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!

Hangin' with The Schechter's

Had a super fun time with my pal Aiden and his Mom and Dad (Aunt Shanni and Uncle Blue). We played outside for a while, then he let me play with all of his toys. We ate dinner together and watched a video and painted in a Curious George watercolor book that they gave me. It was a lot of fun and we need to do it again soon.

3 x 3

It was 3rd birthday party (part 3) on Sunday! First with friends at school, then a birthday dinner in Cape Cod, and now another fun day with family and friends! It was a Thomas the Tank Engine kind of day. Mom and Dad gave me some new train cars and decorated the house with Thomas stuff. I split my birthday cake with G'Pa L because it's his birthday in four days. Even the cake was decorated with Thomas and a picture of me and 'Pa and Sir Topham Hatt from when we saw Thomas in the Adirondacks last month. What a super day!

Labor Day

"I don't want to work. I want to bang on the drum all day." - Todd Rundgren

Mom and Dad took me over to Uncle Blue and Aunt Shanni's house to play with my buddy Aiden. He's walking all over the place now, and he likes to share his toys! He had a couple of drums that we played. When it was time to go, Uncle Blue gave me one of the drums to take home! Dad said the Schechter's rock. I agree.

photos by Shannon Schechter

Apples!

I went apple picking today with Mom and Dad at Bowman Orchards in Rexford NY. We met Uncle Blue, Aunt Shanni, Baby Aiden, plus Bruce, Dana and Dani Schechter there. I picked a Cortland Apple and ate the whole thing, and also had a fresh cider doughnut. It was the best. Dad picked a half-bushel of Red Delicious and Cortlands, so I guess we'll all be eating apples for a while.

Party time.

My birthday party was a good time. Family and friends came over and we played in the backyard, ate some BBQ and a delicious cake, and I received lots of great gifts that I can't wait to play with! Thanks, everyone, for all of the birthday wishes!