Christmas Festivities!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I had so much fun this year...


Christmas Eve
Here I am carrying the plate for the cookies for Santa...


Here I am trying to eat Santa's cookies...Hey, Mommy wasn't very clear with why I was carrying a plate of cookies at first!



My present from SANTA! A new train table! I told everyone "Santa bring me train. Dit doo (thank you) Santa, dit doo!!"

One of my favorite gifts, a guitar!!

My Family!

Christmas Day!

My annual picture in the chair Uncle and Mommy sat in...

Being silly laying on one of my presents...

Aunt Amanda made me a comforter for my big boy bed!! I was so excited to use it that I walked over and laid on the floor and said "I sleep".

It's a Sesame Street blanket so it will match all of my room decor :)

Opening my kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa. I can't wait to do some "cooking".

That's all for now!!

It just isn't Christmas without Great-Grandma in the Midwest!!

There will be more Christmas pictures coming, but I had to do a post about how much we missed Great-Grandma being around here for Christmas. She is in Texas this year and boy do we miss her!! In addition to missing her being at Christmas, we also miss her 20-some kinds of cookies. I decided I had to check out the cookie jar anyway just to see if maybe there were some there. Everyone else helped me too...

I was put in charge of finding the cookies. I can usually find a cookie anywhere in the house so I was the perfect boy for the job...

I don't think there are any in this jar...


Oh no! What are we going to do?!!

Maybe if I dig my hand around inside a little bit...

Nope, no cookies!

Come home soon Great-Grandma! Christmas just isn't the same!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

COOKIES!!

Mommy, Daddy and I made Christmas Cookies this week! I had a lot of fun (when I was helping and not running around)...

Getting the rolling pin ready...

Very serious about cutting out the shapes (and Mommy couldn't get the dough rolled out fast enough)...

Happy that Mommy let me take a turn...I can do it so much faster than she can!

Very serious again (after putting on Mommy's winter hat, which fits me!)...

NIGHT #2 - Decorating the cookies...

First, I had to try one to make sure they were good enough to frost...

Then I had to try the frosting (multiple times)...I just didn't want to have to share the decorated cookies with anyone so I kept dipping my spoon in the frosting and eating it. I was soon banished from the kitchen for eating too much frosting...I'm not sure why you would want to frost cookies anyway when the frosting is good enough to eat with a spoon!

One of my few attempts at actually decorating a cookie and not just eating the frosting!

Overall, it was a fun experience! I do like eating the frosted cookies now too!

Winter Fun!

Before my fun could start, I had to help shovel the driveway. It was great fun...until my boots and mittens got snow on them, and then I got MAD and Mommy had to take me inside...

I have been having fun enjoying this time up to Christmas! Saturday, (since the snowstorm held off till later), I got to go to Brunch with Santa in Monroe. Mommy and Grandma and Grandpa hadn't been there in about 25 years and Daddy and I had never been! It was great fun! I was a bit in shock with all the people and decorations, but I had a good time.

Looking intently at the book Mrs Claus was reading while I was waiting to see Santa.

Mommy didn't get a picture of me on Santa's lap, but one should be coming! At first I was scared when I got up there and threw myself down on the floor saying "no"! Mommy stayed by me though and I did sit on Santa's lap and let the photographer take my picture.

Here I am playing a game...

I am Thankful!!

I had a great Thanksgiving and am so thankful for the wonderful family I have!!

Here I am helping Grandma do the dishes...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Love, JOEY

Where am I?

Can you find me? I am doing one of my favorite things...hiding!!



Here I am!!

Here I am doing my best Spider Pig impression (this is for all of you who have seen the Simpsons Movie, don't worry Grandma H, I haven't seen it)...

Cleaning up leaves at home...we had A LOT of leaves!! Daddy thought I was a leaf to blow away. Silly Daddy!!

Have a good week!

Random Pictures

Here are a few shots from the past week...

Me with all of my Halloween candy! Yummy!

The last outdoor farmers market of the year (and the last time I am in the backpack according to Daddy!)...

Playing outside at the park with no coat on November 8th!!

Eating my sucker and being silly...I lick my sucker instead of sucking on it...Mommy thinks I'm pretty funny!

My version of how Mr Potato Head should look...Something isn't quite right, but I haven't figured it out yet!

Have a great week!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from the Monkey and the Frog...

I couldn't decide which to be so I was both!!

Helping clean up sticks from the tree that fell in our yard during the wind storm...

Watching Daddy and Grandpa cut up the tree....

Bet you never saw a frog driving a car!!

Monkey running...

A monkey should be in a tree, right?

Ready for trick or treating! I had a blast (except for the boy who scared me at the first house. I didn't like that very much, and I was kind of scared after that).

Happy Halloween!