Winter Gala

A couple video clips from the Winter Gala at school:

"Snowman" by David McCord

My little snowman has a mouth,

So he is always smiling south.

My little snowman has a nose;

I couldn’t seem to give him toes,

I couldn’t seem to make his ears.

He shed a lot of frozen tears

Before I gave him any eyes–

But they are big ones for his size.

and

"Ten Little Indians"

Snow fun

Sledding on the little hill in G'ma 'n Pa's backyard was pretty fun. Then I was introduced to the hill at the Gurney Lane Recreation Area down the road. Wow! And it was fun playing on the swings in the snow there, too. Plus, they had a room with a wood stove and hot chocolate! Mmmmm.

A Very Merry Christmas

I had the best time this Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we went to Uncle Spike and Aunt Stacey's house and I got to play with cousin Sophia all night - that was a lot of fun. Grandma and Grandma M were also there and we ate lots of delicious food. I really liked the calamari, smelts, Spike's venison jerky (unfortunately, so did Mylo the dog) and of course the scalille. One the way home, I fell asleep in the car, but Dad remembered to put cookies and milk out for Santa and some carrots and celery for the reindeer. When I woke up in the morning, I looked outside and saw that it had snowed! A white Christmas morning was pretty exciting. Then we all went downstairs to find that Santa stopped by and left the presents I'd asked for - trains! Plus some other cool stuff, like a game called Cootie and a Batman action figure! I spent the rest of the morning playing with trains, Lego blocks, coloring and winning consecutive games of Cootie (rolling dice and building a plastic bug). Then G'ma n' 'Pa L, Uncle Mike & Aunt Sheila and Uncle Eric came over and the fun really began. We sat by the fire and played and joked and watched Christmas specials on video and ate more yummy food that Mom cooked. And then I opened even more presents, like a Lightning McQueen racecar that turns into a jet, a Hot Wheels track for my cars and a huge (and I mean huge) military cargo plane. It was so much fun and great to be able to see so much of my family. They love me tons and I love them.

Santa email

Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila asked Santa to send me an email video! And he did! Ho! Ho! Ho!

All aboard the Polar Express

I took a ride on the Polar Express tonight with Mom, Dad, Uncle Blue, Aunt Shanni and Aiden! It was pretty cool. There were lots of characters from the book/movie on board, we got to eat cookies and drink hot chocolate, took a ride to the North Pole and even got a visit from Santa!

Reading the Schechter's Polar Express book

The conductor punches the train ticket.

Mmm, hot chocolate.

Liam and Aiden waving to Santa at the North Pole

At the North Pole

Santa!

Christmas coloring

When I visited the dentist last week, Dr. Jason gave me a picture of a wreath to color and mail back to him. I think he's going to hang the wreath pictures in his office and I might even win a prize.

Storytime

Last week, I brought my copy of the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (and my plush Hungry Caterpillar toy that my Aiello cousins gave me when I was a little guy) to school, to 'read' to Ms. Lynn's 2-year-old class. I know some of the words, but luckily, the rest of the book I've got pretty much memorized. My friend Gabby came with me to help. She doesn't know the book as well, but she can speak French, so she's got that going for her.

Grandpa's Birthday

Yesterday was G'Pa M's birthday and we went to Kingston to visit, play, look at Christmas lights on houses and have birthday dinner at Frank Guido's Little Italy. I shared a chair with Grandpa and we watched a couple of Christmas specials on TV. Happy Birthday Grandpa! Love you!

Eat At Joe's

We had dinner at Joe's Crab shack the other night. I had the fish sticks and corn-on-the-cob. Plus, Mom and Dad let me have some of their crab legs. It was yummy. The waitress gave me a bib to wear like a superhero cape. I was Super Crab! Then, for dessert, I got to paint a crab! It was a Rice Krispies Treat shaped like a crab, along with a paintbrush and a palette of chocolate and strawberry syrup and caramel. I made some art, then I ate it.

Victorian Stroll

On Sunday, we went to Troy for the Victorian Stroll. There were people walking around in fancy clothing, some really tall people on stilts, jugglers, reindeer and lots of Christmas decorations everywhere. I went inside one building where there were a whole bunch of trees decorated with candy and ornaments. There was also a table where I drew a picture of Santa and a Christmas tree. I signed my name to it and gave it to Santa (and gave him a high five)! He said that he has a really big refrigerator at the North Pole that he will hang it on! Merry Christmas, Santa.