fancy because I have a lot of cake and cupcake decorating to do for his party on Saturday. We'll see how much time I have to decorate it! Dinner will be some of his favorites - chicken fingers, peas, and mac n' cheese, LOL!

Ok, I have to get to bed!!