Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas and had a great time with family and friends!! Gage is understanding the Christmas present/holiday festivities a bit more this year, which made it that much better!! He also was quite spoiled by parents and grandparents, but he is totally worth it!! He got a big train table set that has every mode of transportation available and he loves it! It's quite eccentric. He also got a train set from Grandpa Jim, which goes on its own, but Gage likes to make it ride around, too. He got a play-dough table set with all kinds of trinkets to play with from Grandma Sue, as well as Mickey Mouse underwear--he asked for it, so here's hoping!! He got many different kinds of cars and tracks to play on, and some good books and puzzles to learn from. It is fun to see him play with so many new toys and take joy in each one!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Sesame Street Live-When Elmo Grows Up

The Sesame Street gang came to town this weekend, so of course we had to go and see Elmo and Cookie Monster. Gage was excited about going, but when they came out on stage, he was a little frightned at first because he couldn't believe that these guys were actually here, right in front of him! They even came down off the stage to meet with the kids, sadly Cookie Monster and Elmo came before Gage was really warmed up, so he screamed when they came. After the first hour, he did finally warm up and gave on of the characters a high five, but then asked to give Elmo a high five, which he wasn't able to do then. But he did really like the concert and it is something to always remember and hopefully they come again!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

On Sunday, the National Guard had their family Christmas day, and one of the officers Ray works with us invited us to come and see the helicopters. Gage can point out a plane or helicopter in the sky when it is just a dark speck, so we figured he would really enjoy it; but alas, there were too many people in a weird place, and the helicopter was enourmous and a bit overwhelming for Gage.


There were some activities for the kids to do, like jumpers, which Gage wanted to do, but not without me, and these jumpers had doors that were just too small for me to go through, so we just watched the kids slide. Gage wanted to take some pictures of his own of this.

Gage started to really relax and have a good time when we discovered the craft tables, we decorated cookies, made a card, and made a candy cane reindeer.

Christmas Decorations and the first snow!!

Gage is so excited for Christmas!! He loves seeing Santa everywhere, snowmen everywhere, trees everywhere, and candy canes!! We set up our tree and found fun in that for a week--taking all the ornaments off and breaking a few, but now it is okay other than the cat! We set up our climbing Santa in his room because he would really enjoy having some decorations, and why not choose the one with some action!! He loved it!!


Gage is loving that the snow is here!! He's so excited to see it come down from the sky and be on the ground-a lot or a little. He is so happy to have a lot of snow on the ground right now and has to go walk through it in the morning before going to school, run around in it after school, and he even got to go help dad shovel the other night. He was so excited, he put all his coats and boots and stuff on with no whining, which never happens! He wasn't happy to come in, but enjoyed his time out in the cold and saying, "snow, snow, snow!"