Our Holiday

We had a great weekend. Lots of family and food and fun. Thursday we went to my in-laws and celebrated with Leonard's family. We brought Leo's pajamas and stayed late. It was a great night.

Friday, we gathered together with my family and did Thanksgiving take 2. It was so much fun. My niece we don't see too often was here from D. C. and my other niece was home from school, with her newly pregnant belly in full show. I loved it.

Now, I've got to get ready for Christmas....ugh.

Thanksgiving

I know it's not the best thing to do, but hey, this is what the holidays are all about!

This year I am most grateful for my husband. Without him, I would have nothing else.

My Birthday

So my husband did the sweetest thing for me for my birthday. I have been wanting an iphone for quite sometime and every time I mention it, Leonard tells me, "That is too much phone. You don't need all of that." I would say, "Yes, but does it matter? I still want it".

Last night he says, "Hey you want to run an errand with me?"

He told me we were going to the UPS store to pick up a package his Uncle sent his Dad. I completely believed him. I was totally confused when we arrived at the wireless store and in disbelief as he said, "We're here to get your iphone, happy birthday"

It's ridiculous and extravagant, but I love it. I am soooooooooooooooooo spoiled.

I love you Buggie!

Tractor Tipping

As I have mentioned before, Leo is really into the movie "Cars" right now. We watch it everyday, sometimes twice. In one part of the movie, Lightning McQueen and his BFF Mater the Tow Truck go "tractor tipping". It's the movies version of cow-tipping.

Leonard and I are sitting here side-by-side, both on our laptops, while Leo watches the movie, yet again. When that scene passes, Leonard makes the comment, "Did you know that in Riverside County that is still considered a felony?"

My response: "What? Tractor tipping?"

WTHeck? What is wrong with me? Tractor tipping!

"Can you say....?"

Leo is beginning to just repeat everything. His vocabulary is continuously expanding. I included this video to document some of the things I think are the cutest. My absolute favorite thing he says now is, "Woody"...as in Sherriff Woody from Toy Story. It is so cute. Leonard's favorite thing he says is "luzes" which in Spanish means "lights".

Kid #2

Last night, I walked into the house to find this...

My husband said they were playing "Disneyland". Sometimes I feel as though I've got 2 kids. I don't mean this in a bad way, I actually find it so endearing.

My son has a GREAT Dad!

Negligent

I've been negligent. I know. I haven't blogged all the month of November and it's half over already. I've been so busy doing nothing I just haven't had time. Seriously. So a recap of what we've been doing.

I had Enrichment at the beginning of the month. I think it was a success. I had a lot of fun preparing for it, and the evening itself was just a lot of fun. The ladies on my committee put in a lot of work and for that, I am so grateful.

We also did The Aquarium of the Pacific. I was done with it in 2 hours, and wouldn't be missing anything if I didn't go back for another 10 years, but my little guy really enjoyed himself, including the part where I lost him. I on the other hand, felt as though it was the longest 2 minutes of my life and my legs were jelly afterward.

Lastly, we've been at Disneyland. We practically live there these days, at least that's what my girlfriend says. Each time she has called me lately, we've been at Disneyland. Last Friday we went for the first day of their Christmas festivities. I always love Disneyland, but I especially love it at Christmas time. Leo loved it too. It brought tears to my eyes to watch him get so excited about Christmas. We stayed for the fireworks show and the snow on Main Street. It was past Leo's bedtime, so I did the unthinkable...I gave him a binky just to get us through the waiting around before the show. But he came alive when it began snowing. Every day I fall in love him over and over again.

Wedding & Halloween Pic's

I realized this morning that I failed to post pictures of Friday's wedding and Saturday's Halloween pictures. As some of you already know, Leonard was the best man in his friend's wedding on Friday. Daniel was actually Leonard's best man at our wedding too. My son, Leo was the ring bearer. For the last year I have worried about this decision. I just knew that it was a bad idea. After all, he's only 2 years old, and just barely 2 years old. Well needless to say, I was right. It is never a good idea to have someone so young do anything of mild importance in a wedding. We were lucky he took pictures, because that is ALL he did. The second he found me in the crowd he began yelling "MOM" (as the Bride may her procession), eventually wriggling his way out of Dad's grasps and barreled down to me. Half way through the wedding he decided he wanted to go back up with Dad, luckily, I stopped him before he made it to the stage. Oh well...at least he looked cute.
Saturday, for Halloween was better. He was the CUTEST pirate I ever saw. Of course, I know, I am biased. This was his first year Trick-or-Treating. He had lots of fun, and I think we finally got our "Thank you" down pat. We did the church Trunk-or-Treat, then we did our street and Leonard took him over to his Aunt's house and they did a street there too. He had too much candy. I weeded out the good stuff and sent it with Leonard to work so as to avoid temptation.
Well Halloween was tons of fun, I don't know who enjoyed it more, him or me! Christmas is going to be so much fun this year! I can't wait.

WebCam Fun

One of Leo's favorite things to do is play with the WebCam on the computer. We sit here and take lots of pictures. He loves it and we just laugh and laugh. Here are just a few.