Some December Highlights (So Far)

Here are some cute stuff I got on tape this month:

Our annual trip to Build-A-Bear.  This is the part when he does all the things to the heart before putting it in the bear.  So heart-warming.  It is hard to hear over the older girls having a party behind be chanting about their dirty bears at the shower machine.  But, you can still see how cute he is!

 

Mike and MP3 during their light saber battle complete with "Action Music!"

This starts off as a finger puppet show (complete with music) but then it takes a turn.  He apparently had a memory of something that happened the last time we played with this (months ago) and, as he does, had to recreate whatever it was that he couldn't completely remember.  This is a peek into my life of trying to read his mind. :)

Okay, this is pretty long and starts and ends kinda slow.  But this too is a sample of my everyday with this kid.  The stories that come out of his mouth are just so darn entertaining!  But, he won't let me tape him anymore so I have to be sneaky.  Sorry for how shaky the video is.

This one is just too much!  It's kinda long too, but I think it's worth it.  Please take note of the fabulous floor work and the poses on the chair.  Right before I taped this he asked me, "Mama, did you ever see this before?" and did a split like in the video.  You should also know that we just went to see the Nutcracker the day before so that is why he is referencing it.

Our trip to Linvilla Orchards to get our Christmas Tree:

Huge pumpkin turned huge peppermint:

Cookie Decorating with Daddy:

Helping Daddy set up the tree:

The finished Product:

Here's another angle:

And another one:

MP3's first real show.  We went to see the Nutcracker!  

All dressed up and ready to go:

 MP3 and "Baby Dinosaur" (and Buzz socks) are ready for the show:

Just some of his friends that were there:

In Claire's chair:

Mike had a Christmas concert with the contemporary choir that he plays drums for at the church:

MP3 playing the bells in front of the stage:

The choir:

MP3 took this picture himself with my phone:

Just plain cute:

Cupcake!

We went to see the Muppets with Kermit:

Went to his friend, Rachel's, third birthday party and decorated his own cupcake.  Take a guess how that went:

Then made his picture frame craft.  I think he got a little confused and put something to frame in the middle.  Good thing I put paper on the table so we could still have that frameable artwork. 

Since Mike was at an office Christmas Party tonight, MP3 and I had a date night. 

We went to Azie for some sushi.  This is actually just a big slab of salmon:

Then when asked about dessert, he asked for ice cream with sprinkles.  When she said they only had vanilla, mint, or green tea ice cream and no sprinkles he was a bit disappointed.  (That was the first thing he asked for when I told him we could go out for dinner.)  I gave him the option of going for a walk down the street to get ice cream with sprinkles or we could stay there and have one of their choices.  Take a guess what he wanted to do.  If you guessed that the three year old would rather stay in an upscale, dimly lit, Japanese fusion restaurant in a confining high chair and pick the green tea ice cream you would be right.  Even the waitress looked at me as if to say, "really?"

Then we rode around and took pictures of the lights on houses.  Here's a picture of him taking a picture of one of our neighbor's houses:

And just a bonus, here's some shots of our lights:

I just had to share this picture of him sleeping: