Christmas Activities

Ok, so I'm a pretty active guy (when you're this good looking you can't help but to be busy with so many friends) and did a lot in December leading up to Christmas so I'm just going to give you a brief summary.

First, we went to see the largest Christmas tree in the world (that would be in my world) at the Galleria in the middle of the skating rink. I even saw Santa Claus there.

We had our annual playgroup Christmas party and book exchange at Madison and Mason's house.

Next, Mommy joined my class for another Christmas party and book exchange.

One night we visited Frisco's Christmas in the Square like we did last year and watched all the lights choreographed to the holiday music. I even saw Santa Claus there.

That same night we stopped by Frisco Fire Department's Safety Town (it's a mini-city designed to educate children about public safety . . . hence the name) to see their holiday light displays and activities. I even saw Santa Claus there.

As you can see I was really busy before Christmas. But apparently not as busy as Santa Claus.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today is Daddy's birthday and Mommy almost forgot. We were down in San Antonio for Christmas and everyone had already celebrated the night before at Mommy's favorite restaurant (funny how that worked out). But the next morning we were packing up, getting ready to go back home, and everyone forgot the big day until we were walking out the door. Daddy was so nice and never said anything all morning.

When we made it home finally (no tantrums the whole trip!) we gave Daddy our presents and, with my persistence, sang "Happy Birthday" about 20 times (seriously). I think I wore him down and he was satisfied with our recognition of his 29th birthday . . . could that number be right? Anyway, sorry that we almost forgot (even though Mommy would have killed you if you did the same)! We do love you lots- you're the best!

Third Visit with Santa

I finally made it to see Santa Claus before he went back to the North Pole to collect my gifts. I was extremely hesitant to sit in the man's lap but Mommy promised me candy afterwards (she does that with haircuts, too). Her bribe worked because I did not try to "escape" like last year. So we took two pictures (the first one I had a bigger frown) and I hopped right off to receive my much-deserved treat. I don't get candy very often at all so I wouldn't mind a few more visits; I might even muster up a smile after a while.

Children's Parade

Mommy and Daddy were brave enough to take me to the Neiman Marcus Adolphus Children's Parade this year. Each year our group gets tickets together and makes a trip to downtown Dallas. You have to get there early to get good seats (but isn't that why we bought the tickets?), and then wait a while in the cold for the parade to start. Although I was getting quite antsy for the show to begin, I really enjoyed it once it started. I saw many characters from tv, Miss America, Miss Texas, and Miss Dallas, some of the Dallas Stars and Rangers, lots of bands and dancers, and of course elves, Rudolph, Frosty and Santa. My complaints were minimal, but once the parade was over I was ready to get the heck out of those tight quarters. My parents were quite shocked that I tolerated almost two hours in one spot. That will be my Christmas present to them.

Trains

My first girlfriend, Isabelle, was in town from Little Rock for Thanksgiving so the next day we went on our first real train ride. We met at the depot to take the North Pole Express (i.e., Grapevine Vintage Railroad), but we never actually made it to the North Pole. Santa did come to visit us on our train, though. It was very cool, and I was in such awe that I actually behaved myself.

For playgroup last week we went to see the Trains at Northpark Center exhibit and saw elaborate displays of miniature cities/landmarks with vintage locomotives. There were so many trains going back and forth and I loved watching all of them . . . wondering how I could get my hands on those cars to disassemble them.