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December
2005 Journal
December
means great things! Snow, Christmas and TOYS! I
can't wait!
We will be busy. I want to see snow, lots of lights,
Santa, trains and go to parties!
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Grandma
& Pa-Pa's House!
December
1-3, 2005 |
Well, there was
talk of Daddy coming back up to hunt with Pa-Pa...so I got to stay
at Grandma's all by myself! It was GREAT! I had told
Mommy that I didn't want to leave because "I love this
house!". Daddy said he would be back for me in 2 days...I
told him 3 days! hee-hee!
Daddy drove back up on the 2nd and boy, did we have a lot of
snow! About 12 inches and counting! I was excited but it
was too deep and cold for me to go out...bummer. I sure would
have like to have tried it though. Grown-ups act kind of
different when this beautiful white stuff comes floating down.
Oh well. Anyway, Pa-Pa and Daddy tried the hunting thing again
on Saturday but it was just too snowy, deep and cold. The deer
were staying put wherever they were.
Daddy and me decided to head home early and we got back around 6
o'clock. I was soo excited to see Mommy. I went running
and about knocked her over! It took me a bit to calm myself
down. While sitting with Mommy, I told her I was excited to be
home.
I love Grandma & Pa-Pa's house though and can't wait to go
back...by MYSELF! The thing is will "they" be ready
for ME?!?!?
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Happy
Birthday Mommy & Daddy!
December
1, 2005 AND December 3, 2005 |
Mommy and Daddy
have birthday's so close together....isn't that funny. We had
celebrated at Grandma's with a yummy banana cake. Grandma
laughed because it was kind of tilted but it's all about how it
tastes and it was good.
Daddy took Mommy out to eat for her special day and they are going
to a Christmas concert sometime this month. Daddy got to hunt
a bit on his special day and we had a pizza dinner when we got
home! Mommy had gotten Daddy his new winter coat for his special
day.
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Pizza
Delivery!
December
3, 2005 |
Mommy has been
trying to make a point to remember and document "funny"
things that I say or do. Oh, great!
We ordered pizza for dinner and Cole always helps Daddy pay the
delivery man when he arrives at the house. So, the scene is
all 3 of them at the door.
Pizza Man: "Okay, thank you, have a great
night!"
Cole: "Hey, is that all you have?"
Pizza Man: "Yup, that's it!"
Cole: (running down hall, hands above head) "Woo-hoo!
We got the last pizza!"
Ah, the innocence of youth. :) This story still makes me
smile.
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**First
Snow of the Season**
December
3, 2005 |
I woke up this
morning yelling for Mommy. "It's snowed!"
"It's Christmas!" Well, I thought so anyway.
We did have a bunch of wrapped packages that weren't there
before. What else is a kid to think? Mommy quickly tried
to explain to me that Christmas was quite a few days away.
Bummer! We looked though all the wrapped gifts anyway, and I
tried to guess what they were. I think one of mine is a
"puzzle" and I think Daddy got a "brick".
It's square and heavy. What else could it be. All of
these are ones from Grandma and Pa-Pa, they sent them down early so
they have more room in the car for when they travel
down.
Back to the snow. We only got about an inch, but it was still
fun to play in! I told Daddy that we needed to "get to
work clearing the road!". He wasn't all that thrilled to
go out, but eventually he did. I loaded up my trucks and made
a big pile of snow. I was outside for quite awhile. Now,
we just need to get enough snow to pull out the sled! Wheee!
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Trimming
the Tree
December 5, 2005 |
We put our tree
up today. It took a long time, my that thing is HUGE! I
helped a little bit but was more interested in watching Frosty the
Snowman on TV. I like to put the beads on but I don't think
Mommy appreciates my visual of how they should be placed. I
enjoy the ornaments. Daddy has a lot of cool Star Wars ones,
they make sounds and light up. I hung them all on the tree
myself and put them all in one spot!
The house is decorated both inside and out and looks cool. Not
sure we can get a picture of the front porch or not...we'll see.
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Back
to "School"
Week
of ~ December 5, 2005 |
I went back to
"school" on Monday and boy did my friends miss me! I
told them all about the snow at my Grandma's house and how I
"lived" there all by myself for a few days. Mommy
was glad I didn't tell them about Grandma shooting the birds from
her window...ha-ha!
I was glad to see my friends too and since the temperature has been
so low here...the snow didn't melt! So, it has been a blast
playing on the playground. All of us kids have to put on our
own snow suits and stuff and Ms. Carol has been impressed with how
well we all do! We have been getting faster and faster every
day! We started out at taking over 15 minutes to our last record
of 7 minutes! I'm getting so big!
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Visiting
with Santa
December
8, 2005 |
We went to the
mall tonight so I could tell Santa what I want for Christmas.
I had been practicing all day what to say, "a batman computer, HotWheels
track, and Dino Adventure". I had no problem approaching
the man, although I made sure Mommy and Daddy came with me.
Santa asked me all kinds of questions. Am I a good boy?
Do I pick up my toys? Do I eat all my food? And when I
am put to bed, do I go right to sleep? I said YES to all of
them....Daddy kind of coughed then...hope he was okay. He even
knew how old I was without me telling him! Then came the big
moment...."So, little boy, what do you want for Christmas?".
I FROZE! Mommy, help! Whew, she got me started and I
told Santa my list. We smiled nice for a picture and he gave
me a lollipop and said, "see you Christmas Eve!"
I CAN HARDLY WAIT!
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Our
Annual Christmas Get Together
December
10, 2005 |
We always try to
get together with friends at Christmas time. This year the
Hartley's hosted the evening. We had a nice time. Jen
made homemade pizzas and stromboli! It was yummy! Of
course, there was all kinds of other foods to be eaten too!
The grown-ups did a gift exchange. Mommy got a massager and
Daddy got a dart board! I got some nice things too. The
Hartley's got me an outfit and a Playdoh playset. Maysen got
me a Batman action figure. He is cool because he throws
things. I got Maysen a set of Little Mermaid Duplo
blocks. She loved them!
I played Ms. PacMan on TV while the grown-ups played games of
TriBond and Taboo. I think the boys won one game and the girls
the other...so, the evening ended on a tie. Everyone had a
nice time and there is talk of a New Year's party at our house!
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your holiday is great.
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Gingerbread
House
December
12, 2005 |
Mommy bought me
a gingerbread house kit and tonight we put it together. I
helped to pick out the pieces and Daddy "glued" it
together. Once we got the frame up, I couldn't wait to eat, I
mean, help put the frosting and candies on! I put a lot of
them on myself but Daddy and Mommy helped too. It looks pretty
good. Hope our picture gives it justice. Now....when can
we eat it?!
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Candy
Christmas Trees
December
15, 2005 |
I made a candy Christmas
tree at school today. We took sugar ice cream cones, turned
them upside down and decorated them with frosting and candies.
It was a lot of fun and they turned out so nice. I suggested
right away that it needs to go in the yard of my gingerbread
house! I can't wait until I can eat it too! Yum!
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Santa
Claus is Coming to....Palmyra!
December
16, 2005 |
I had gone to
bed early but Mommy got me up long enough to see Santa drive down my
street on a fire truck! He was blasting Christmas music,
blowing the siren and had the truck all lit up! He even waved
at me! I guess he left his sleigh at the North Pole so the
elves can finish getting it ready for the big night!
How many days till Christmas?
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Mommy's
Work Party
December
17, 2005 |
Tonight we went
to a Christmas party at Ms. Yolanda's house. A lot of the
teachers from my school were there with their families. It was
a fun night. They sure did eat a lot of food. I
especially enjoyed the "little smokies in sauce"...they
were yummy! Like Daddy says, what can be better than meat on a
stick! All the grown-ups did a lot of talking. I was too
busy playing with the other kids that were there. Daddy and
Mommy said that I was very well behaved. It was a nice night.
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Christmas
with Aunt Susan & Uncle Allen
December
18, 2005 |
I went right to
bed last night because Mommy said Aunt Susan & Uncle Allen were
coming in the morning! I was excited to see them. It was
nice being able to see them this time of year and to exchange gifts
in person. They brought in this HUGE box for Mommy &
Daddy, but I was more excited about my packages! I begged to
open them and Mommy said it was okay. I got a Batman outfit,
which I didn't really appreciate until later, because it came with a
"jacket" and that is all I want to wear now. (Mommy
says it's too cold outside). Anyway, then came the best
thing! The 42inch Bat Cave playset! AWESOME! Daddy
& Uncle Allen worked diligently on putting it together. I
kept showing them the box so they wouldn't mess it up. I love
it! It's huge, it has a cool shooter thing, a trap door thing
that catches bad guys in a net and a "zip-line" for Batman
to "fly" on! I have been playing hard with it every
chance I get.
Aunt Susan & Uncle Allen got Mommy & Daddy a "deep
freeze". Daddy put it in the basement...Mommy isn't allowed
down there because her present is hiding down there. Anyway,
they are pretty excited about it....it's loaded up with goodies
too! Uncle Allen got a deer during hunting season, so he
shared some of his meat with us. Daddy is thrilled.
THANKS GUYS!
I gave them their presents from me. They really liked what we
picked out. Especially the home-made stepping stone for their
garden/yard. Mommy & me worked really hard on it. I
even put my handprint in it, with my name and date.
Later, we went to one of my favorite restaurants, Red Robin.
We all ate way too much food and I had a yummy milkshake!
We had a nice visit and I still want to go to their house and ride
Uncle Allen's four-wheeler! Where's my helmet?
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Santa
Visits Discovery Lane
December
19, 2005 |
Santa is
everywhere these days. I can't believe how he gets around so
fast, but I guess that is what is so magical about him. I
visited with Santa at my school. I told him all the same
things I have been telling him for weeks now, a batman computer,
Acceleracers and Dino Adventure. He said he was working on
it. I also got a new book! It's Alexander and the
Terrible No Good Very Bad Day! It's a pretty funny story!
Thanks Santa...see you in a few days!
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Our
("Daddy's") New TV
December
19, 2005 |
Well, you could
say that Daddy is floating on cloud nine! He finally got a big
screen TV. Our friends, Darrin & Jen helped to bring it
home last night. The thing is HUGE, but not too big for
the living room...it looks nice. It's a 50 inch plasma screen
and all I know is that I have been told SEVERAL times...NOT TO TOUCH
IT...EVER! Some comments about a red bottom follow
that...hmmm? We watched some of "Finding Nemo" and
it looked like we were right there in the ocean with the fish.
Daddy is still going on about some adjustments here, cables here,
speakers this and speakers that....Mommy doesn't say
much.
General consensus....we all LOVE it. :P
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Christmas
Party at Discovery Lane
December
22, 2005 |
We had our
Christmas party at daycare. It was a lot of fun. We
played silly games. My favorite was "Who Took Santa's
Hat?". Everyone had brought in a book for a gift
exchange. My friend, Isaac got my "I Spy" book and I
got the book Patrick brought in, "Teddy Bear
Dreams". We ate a great lunch. Miss Carol
made a "meat tray" and we all got to make our own
sandwiches! I put everything on mine and ate it up!
Mommy couldn't believe it! There were so many leftovers that
we shared them with all the teachers in the building.
I also got some other gifts from friends. I got a "goodie
bag" from Brandon and a Superman Monster truck toy from
Taylor! Miss Carol got all us kids a Santa coloring book, fun
pad and Color Wonder paints! I had brought in ornaments that
Mommy and me made, I picked a special one for each of my
friends. I got Miss Carol a gift of scrapbooking stuff and a
gift card to Michaels. She thought that was great!
Mommy's class had their party today too! I heard a lot of
laughing in that room. Mommy got some nice things from all of
her parents too!
It was a
great day and a great way to kick off the holiday weekend!
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Hershey's
Sweet Lights ~ Our 3rd Year
December
23, 2005 |
All the
grandparents arrived today! Mommy was lucky this year and got
today off of work, along with Monday! Anyway, I have been
asking and asking to go see the lights where Rudolf hides behind the
trees and Santa is on the computer! Mommy & Daddy keep
saying they can't believe that I remember all of that from last
year...but I do! Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Pa-Pa and me all loaded
up in the car and went to see them. This was Pa-Pa's first
time and I think he liked them as much as me! I was sure to
point out all the cool ones to him. He thought the Rudolf's
were funny and I think all the grown-ups forgot about the Santa
computer one. They all seemed to do a "oh, that is what
he was talking about" sound. I do know what I am talking
about most of the time, ya know. We wished Grandma could have
come but all of the moving and blinking lights, plus the moving and
jerking of the car would have drove her vertigo nuts! I was
ready to go too before it was over but I did a good job. I'm
not a big fan of waiting for things anymore. heehee.
Mommy said she would have liked to have gone someplace else to see
lights this year, but we just didn't have the time. We will
MAKE the time next year.
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Merry
Christmas 2005!
December
24-26, 2005 |
This was my 5th
Christmas! I really had a nice holiday!
December 24th: Today, Uncle JG came...so all is right
with the world! I LOVE when he comes to visit! We play
and play and play! This was a busy day. Mommy got her
hair done. Grandma & Pa-Pa went to visit Uncle Allen and
Aunt Susan. I visited with Grammy and Pap-Pap. We had a
nice quiet day and a fun evening. Grandma made lasagna for
dinner with yummy garlic rolls. The grown-ups had artichokes
and shrimp cocktail too. We watched the Grinch movie. I
like the "real" one...the one with Jim Carrey. (I've
only seen it about 4 times this month!). I made my
"special" cookie for Santa and made sure to add lots and
lots of sprinkles to it! I put out the magic reindeer food
that we made in school along with some carrots in the "reindeer
food" dish that Mommy made. Daddy and I hung the key on
the door for Santa and then poured the "big man" a nice
cup of chocolate milk! Another new fun thing we did this year was
tracked Santa on the computer (noradsanta.org)
to see where he was. I watched him fly over Germany, Italy and
even Canada! When we saw him being escorted into North America
by the F-16 I knew it was time for bed!
December 25th: MERRY CHRISTMAS! I got up early
this year...well, Mommy got me up! WOW! Santa had come
to my house and brought all kinds of gifts. I could not wait
to tear into them and see if I got the stuff I asked for!
Lucky me! I did! Santa got me the Dino Adventure I have
been asking for since before Thanksgiving and what he couldn't find
Uncle JG managed to! I was soo excited to get the Batman
computer AND Acceleracers stuff! Uncle JG got me the
"Drone Sweeper" and the Acceleracers Race track
set! Santa and my family sure did treat me good...I got all
kinds of cool stuff. A huge THANK YOU to everyone for being so
nice to me! I love all my gifts. Let me tell you all
about them (hope you have some time to read, this could take a
while!). Santa brought me...Dino Adventure, it's this cool
Matchbox truck that you can take all apart and make different little
trucks, it has a big dinosaur and a little one, and you go
on...adventures! heehee. I also got Scamps the playful
Pup. I named him "Mr. Puppy" and you can tell him to
do a bunch of things and he does it! Like sit, speak,
down. I like to cuddle and play with him under the
blankets. Dr. Dreadful's Freaky Food Lab! Mommy
and me already mixed up one experiment, bubbling brains! They
were yummy and tasted like bubblegum! I am dying to make the
"Spicy Spider Farts!" Grandma and Pa-Pa got me some
more Lego's and some sets to put together. I like the little
cars because I like to build things like the books tell you
to. Mommy was quite impressed with me, since I can almost do
it all by myself! They also got me this great game called
Captain Bone's Gold! I love this game. You have to get
around the board with your gold coin before Captain Bone's (skeleton)
come out of the treasure chest and steals it! The first time
he popped out, I almost wet myself! Now, I think it's
great! I have played with this game a lot! I also got a
"Make your own Volcano" kit! I want to do this soo
bad, but Mommy said that we should wait! "HOW LONG?"
Grammy & Pap-Pap got me my Thomas stuff I asked for. I got
the timber yard, power station and castle bridge. They also
got me some more track pieces (y, x and t ones). A couple
risers and some things that hold the track together. I can
really build quite the town now! I still LOVE my Thomas
track! Santa knew what he was doing a few years ago when he
gave me that! My collection has just grown a
bit...heehee! Uncle JG got me the Batman
computer. He said that Santa called him and said he couldn't
find that toy anywhere and he knows my Uncle knows where and how to
shop for me! Uncle JG found it, at the new Sears that opened
right before Christmas! It's great, you push on it to open it
and wings come out the sides and Batman says, "Batman computer
online, enter access code!" I LOVE IT! I can enter
the codes all by myself and can play some of the games, some I will
learn as I get older. He also got me the above mentioned Acceleracers
stuff. The Drone Sweeper is the "bad guys" and it
sucks up all the "good guy" cars. My race track is
cool too...the cars go up in a loop and spin and spin and then they
shoot up a ramp and crash into the "ring of power!"
IT IS GREAT! Daddy says it's a bit loud, but I don't
care! He also got me a toy leaf blower like the one my Daddy
got and a Bob The Builder game for my V-Smile. I can play it
pretty well and still am challenged on some parts. Speaking of
video games, Santa got me and Daddy the Ms. PacMan game and a
Simpson's Operation game. It's funny, you have to take funny
things out of Homer and if you touch the sides, he yells!
Mommy & Daddy got me the Buckaroo game. It scares me a
little bit because he jumps and you don't know when. I got
these cool smelly drawing markers. I can really draw neat
stuff with them. A Rescue Heroes Underwater Adventure and a
Thomas puzzle.
Whew! I know I forgot to mention a lot of other things and I
know I was a "tad" bit spoiled, but I appreciate it all
very much. I also got cool things in the mail from friends and
family and money too! Uncle Mark sent me these cool magnet
building blocks. Susie, Lauren and Larissa sent me a
Caterpillar/Butterfly Garden (Mommy says we need to wait until
Spring, I can't wait!). Cousin Nickoli sent me 2 awesome
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Sam & Sarah sent me a cool
Rescue Hero jet.
I hope I didn't forget anyone! But to all of you....THANK
YOU.....THANK YOU.....THANK YOU!
December 26th: I'm sure you can guess what I spent the
day doing! PLAYING! Mommy thought it was funny that the
3 things I played with most consistently were the 3 things I asked
Santa for. Guess a 4-year does know what he wants
for Christmas! Grammy& Pap-Pap had to head home today so,
we said good-bye to them in the morning. Daddy, Grandma and
Pa-Pa went shopping for some wood for Daddy's new saws and they
fixed the molding on the window in the garage. I helped
Grandma pack up their things and we said good-bye to them in the
afternoon. Uncle JG had gone home last night, so now the house
was eerily quiet. I asked Daddy why everyone left?
"Don't they like our house?"
It didn't stay quiet for long....I had Acceleracers to race!
MERRY
CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope yours was as holly & jolly as
mine!
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Grammy's
Treatments Begin
December
27th, 2005 |
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It was suggested
to Grammy that she continue to attack her cancer. Her tests
had shown that all of the cancer had been removed. However,
she will be having daily radiation treatments as part of a
preventative treatment for the disease. Grammy will get
"zapped" for a few minutes every afternoon. I think
she has to go for 30 some days. The radiation only has some
minor side affects, like a sunburn, but nothing like chemo
would. We feel very lucky and thankful that today's medicine
helped to catch and fight this terrible disease early!
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McDonald's
Ban Has Been Lifted! YAY!
December
30th, 2005 |
It was a nice
summer day when the NO MORE McDONALD'S rule was set upon me.
Daddy said not until after Christmas! You see, I would, very
often, not eat any of my food but a few fries and sips of
shake. "What a waste of money and food!" Daddy
took me back today, with a reminder of how long it would be until
the next time, if I didn't eat anything! I did pretty good,
ate most of my fries and chicken nuggets and my shake. Mmmm!
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New
Year's Eve Day
December
31st, 2005 |
We did not do
much today but spend a relaxing time at home. Daddy got the
King Kong DVD Collection for Christmas and I have been asking and
asking to watch it. So, we did. I really liked it,
although I didn't really understand why they wanted to hurt King
Kong. Daddy kept telling me that "he was
misunderstood". I thought all the dinosaurs and
stuff were cool. Mommy thinks that I would probably enjoy the
Godzilla movies too. She also made some kind of comment of how
I am more like my Daddy every day. Heehee. I don't think
that is such a bad thing, and she doesn't either. To prove
that point even more, we spent a good part of the day playing my new
V-Smile game, Ms. PacMan and Pole Position video games. We
also built my volcano that Grandma and Pa got me for Christmas.
Mommy and me put the plaster around it and we will have to wait
until tomorrow for it to dry so I can paint and then make it
"explode!". Another thing....I spent the better part
of last night and today building a "house" with an empty
box that Daddy's new receiver for the TV came in. I have been
working really hard on taping it all up, building a chimney from
packing materials and decorating the inside. Daddy took some
pictures so hopefully he will get them up soon. Probably put
them in the January gallery. It was hard to capture all the
details but it's pretty awesome. Mommy says this is
classic...so much for all those new toys Santa and family
brought...heehee.
I stayed up pretty late but fell asleep on the couch around 10
o'clock, so I didn't get to ring in the new year. Mommy &
Daddy watched the big ball drop on the TV and listened to the
fireworks that Hershey set off. It was so foggy out, you
couldn't see them...bummer. We hope to do something more
exciting next year! However, there is a lot to say for nice,
quiet, and quality family time spent together.
Happy 2006!
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