Live to ride...

Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila came to New York from Michigan for Christmas and they gave me a new awesome Harley jacket to wear when I ride my Fisher-Price Harley-Davidson trike (a previous present from them). Here's some video of me from the day after Christmas that Dad edited together.

p.s. I had just watched the movie Toy Story for the first time, so what you hear me yelling is some variation of Buzz Lightyear's "To infinity and beyond!"

p.p.s. Happy Birthday, Uncle Mike!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Christmas Eve

This is me and my cousin Sophia, at her house. Uncle Spike and Aunt Stacey invited us over for dinner and fun. Grandma and Grandpa were there, too. We watched football, opened some presents and played. I ate a little fried fish, called a smelt! It was pretty good.

Video email from the North Pole

Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila asked somebody at the North Pole to send me an email, and he did! He knows if I've been bad or good...

Pajama day!

Today is pajama day at school! I chose my dinosaur jammies, along with my dino slippers and stegosaurus hat! ROAARRR!

You know what else I love?

Legos.

Today I built a zoo.

I love Candy Land.

I could play it over and over and over again. And if I didn't have to sleep, eat, and go to school, I probably would. Like, right now. It's time to take peppermint pass to the gingerbread house, then through the lollipop woods to the candy castle!

Scalille

On Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa M's house to make a delicious Christmastime treat that my Dad's Nani (my great-grandma) used to make. Dad told me what they're called. It sounds like "scoweila". He searched for them on the computer and the closest name he found was Scalille. One site called them Christmas fritters. They originated in Calabria, Italy, where some relatives on Dad's side of the family are from. I don't always remember the name, but when I ask for "one of those sticky honey cookies," you'll know what I'm talking about.

VROOOOM!

I'm learning to drive stick. If he's nice, maybe I'll teach Dad.

Santa!

I brought my friends Woof-Woof and Edward to see Santa this morning and told him what I wanted for Christmas. He knew exactly what I was talking about and reminded me to be a good boy. Okay, Santa. See you soon.

A holiday weekend of firsts.

I did a few things for the first time this weekend. It was my first chance this season to play in the snow and I went down the hill on the sled all on my own. Mom and Dad took me to my first visit at the Crandall Library where I got to play on the computer and sit in a big chair and read books with Dad. And we got to take some books home with us to read later! After the library, we went to see my first movie at a theater. We saw The Muppets! It was great, and Mom & Dad thought so, too. Plus, Dad let me eat all the popcorn and M&Ms I wanted. On top of all those firsts, I got to have lots of fun with Grandma and 'Pa. I went into the woods with 'Pa and learned to "backtrack" in our footsteps in the snow to help find our way back out. It was a great weekend.

Turkey day snow fun!

There's snow at Grandma 'n 'Pa's house! Mom pulled me around a bit, then I pulled Curious George on the sled. Then I went down the hill all by myself!

Happy Thanksgiving

Stegosaurus hat.

I have a new hat for winter. It's got a row of armored plates, just like a Stegosaurus. ROAR!

Oh my darling, clementine!

Dad showed me how to peel and eat a clementine this morning. It was fun to do and tasty to eat. I had two!

Leaf me alone.

I'm relaxing.

Spaghetti!

We had dinner at Perreca's last night. I ordered spaghetti and meatballs. It was yummy. Plus, there was entertainment - a man playing the accordion. Our waitress remembered my name from the last time we were there, and when I finished my dinner, she brought me a cannoli for dessert!

Happy Halloween!

My costume this year is (guess who?) Thomas the Tank Engine! You might remember him from my "Day Out With Thomas" on the train in North Creek, NY. Or maybe from my birthday party theme? Yeah, him. And Dad dressed as the head of the railway, Sir Topham Hatt. There was a Halloween parade at school during the day, then in the evening I went trick-or-treating with Dad, Grandpa L, and Mrs. Sarah & my pal Caleb from next door, who dressed up as a Yankee baseball player!

Ahoy, mateys!

Dad asked me what kind of jack-o-lantern I wanted for Halloween. I asked for a Pirate Pumpkin!

History & Economics 101

Ellms Family Farm

This Saturday we went to Ellms Family Farm in Ballston Spa. We had lots of fun there with our friends, the Hook family. Julia is just a little bit older than me, and we like to play together. We went on a hay ride and jumped on a big bouncy pillow, had rubber duck races, went down the tube slide, on the "moo-moo choo-choo" and through the corn maze! It was great!

Fall fun.

I had a fun Fall weekend with Mom, Dad, G'ma n 'Pa. We went apple picking, carved a jack-o-lantern, fed ducks at the pond and made cookies!

An apple a day.

It's autumn! Cool, crisp air? Not so much. Dad says they call this an "Indian Summer." I call it a nice day to play and pick apples at Bowman Orchards.