Sunday, December 21, 2008

Brothers, School Visits, The Jumpy, Promotion and Holidays

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Hey AJ!!

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HEE HEE!

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I love being a big brother to Aidan. He is easily amused by me when riding in the back of the car together.

Here's a self portrait I drew:

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Pretty good huh?

I got to hang out with Gio, my "play share" friend. I also have another friend, Jevon, who I've nicknamed "discuss" friend. When I play with Gio, we run around, fight and share but when I'm with Jevon, we talk and read books.

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Here's Gio and I in his house, I have a similar one at home. We love playing in it together because Mommy "doesn't" see us.

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And I thought I was overly affectionate with Aidan. Gio took the cake.

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Believe it or not, as big as Gio is when comparing to Eitan, he's much more gentler than elk!

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Hey!

Anyway- we celebrated Thanksgiving AND Jahren's 8th birthday at our new home. There were loads of people and I had a lot of fun. Jahren got a new Wii and I gave him a game for us to play together (Hot Wheels).

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Daddy took me to the Train Expo and there were many mini train tables and cars too.

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I got to "control" the train by pushing a lever.

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Cars, I cannot get enough of them. Dad told me we weren't getting one but that it was okay to "look" at them. So, I put my hands in my pocket and looked ever so wistfully. Didn't work, I went home empty handed.

However at home, I've got plenty of toys.

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Playing with Lego Thomas Train Set, I built the set all by myself.

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I embellished the bridge with Cars stickers.

I didn't stop there...

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Cool beans??

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oi!!

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So... where was I? Oh yes.

One night as Mommy and Daddy played Wii, assuming I was fast asleep in my own bed, I decided to be mischievous and snuck into their bed. I put on Aidan's hat and I waited... waited... and waited.

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This is what Mom and Dad found in their bed when they finally came.

One night we had our fireplace lit and I ate tons of chocolate:

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"What?" as Mom snaps a picture of me eating too much chocolate.

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Haha, that was funny. You had chocolate smeared all over your face. As for me, I laid on Mommy and we all enjoyed the fire Dad built.

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Cozy and warm with Mommy. Can't beat that.

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Well, then it got really cold, really. I was bundled up and barely could see out of my clothes. People thought I was cute in that brown thingy but seriously dude, I miss summer already.

We went to school a lot to pick Eitan up as well as visit Daddy during his lunch breaks. I enjoy watching Eitan play on the trike.

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Yeahhh, I finally could pedal that big thing all by meself!!

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I also do side visits with Grandma, I love going to her corner of the world- it's usually filled with candies and surprises!

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I also love visiting grandma :) Anyway...

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Here's Eitan hitching a ride on my limo.

Mom got a new camera, she tried out the self-timer and well, it had too many features she said. Here's a series of us trying to get a family picture in Daddy's classroom

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Somebody here likes brown, eh?

When Eitan's at school, Mommy gets to stay home with me. I enjoy those moments because her attention is undivided.

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I always get excited and my body does weird reflexes when Ma looks at me and goes, "whaaat?" My back arches up and I have this silly grin I cannot control.

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"Yea Mom!! More PLEASE!"

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Then she worn me out.

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Speaking of cold weather, we went to a small party at Aunt Cat's flat and they had a festival on the street. I got to play this cool game. Someone asked me if I liked baseball, I replied "no, I like curling!"

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Waiting for my turn.

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Get set, go!

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Whee! I won a toy but it was too babyish for me. So, I gave it to Aidan.

We also celebrated Festival of Lights at my school. Mom, Dad and Aidan came and we did all kinds of activities.

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Daddy holding Aidan as we watched classmates giving a show about different culture's celebrations

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I also got to play with fake snow but it felt real! I stayed there for quite some time.

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Okay, as Eitan had his fun at school, I also found a new activity I cannot get enough of. My Jumpy Glee!

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It also rocks when I have my Wacky Spider, which tastes real good by the way, with me.

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Whoo!

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I could stay here forever and ever.

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And Eitan enjoys watching me. He tells me to jump or to stop... he also claps when I follow his commands. I try to clap too you know but that requires a new set of skills I need to master.

Okay, I want to say this, Eitan is a big brother of mine and I am so proud to have him as MINE. He takes care of me (still has his squeezing moments) and makes sure I am okay. He doesn't like it when I cry and if I do, he'd quickly be by my side and talk to me or try to tickle me. Anyway, I am so proud to announce that Eitan is no longer a toddler, he has been promoted. He moved from Toddler's class into pre-school last Thursday!

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Thanks aj, you rock too. You're fun to watch :)

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Here I am at class, my last class with the infants. I now am a big boy. In this picture I am telling my classmate, Diego, to look because his mama just walked in.

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I sit here all excited knowing about moving up.

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I sat with Holly, my "former" teacher as we sat in a circle. I know all this excitement is because of me.

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"who's gonna be 3 soon??" Michele asks and Holly looks at me. I, of course, raised my arm and said "me!!"

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We had some cheesy moments but I had to say good bye to Cassie. I really loved her and she always let me help her put toys away. I'm her personal little helper.

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I made frames for my 4 teachers. Holly got the one I made all by myself, the others were helped by Ma. I thought Holly would love it. She sure did, she cried! In that frame there's a picture of me with the silly glasses on and it says, "thank you for letting me be me." I'll miss Holly.

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Grandma, Daddy and Aidan also came (with Mom of course, the lady behind the camera).

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I've moved into pre-school and rejoined my classmates, who I've missed sorely... Landen and Shaelyn.

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Family picture of me on my one of many big days. See how much I love Aidan?

And while we are at it:

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Have a great winter's break!!

Eitan and Aidan