Since my last blog
at the beginning of December a lot has been going on in such a short amount of
time! I have been on many adventures, outings and am learning new things daily!
I ended up getting
to celebrate Christmas 3 times, so as you can imagine each one was exciting and
I of course was spoiled to no end!
Christmas #1: Frequent Flyer Once Again -
NC Bound!
Once again I got to
fly the friendly skies...this time my destination was North Carolina! We went
around Christmas so we could spend time with my Grandma and Grandpa (my dad's
parents) that live there. My Auntie Joy and Uncle Shawn joined my mom, dad and I
on the trip and once again I did great on the flight there and took a nice
little snooze while we flew high above the clouds to our
destination!
From the moment we
arrived at my Grandma and Grandpa's house I was non-stop spoiled! My Grandpa
always made sure I had a cookie in my hand at all times, and my Grandma had so
many toys and books for me to play with it was crazy! She even introduced me to
my mom's favorite Christmas show..."The Christmas Story"! Yes, there is a
picture of it...because my mom loves that show!
My Grandpa thought
that I needed something besides the play kitchen my mom got me, so he decided to
one-up her and got me a Black and Decker work bench! (I am not sure who enjoyed
it more...Grandpa or me!)
Zoo Time...NC
Style!
We decided to take
advantage of the warm(er) weather and spend some time outdoors...what better
activity then going to the Zoo! It was a beautiful day compared to the weather back
home, so we enjoyed a full day outing of seeing the Lions, Tigers and Bears...Oh
My...but my favorite thing was the polar bears and the gorillas!
Christmas Time #2: Home for the
Holidays!
On Christmas Eve dad
had to work for part of the day, so mom and I went and surprised him at his
office. We brought him lunch and I got to run around and say hi to everyone in
his office! Once he got off of work, we hung out at home and had to watch "The
Christmas Story" again...because of course that is my mom's favorite show. Dad
isn't a fan, but puts up with it once a year...for the full 24 hours it is shown
on TV! Yes, my mom likes to have it on for the full 24 hours...it doesn't matter
if we are watching or not, she has to have it on! After the 10th time hearing
"You'll shoot your eye out" my dad was about done while my mom just
smiled and was happy!
On Christmas Eve we
kept up with our family tradition and opened up one gift that night...our
Christmas PJ's! Mine were extra special because my Auntie Joy picked them out
especially for me to wear!
The next morning was
Christmas Day and Santa was very good to me! Here I am with my dad's help
opening up my stocking.
Once the Santa gifts
were looked through, my Auntie Joy and Uncle Shawn came over for brunch and we
opened up gifts! After that we spent the rest of the day relaxing and playing!
While opening up presents I had to hold and hug each and every one of
them!
Christmas Time #3: Australia or
Bust!
The third and final
Christmas was a little later than usual because my Grandma and Grandpa (my mom's
parents) had just returned home from being in Australia for the close to three
months. My cousin, Dominic flew home with them as he is now attending college in
ND, so I get to see a lot more of him now, and of course help with with fixing
things at Grandma and Grandma's house!!
Enjoying
the fun things!!
Our winter wasn't a
bad one this year, and when we finally got snow we took full advantage of it and
put my sled that Santa brought me to good use!
I enjoy being
outside and playing in the snow, so we made sure to get out and have as much fun
as we could this past winter!
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While some days were
down right cold here, we didn't let that stop us from having fun!
We we went to the
indoor rugby games:
Played at the indoor
playground:
Played with toys at
home too:
I even got my first
baseball lesson for my soon to be coach (my neighbor, Jim!):
For Valentine's Day we got up
early and went to the famous doughnuts place for breakfast...it was packed, so
we took our goodies to go. Oh boy, did I enjoy them!! It is a very rare treat to
get a doughnut for breakfast so we all enjoyed the special
treat!!
And, what is more
fun then simply hanging out with my family and making funny faces for the camera
with daddy (and borrowing mommy's scarf??) ha!!
Until next
time...have a great St. Patty's Day tomorrow! (We are having corn beef!!
Yummy!!)
Donovan
