Christmas Day is here again

This Christmas season has been especially fun for me. I have been counting down the days until Santa comes. I have been hoping and hoping for a train table. I made special cookies last weekend and, before I went to bed on Christmas eve, I picked out some that I thought Santa would like the best. I also left him two cups of milk because he likes milk. He also likes hot chocolate, in case you were wondering. I bounced out of bed on Christmas morning and woke up Mommy and Daddy and Sam. I started to get excited when I saw a big present with my name on it.

My train table is here! My train table is here!!




M&Ms in my stocking. My favorite!


I got a bunch of cool presents.


Uncle Andy got me my own camera. I am getting good at taking pictures. I will post some of those as soon as Mommy uploads them for me.


I realized I can play with all of Sam's toys too. Bonus!


Chilling on the couch with my movie and my Thomas blanket.


Merry Christmas to all!

Snow and more snow

I was so excited to see all of the snow this weekend! I played outside for a long time. Daddy and I built a snowman in the backyard. Or a snow mountain, I keep changing my mind. I told Daddy that it wasn't big, it was small or maybe medium-sized. It was a great size for us to tackle though, so that's what we did. After playing outside we were pretty cold. We left our mittens and hats and coats on the front porch to dry off and we went inside for some hot chocolate.

I told Mommy I want to play outside again "for 12 minutes" so I can get some more hot chocolate. Mommy said that, if I would like, I can have hot chocolate even without playing outside first.
That's just crazy talk.

I could say it better in a song

I like to make up songs and stories. My stories are usually about trains and sometimes about animals or people. Today I told Mommy a long involved story about four blue frogs.

The songs I write are about things I encounter in my every day life. One of my new favorite activities is taking a bath with Sam. He just recently graduated from the baby bathtub to the real bathtub and I think it's pretty fun to have a tub buddy.

I was very sad yesterday when Mommy told me it wasn't bath day. I thought I could change her mind by telling her I'd made up a special bathtime song.

The song goes "The coolest baby in the tub, his name is Sam. The biggest big boy in the tub, his name is Ben. The End."

Mommy said it still wasn't bath day but she really liked my song.

Santa's Big Party

This weekend, my family and I headed to Charmingfare Farm in New Hampshire for some fun winter activities. To make it all the more picturesque, we had our first snow of the season! First, I got to visit the animals at the farm. They had chickens, goats, horses, llamas and pigs and they were all hungry. They were happy to see me since I had food for them.


Then I got to ride a pony! It was my first pony ride ever. As I was standing in line I told Mommy and Daddy that I really wanted to ride the pony with the white stripe on his nose. When I got to the front of the line I was very excited that I got the pony I'd been eyeing. The lady told me that his name is Teddy. He was very soft.



After the pony ride we waited in line to get on a hay ride. I tried to catch snowflakes on my tongue.


The hayride to Santa's undisclosed location was pretty long.


But it was worth it. All my favorite Christmas characters were hanging out there. I got to see Rudolph, Frosty, Santa and The Grinch (I was a little apprehensive about him, I had Daddy and Sam check it out.)






I fed Santa's reindeer then headed home for some of lunch of my own.

Happy Thanksgiving

I have been talking about turkey for weeks. Today, when faced with a Hulk plate full of white meat I decided that I do not like turkey and I needed some chicken. I did eat some stuffing and, although I had no salad, I enjoyed putting salad on everyone else's plates.



After dinner I played "tackle" outside with Daddy and Uncle Andy before getting really tired and heading to bed early.

Today I am thankful for: tackling, chicken and the Hulk.

Discovery

Last week I visited the Discovery Museum with my friends. They have a lot of cool stuff there. I went there once before but I was too young to remember. The first room is "the Train Room" and, as you can imagine, I could have stayed there all day. If you ask me about it I will tell you, in great detail, how Leah's mom sat behind the train ticket booth and gave me a green train ticket. I played with the big train table for a long time and even did a great job sharing with the other kids.

It required much convincing, but eventually I moved on. Alex, Leah and I tried on some animal furs and practiced our roaring in the "Safari Room".



After such a fun day I was quite exhausted but I took a minute to pose with the dinosaur.

Who is that masked boy?

In honor of Halloween I have revealed my secret identity - Spiderman!




Spiderman has been seen around town with a bunch of my friends (and a sad puppy brother).



I took some time off from fighting crime to go trick or treating. It was great!



My favorite part was handing out candy to the other kids and seeing everyone else's alter egos.


Happy Halloween!

Leaving on a jet plane

Last weekend we took a trip to Atlanta. I was very excited about the plane ride.
Here I am studying up on the safety guidelines.


Unfortunately, I did not get to fly the plane myself but I did get to visit the flight deck.



I decided to chill in my seat with a book and some tunes instead.


I had a lot of fun hanging out at Grammy and Papa's house. We played with blocks, watched movies and made apple pie!

More apples

Since a growing boy can never have too many apples, I went back for more! This time Leah and Zachary came too.

Here we are on the hay ride


Me and Mommy


Playing in the pumpkins


Showing off my loot


Yay, Fall!

Apples

On Saturday we took advantage of the sort of warm/sort of fall-like weather and headed to Parlee Farm for some apple picking. I am quite the expert on apples so I picked a really good one as a sample.



We filled up our bag and then visited the goats and played on the haystacks. We even brought home some apple cider and donuts. Yum.

And now we're ready for fall

My first day of "Big Kid School"



Can we please just go?

The rest of my summer...

At the beach, I pretended to be a sea turtle. I laid some eggs on the beach and buried them in the sand to keep them safe.



I flew my kite.


I washed Daddy's car.


My friends and I found a caterpillar at the playground. It was fascinating.



I rode on the motorcycle with Alex.


I took a trip to the ICA with Uncle Andy.





I played catch in my backyard. I haven't figured out if I'm supposed to throw the ball or the glove.


I enjoyed some dinosaur cupcakes at Zachary's birthday party.