Quick Stop In

Just a quick note to let the family know that Brice came down with a fever Christmas evening and has not been well at all.  He is on some medication to help with his breathing (he’s a bit croupy, as the doctor put it) and I hope to share Christmas photos once we are doing better.  Right now it’s all about Brice having mommy 24 hours of the day. 

Tree + Christmas Card

I’ll be sending out a Christmas card shortly (just waiting for return address stamp to arrive) but I thought I’d share a little collage I made of our “fun” trying to take Christmas pictures.  Brice is full force terrible 3’s now! 

Thanksgiving 2010

I think my mom forgot that my brother would not be joining us for Thanksgiving this year when she made the mashed potatoes. 

The kid taking over the iPad.

Drinking “bubbles” as he called it.  We had some sparkling cider and he really liked it.

Naps after dinner, always a tradition.

Brice drawing on his “high pad” for Auntie Diane.

Dinner is done, time to put away the leftovers.

I forgot to change the chalkboard for the holiday, so I did a quick fix.  That’s a cooked turkey next to the pumpkin, incase you couldn’t tell.

Cleaning up after dinner.

Mattie came along for the fun this Thanksgiving.  We love having her around, she is such a good dog!

Our Little Artist

Brice has a little Magnadoodle that he got for his birthday this year, and he LOVES to draw on it.  The kid is an amazing circle drawer.   Aaron decided he needed to get a bigger drawing surface and of course he loves it.  I know it’s close to Christmas, but he so rarely gets things like this that I think it was okay.  He drew this all by himself, without any help from us.  Aaron said that he was on the floor behind him drawing and said “Look at this!” and this is what he saw.  He figures the drawing on the top of the head is his hat, as he’s always telling Aaron to draw a hat on the faces he draws him.  I am just amazed that a 2.5 year old could draw a picture like this.  

“Look What I Can Do!”

So all the sudden he can drink from a cup.  I was shocked.  We really haven’t tried drinking from a cup, cause he’s such a thirsty boy and I knew he’d get frustrated with a cup.  But one morning I said “I need coffee” and he said “I need coffee, Mama.”  So I gave him a splash of decaf and a ton of almond milk with Stevia and the kid was in hog heaven.  He drank the whole thing with only the tiniest of drops spilled on his shirt.  I just couldn’t believe it!   One more piece of evidence that my little guy is growing up!

Rainy Day At The Zoo

We went to the zoo today with some friends, unfortunately it decided to rain shortly after we arrived.  We made the best of it, but Brice was a little cranky and had cold hands (well, that’s what you get for refusing to wear your mittens), so we came home early.  It was still great to visit with friends and luckily for me I get to see them all tomorrow night, sans kids!  And, the kids will all see each other again this weekend to celebrate Amelia’s birthday (which was actually today – Happy Birthday, Amelia!). 

Sick Boy

Our little guy was sick this weekend, but is now on the mend.  Yesterday was very hard on us all.  High fever, no sleeping, lots of stomach pain, but he’s doing much better today and has very little stomach upset.  Of course playing on the “hi-pad” helped him feel better.  Funny enough, he didn’t play on it that much, he just didn’t feel good enough.  You know he’s sick when he’ll give up time on the “hi-pad”. 

Dancing Fool

He’s been back “in to” dancing again.  For awhile there he was always saying “No!  I don wanna dance!” in his cute, 2-year-old, I'm-having-a-tantrum-for-no-reason, way. 

He Loves To Read

He loves reading!  I know you all know this, but I am constantly amazed at how much he loves his books.  When I sit at my computer I can hear him in his room reading his books and making up his own stories to the pictures and sometimes I hear him reading with his Leap Frog Tag Jr. books that Grandma Bonnie got him for his birthday (that’s what’s in the photos).  We’ve been trying to cut back on the TV (again) as he gets so cranky when he gets too much of it.  It just kind of gets away from me and I don’t realize how much it’s on, but once I realize and turn it off he’s back to his happy self again, and in to reading his books even more.   Now if I could just get the kid to eat, everything would be perfect.

The Force Is Strong

Trick Or Treat

We told him he was a dinosaur, but I think it might have been a dragon costume – either way, he hated wearing it and we had to bribe him big time to go along.  We did make it to a few family members homes, where he got some treats (cars, cookies, CANDY CORN!)  The kid is candy corn obsessed.  I’ll be glad when it’s gone and he stops asking for it.  At the same time, it’s great for bribing! 

Visit From Katie

Joan and Travis’ new little girl, Katie, came to visit this morning.  We got to watch her while mommy went to work and Brice was so good with her.  He kept saying “Here comes my baby” when Joan was driving up.  He did so good being gentle and quiet and he loved to talk with her and make her smile.  And even more surprising, he wasn’t at all upset when I was holding and feeding her.  I kind of wondered if he might get a little jealous, but he was just fine with it.  I just hope if we ever decide to have another that he keeps that up.  But we don’t have to worry about that for a long time yet.  :)