December
2004 Journal
Can you
believe it's Christmas season already?! We haven't even
started our wish lists or shopping yet!
I hear we have lots going on this month...so that means lots
of pics and entries. I just hope that I can keep up!
Mommy is also wondering if I will visit with Santa this year,
let alone tell him what I want!
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Happy
Birthday to Mommy!
December 1, 2004 |
We spent most of
Mommy's birthday driving back home from Grandparents Proper.
Daddy and I did give her some nice cards, big wishes and lots of kisses
today. Daddy and me are going to make her a big
cake too when we get home...that should be fun! I told Daddy
that it has to be a "black" one!
Happy 34th Birthday, Mommy! We LOVE you!
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Happy
Birthday to Daddy!
December
3, 2004 |
My Mommy and Daddy's
birthdays are too close together! We spent most of Daddy's birthday
driving to the Lemmons' house in Virginia tonight. So, there
hasn't been much celebrating. Plus, it was hard for me to
understand that Daddy's birthday was so soon. I kept telling
him it was Mommy's and he just wasn't buying that! Mommy said
we are going to celebrate Daddy's birthday when we get home from our
trip and settled in a bit from the long weekend!
Happy 32nd Birthday Daddy....even though I don't believe it!
Mommy & me love you soo much! xoxoxo
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Trip
to The Lemmons' Family
December
3-4, 2004 |
Tonight when
Mommy got home we picked up Jen & Darrin and traveled
south. It took us about 3 hours to get there and find there
new house. It looked so pretty all lit up for Christmas.
I thought the trees in the yard looked, "awesome!".
I was so excited when i realized that we were at Sam's house.
We all came down to help celebrate Sarah's birthday the next
day. She is going to be a whole year old already! Sam
and I played hard. He has all kinds of neat tractor
toys. Sarah's party was on Saturday and the Fisher's arrived
just in time for that. Maysen traveled in the car great for
them! We had a nice time, Sarah was all dressed up for her big
day. We ate pizza, chips, soda (which I like to call beer) and
yummy cake and ice cream. Mommy, Jen L. and Jen H. helped to
decorate the cake. It looked like a butterfly. We had a
nice time and soon it was time to head home. I didn't want to
leave but I heard the grown-ups talking about a Christmas get
together...so maybe I will get to see Sam again soon.
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A
Geocaching Adventure
December
5, 2004 |
We had to get up
real early this morning because we were going Geocaching.
However, this time we were meeting someone to take along. I
guess a freelance reporter, Holly is her name, is doing an article
about the "sport" and wanted to profile our family!
Cool! So, we took her and her husband out for a good
hike. I did really good but did have to have Daddy carry me
part of the way, it was just getting too steep and rocky.
Mommy & Daddy talked a lot on the way and answered a lot of
questions. I just pointed out cool trees, rocks and tracks in
the mud. We found them all fascinating! We finally got
to ground zero and Daddy asked me if I saw it anywhere. I
simply replied, "yes I do!". I don't think Mommy
believed me because she said, "where?" So, I pointed
and sure enough....I was right! I got a cool ball out of it
and helped to sign the logbook.
Holly said she would be in touch with us again and that we will have
to set up something with the papers photographer. She was
hoping to get the article in before Christmas to give people some
shopping ideas or she thought it wouldn't be in until early
Spring. We don't care....we just thought the experience was
fun!
We will keep you all posted on when and if it comes out!
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Decorating
the Tree
December
5, 2004 |
Tonight we
started putting up the tree. I was so excited when I saw the
box. I did try to help for a little bit but it was more fun
pulling all the pieces out of the box and laying them all over the
floor. I did a pretty good job of handing Daddy the right
colors that he needed. I also have the most fun playing with
he beads that go on the tree and I put those all on myself. I
think Mommy got a pretty good picture of that....somehow I don't
think she will be leaving them how I had them....oh well, can't help
it if they don't know good bead placement when they see it.
Mommy thought that maybe they would get me my own tree to
decorate. I want blue lights on it! We are hoping to get
it and the house finished tomorrow and do some shopping for the
holiday.
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Visiting
with Santa
December
6, 2004 |
FINALLY! I
sat with Santa and was not afraid! Mommy told me we were going
to go see him at the mall and I could tell him what I want for
Christmas. He was sitting on a big chair in front of this
really big sculpted sand castle thing...it was huge! He saw me
coming and waved to me. I waved back. There was no line
so I was able to walk right up to him...we talked for a little
bit. He asked me if I wanted to sit on his lap and I politely
replied, "no thanks"....but Mommy and his candy cane
convinced me that it was okay. I got right up there and we
chatted quite a bit. I told him about our tree at home and
that I wanted a big truck. He asked me if I was being a good
little boy and I told him, "yes". We smiled nice so
the lady could take our picture. Now, I can't wait to see if
he will bring me what I asked for!
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The
Polar Express
December
6, 2004 |
Mommy, Daddy and
me went to see The Polar Express! WOW! What a great
movie...it was so cool. The train was cool. There were
some scary parts too but I was okay. Mommy and Daddy really
thought it was good too. If you haven't seen this one
yet...what are you waiting for?
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SpongeBob
the Movie
December
13, 2004 |
This afternoon
we finally took some time out from Christmas shopping to go see this
movie. It was pretty good..."fun" were the exact
words I used. I laughed a lot because SpongeBob and Patrick
did some pretty silly things! I really like going to the
movies.
Winnie the Pooh has a movie coming out in February that I would like
to see!
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Deimler's
Christmas Party
December
16, 2004 |
Tonight we got
all dressed up for a party at Amanda's Mommy's house.
Boy! There were a lot of people there...but all I cared about
was seeing Amanda and her puppies! Mommy & Daddy ate some
good food and I snacked on candy and cookies. I did manage to
show off for some people a little bit with my silliness and we got
to meet Amanda's new boyfriend, Chris. He "seems"
really nice, but I will have to get to know him more. She was
my girlfriend FIRST!!! So, this will take some getting used
to! If he comes to my house some time and plays trains &
cars with me...he will be alright in my book! :)
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Our
Christmas Party!
December
17, 2004 |
Well...we
managed to throw together a Christmas party at the last
minute! Mommy kept it small with just us, the Hartley's,
Fisher's and Lemmon's in attendance. Hopefully, we can extend
it next year (if Daddy is working). Everyone brought a yummy
snack and we got some pizzas to eat! Yummy! I love
pizza! Anyway, I was soo glad that my "best friend",
Sam came up for it. We played so hard all night long. We
got a bit too silly and our Mommy's made us sit down. I wasn't
too happy about that, but Sam's Mommy read The Polar Express to
everyone and that was nice. Hmmm? Starting a tradition,
maybe? We took pictures of all the couples. We also took
a new group photo. We hadn't done that since the good-bye
party for the Lemmons almost 3 years ago! A lot has changed
since then!
I got some presents from The Lemmons and Hartley's. A cool
race car, sweatshirt, books and art supplies! THANKS!
The grown-ups did a gift exchange too...Mommy got some smelly soaps
and Daddy got a Simpson's game and calendar (how appropriate!)
Everyone had a fun time and I hope we do it again next year.
Also, I hope we continue this getting together more often than
not....we were letting too many months go by before seeing each
other!
We hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!
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Count
Your Blessings...Not Caches Event Cache
December
18, 2004 |
Our 300th
find! And our very first Event Geocache. What is an
event cache? Well...it's something set up by someone to get
other cachers together to cache, talk and finally put faces to
names. We went to a restaurant in Harrisburg and sat with some
really nice people. One cacher, Kingsting, brought an airplane
HotWheels car just for me when he saw that we were coming....he noticed
that I always take cars. How nice was that?! I thanked
him. Mommy and Daddy played a game and talked with some fellow
cachers. We stayed for a little while because I was on my best
behavior. I got to eat some really yummy fries with ketchup
too! Mommy and me colored a lot while Daddy did most of the
mingling. We also congratulated fellow cachers, "grandma
and grandpa" who had 1,000 finds! They got a gold ammo
can filled with all kinds of neat geocaching stuff! I wonder
if we will get one of those when we reach that number? I hope
so!
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Merry
Christmas 2004!
December
25, 2004 |
What a nice
Christmas I had this year. I will begin my entry on December
22nd. Grammy & Pap-Pap were already here for a few days
and Mommy, Daddy and Grammy and me decided to take a drive around
and look at all the Christmas lights. We took Grammy to see
the Sweet Lights in Hershey and the "Griswold House" that
we go to every year! Boy, they put up more and more lights at
that house each year! Maybe we will get a picture of it next
year.
December 23rd: I went to FunCare with Mommy because today was
our party day. We ate all kinds of sweet treats and had a book
exchange. I got a Thomas book! Yay! Daddy and
Pa-Pa picked me up early so I could get my hair cut. I was a
good boy for that and excited to get home and play with everyone!
December 24th: Christmas Eve...everyone was here and we were
waiting for JG to arrive. I took a big nap and when I got
up...he was here! I was so excited to see him. Pap-Pap
told me that he would play trucks with me...and he did! Pap
was making artichokes and Grammy got shrimp for dinner. I let
the grown-ups eat all that stuff. We made some special cookies
for Santa. I worked really hard on a special one for
him. I also made him some chocolate milk too. Daddy and
me hung the special key for him on our door and then I had to go to
bed! Grammy spent the night with me in my room...so Uncle JG could
have a bed to sleep in too. I was excited to have a
"sleep-over" in my room! Plus, Grammy brought this
really cool blow up mattress bed that we slept on! I slept
good all through the night...much better than last year!
December 25th: Christmas Day! Mommy said she slept
pretty bad...too excited, I guess. She was anxious for Santa
to come too. I got up and asked Grammy if Santa was here
yet? She said we would have to go downstairs and see.
WOW! Was he ever....there were presents all the way out to the
middle of the living room floor and I got a big boy bike!! He
also remembered to get me a big truck! It's so big that I
could sit in it if I wanted to! I got all kinds of neat things
from everyone! Some things I got were: construction
cars, a miniature sandbox with construction cars, book, games,
computer games, V-Smile game system for the TV, a remote control
truck, clothes and money. I must have been a really good boy
and there are some people out there that love me a lot! THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE...and I hope that you all had as merry of a Christmas
as me!
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