Off to see the Wizard!

Mom brought me to the Palace Theatre today to see The Wizard of Oz on the big screen! We met Aunt Stacey and cousin Sophia there. Before the movie there were fun games to play in the lobby. After the movie we met Uncle Spike and Dad in Albany for dinner!

Monopoly

"Boardwalk with 3 houses? That'll be $1400, please."

Merry Christmas

I guess Santa kept me on the good list, because there were presents under the tree on Christmas morning. Later in the day, G'ma & 'Pa, Uncle Mike, Aunt Sheila, Uncle Eric & Aunt Julianne all came over for games and fun and dinner. Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Eve

We went to Uncle Spike and Aunt Stacey's house for Christmas Eve. I got to play with cousin Sophia all night and visit with Grandma, Grandpa, cousin Sierra, and eat smelts and scalille!

Santa drawing

I drew a picture of Santa for Uncle Mike (aka Uncle Ho Ho) & Aunt Sheila. Not bad, eh?

Hat & tooth

Like my new winter hat? It's got a part to cover my face for those really cold, windy days. It also covers the hole in my mouth where my front tooth used to be. It was loose and I helped wiggle it out this morning.

NYC and the LEGO Store!

We visited Ken & Tom this weekend and went into the city to have dinner and check out the new LEGO store in the Flatiron District!

Jenga

Santa!

Mom and Dad brought me to breakfast at Lakeside Farms, and guess who was there? Santa! He told me that he knew my Elf on a Shelf, Albert and I told him that I've been good (mostly), and what I was hoping for at Christmas. Then I ate pancakes.

A rainy saturday

The weather outside was chilly and wet, but that didn't stop me from having some fun today. My friend Gabby invited me to join her at soccer practice at Afrim's Sports. After that, I went to the library with Dad and took out some books. I even convinced him to take a quick walk around the nature path.

Coconut

I'm nuts for coconuts. Well, not really, but I think they're pretty good. It was fun to split open, eat and drink the water inside.

Elf on a shelf

Everyone, meet Albert. He's my elf. He keeps an eye on the family and reports back to Santa nightly. By naming him, I gave him the Christmas magic he needs to fly to and from the North Pole. Every morning when I wake up, he's in a different spot in the house. As I told my Dad, "it's fun having an elf in the house".

first appearance

hanging from the light

in my stocking

on dad's guitar

on my nightstand chair

atop the Christmas tree star?!

Good ol' neighbors

We went to visit the Collen family out in Grafton today. It's been a few years since they moved out of Niskayuna and almost a year since we last visited their 'new' house. It was a good visit and we had a lot of fun. We watched some football on TV, read a book about a Christmas Mouse, played foosball, wrestled and made Ninja Turtle ornaments.

Bob's Trees

Got our Christmas tree today at Bob's.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I made this turkey artwork school project with Mom and Dad. The feathers are sparkly foam oak leaves, the waddle is made of red fuzzy balls, and it's got pipe cleaner feet. I also added photos of all of the people from my family that I'd be eating Thanksgiving dinner with. Dad wrote my name with pipe cleaners and Mom created the pumpkin.

Do you want to build a snowman?

A little bitty snowman?

Let's read some more!

I like reading my books and filling my "bookworm" list.

Fun center

Spent a couple hours today with my friend Dean at TreePaad family fun center. Air hockey, connect four, fruit ninja, and more. Good times.

Silver Dollar

I checked out some of Dad's old coins and he let me keep one of his "Ike" Silver Dollars!

Science Festival

I went to the Science Festival at the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) with Caleb. We got to make a tornado in a bottle, saw some cool experiments with liquid nitrogen, had fun making giant bubbles, paper airplanes and fog rings. There was also an exhibit with Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Dad held one and let it crawl on him and I let him put in on my arm for 2 seconds. That was enough of that for me.