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.

Florida Vacation!

I went to Florida for winter vacation last week. I flew down on a plane with Mom, Dad, Grandma and Gramdpa M. We visited with Uncle (squish the fish) Pete and 'aunt T' in Palm Harbor and with Grandma n' 'Pa and Uncle Eric in Brooksville (they drove down earlier in the week). Plus we even met Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila at the zoo, and one night, had dinner with cousin Lynne. It was like a big family vacation.

I did lots of fun stuff on vacation. Dad, Grandpa and Pete took me to George M. Steinbrenner Field to watch Yankees baseball practice, I went swimming and built sand castles and played at the Loch Ness Monster Pool. Another day Mom and Dad brought me to the Lowry Park Zoo where we met G'ma, 'Pa, Eric, Mike and Sheila. I saw so many animals and got to feed a giraffe. And this year I was big enough to go on rides! I went on a ride called the flying banana, then rode the carousel 4 times and the tiger roller coaster 6 times! We visited a beach in Tarpon Springs and played some more in the sand. And one cool weather day, Mom, Dad and 'Pa brought me to the movies to see The Lorax. I liked it. We went back to Tampa the next day and I had more fun at the pool with Mom and Grandma M, while everyone else went to see a baseball game.

The next thing you know, it was time to take the plane ride home. I didn't want to leave Florida (and either did Mom or Dad), but I was kind of missing my friends at school, and I was excited to tell everyone about my fantastic Florida trip!

Wanna see more photos? There are a whole bunch here.

Early Christmas

I celebrated Christmas a little early with Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila, who were visiting Grandma and Grandpa L from Michigan. I was sleepy in this photo, but later I woke up and turned on the charm. Do you like my reindeer Christmas outfit? I sure do.