We are all decorated for Christmas. We even did outdoor lights this year - yay! Check out our pictures from the last few weeks. We will have some more after Christmas of course!
"Dr Connors"
Why is this so fun? :)
Gobble Gobble
Mmmm oatmeal!
Sam with his most favorite toy ever - Cariboo!
In the band with Pops. The painted container is his "drum" and he used his belt as a noisemaker...
What's for dinner?
Clayton with his friend Ellen from preschool (we saw them at the Plaza lighting event)
Clayton with Gigi
Hey Sam - if you smile I will give you a cookie! :)
Sam and Gigi
Time for Christmas!
Advent workshop...
"Advent wreath"
Decorating the tree
Don't forget the candy canes!
Ta-da!
Putting up the nativity
Making salt dough ornaments
Our new friend "Clark" has been playing with our toys while we aren't looking!
This is what happens when you give a 2 year old hot cocoa & a stir stick!
I got to spend the day with Clayton's preschool, he always looks forward to having me come and showing off his things...
Working on a card
Clayton's "self portrait"
His preschool class presented the "Christmas story" and Clayton played a wiseman
Check the video below...
Making our gingerbread house
Ready to be assembled
Finally assembled and ready to be decorated!
I only got this photo of the actual decorating process. After this we got carried away with decorating, I did the “glue” and Clayton placed the candies.
Ta-da!
Clark was checking things out when we got up the next morning
Charlie Brown's house - and Snoopy and his house
Spiderman and a tornado
"At the zoo"
Merry Christmas!
CLAYTON
- A few things from the parent/teacher conferences at school.... I always think they are going to tell me at least 1 negative thing, but I guess they figure we know all those already :) Here are a few things, the report was quite long citing lots of examples...
* Very self directed
* Very independent, and relates well to both adults and his peers
* Many friends in the classroom and shows awareness of the interests of others
and encouragement and positive reinforcement come naturally to him
* Demonstrates a knowledge of print concepts and has an extensive vocabulary.
- He loves to "read" to us. Here is a video of him reading Daddy his Spiderman book
- He really likes babies. We went over to see a friend who had a new grandbaby and he entertained the 6 month old baby the entire time
- Here is a great video of his preschool class presenting the story of Christmas
SAM
- He loves music
- He is so lovable and affectionate. When we tell him "I love you" he gives a big kiss
- He likes a song called "Hop like a bunny" that we have on one of our children cd's in the car. Everytime we are putting him into the car he will say "Hop!?" letting us know he wants to hear his song
- He really warmed up quickly to Gigi when she got here, and wanted to be in her lap playing with the remote control most of the time :)
- He likes getting into things and when caught off guard (Hey Sam what are you doing?) his only response is "NO! MIIIINE!"
- He is obsessed with a game called Cariboo - a $2 garage sale find that entertains him endlessly. It has a key that you can use to open compartments and find a ball inside
- He can get up and down from the changing table by himself. He likes to get up there and play with the lightswitch
