Whales are in - Nemo is out

We have graduated from Finding Nemo to Free Willy. I think we have watched Free Willy more times than we watched Nemo! Christopher is even taking my killer whale slippers to bed with him for nap and bedtime. Uncle Markie bought him a set of sea creatures and many of those make into bed as well. Maybe this means he will be a marine biologist!

Full of it!

On the way to pick Nicholas up from school today, Christopher sat in the back seat and laughed the entire way. What was he laughing at? I have absolutely no idea. All I could hear was "ha, ha, ha" and then "ha, ha, ha" over and over. I looked around but I didn't see anything funny. While we were in JCPenney today, I was looking for a Christmas present for Uncle Markie, I won't reveal what it was in case he reads this, but let's just say Christopher insisted on picking it out. I could not get what I wanted, especially after he figured out how to undo the buckle. It was very interesting I must say.

The Birthday Party

Christopher had a wonderful birthday party if I do say so myself. There were 14 kids and they all enjoyed decorating and eating cookies as well as making ornaments. There was lots of running around as well. We had pizza and cake and then the party was over. He loved his presents, every single one was perfect! I think his favorite was the shark from the Starks, he even carried it to church this morning! The mess was not even that bad, plus I have great friends who helped to clean it up! Just a few more days and he'll officially be two!

Birthday Party Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Christopher's birthday party! He doesn't turn two until next week on Friday but that weekend he will be with his dad. So, tomorrow is party day! I am going to have two stations, one for decorating cookies and one for making Christmas ornaments. Then we'll have pizza and cake and home everyone will go. It should be interesting!

The Candy Cane King

Today Christopher and I helped Kristyn finish decorating her tree. Christopher's version of "helping to decorate" involved talking off every single candy cane he could reach. That came to a total of probably 20. He then carried them all around, opening a few, eating a few, breaking a few, dropping a few on the brand new hard wood floors. Then I started putting ornaments on the top of the tree from a step ladder while Kristyn directed me. Christopher put his candy canes between my feet and climbed on up with me. I finally talked him into "giving me a turn and sharing" so he climbed back down. The he started asking Kristyn where to hang the candy canes. "Oh, right here?" "Yes, right there." "OK!" So he would hang it on the branch he was in front of. The next time he asked her she replied, "A little to the left maybe." "OK!" And he went to the right and then hung it! It was the cutest thing ever! (Minus sweeping up the millions of candy cane crumbs at the end!)

Nemo again

Today he watched finding Nemo, again naked, while eating a basket full of lollipops. I am sensing a theme here . . .

Christopher is almost 2 years old and all this time he has not had any interest in watching TV. So, I introduced him to Finding Nemo about two weeks ago. Ever since then, we have watched the movie 1,000 times. I really do not think I am exaggerating, I really think we may have reached 1,000 today. He absolutely loves it! Today he watched it naked with my killer whale slippers on. I guess he wanted to feel like he was part of the movie!