Lego Winter Village–Toy Shop

Norman is eyeballing the Lego’s.  His favorite thing to do is jump on the table and bat the Lego’s off and chase them around the floor.

See, told you.  He has hours of fun with Lego’s.  He is definitely a good cat for Brice.

Not so happy at being kicked off. 

We have lots of fun building Lego’s together.  I picked up the Bakery and Ryder and I built most of that.  There is one more set we don’t have, but that will have to wait for another year.  Hopefully Lego continues to put out a new set each year, because this is a tradition I would like to carry on with the boys.  I love that our ‘winter village’ is a Lego village. 

Good Food

I love when Brice eats good food.  He’s so picky, but he’s been eating apples and cheese for me this week.  He even ate a few bites of pear.  Of course Ryder has never been picky about eating.  He will eat just about anything.  Of course, if Ryder is eating it, usually I can get Brice to at least have a bite or two.  And then if we’re at Costco, he will eat anything that is a sample!  He’s a funny kid.

Norman is around 6 months now.  He is getting bigger and bigger.  He seems to be about double his size when we got him, but he’s still a small kitty to me.  If he gets to be true Ragdoll size, we’re looking at about a 20+ pound cat!  Little or big, I don’t care, cause he’s just about the best cat ever!

Sleeps Anywhere

When he’s done, he’s done.  He doesn’t care where it is or how he’s positioned.  If it’s time for his body to sleep, sleep it will.

Totally Out

Norman + Brice

There’s no doubt about it, Brice loves Norman.   

Every opportunity Brice gets, he has to carry Norman around or give him hugs and cuddles.  And I can’t believe how good Norman is with it all.  He just takes it in stride.  Although, Brice is pretty gentle with him.  When Brice picks him up and carry’s him around and sets him down, he just runs away, even though he knows Brice is just going to go pick him up again.  I’m always telling Brice to just leave Norman be, worrying that Norman will just run and hide from him.  But then something like the next photo happens (this was last night) and I know there is nothing to worry about. 

Brice was asleep on our bed, I went to my computer for a few minutes and when I turned around I saw that Norman had not only jumped on the bed, but cuddled next to Brice.  I’d say they are going to be very good buddies.

Tamales!

Tonight Rachel is teaching us how her family makes tamales!

Little Ninja

Brice finally decided on being a ninja for Halloween.  I have to say I was quite proud of our costume.  It was homemade and (I think) better looking than anything you could find in the stores.  As a parent I better understand why my mom always said the best costumes were homemade.  We took him to the mall to trick or treat, primarily so he could see all the other kids in costumes (and it was warm and dry).  Everyone kept stopping and saying “Hey look at that ninja!”  His costume was a hit.  I ended up making the mast and hood at the last minute from some jersey knit fabric we picked up.  It wasn’t perfect, but got the job done.  He was excited and loved his mask and that’s what mattered to me.