Oh the things he says......

Lately, Matt has become the boy of many classic/funny one liners.

We have been going through toy catalogs with the kids to get their ideas for Christmas presents. One morning, Dave was looking through one with Matt and I heard Dave say that the one toy was too old for him and he would have to wait until next year. Matt's reply was "oh bummer". This is one of his classic lines for when he is disappointed. He continued to show Dave other things pointing out a few he was too old for stating "that's for babies, I'm a boy". Then as I was busy in the kitchen I heard Matt say to Dave that he couldn't get a toy "because I'll shoot my eye". I thought I heard him correctly and it was only when Dave repeated "yes, you could shoot your eye out" that I realized my ears weren't deceiving me. Dave loves the movie "The Christmas Story" so you know where Matt heard that line from, his dad.
His most recent one liners happened Friday night as we were getting into the van after going to Walmart. It was pretty cold outside and Matt does not like the cold so he was going slow. His seat is on Dave's side of the car and Dave was telling him to hurry up and get in. Matt turned to Dave and said, "you're killin' me". Dave and I both started laughing at his comment and Matt was still taking his good old time sitting down once in the van, so Dave told him to sit in his chair. Matt then said "you're starting to make me angry". Needless to say the car was filled with smiles and laughter after that. Only recently has Matt started using and understanding the word angry so it was funny to hear him say it and in the appropriate context. Matt is definitely making up for all the verbal "funnies" and "faux pas" we missed with Emily. I think that is why we find these one liners so amusing because we didn't have this experience with Emily. I'm sure I'll have more "funnies" to share in the future...he seems to be full of them.

Art 101

" Flintstones, meet the Flintstones...." Here is Emily drawing of that prehistoric family. I only had to look at Wilma's hair to know exactly who the family/people in the picture were. Of course, there is Dino. He's a bit of a "scary" version but you have to give her an "A" for effort and originality. You have to love Wilma's hair and her short dress. Fred is a little on the thin side, I think he would like this picture. Then, Pebbles appropriately has her out of the top of her head ponytail. The outfit is a little more modern than what she is use to but I don't think Pebbles minds. Good job Emily!

Revisiting the Past

Sorry , I'm a little behind in my entries. It was a busy end of the week last week, weekend and this week is a little hectic too with the Thanksgiving holiday. Not that I am complaining because this is my favorite holiday of the year. It is less crazy than the whole Christmas holiday, although I do enjoy that holiday and of course the real reason for the season most of all.

So, in honor of Thanksgiving, her is a picture of Emily's first Thanksgiving dinner where she was able to eat all of the traditional feast.

This Thanksgiving we are headed to our friends (Dawn & Jack Switzer & son, Jonas) mother's house for dinner. We've been going to her house for dinner the last 3 years. We always have such a great time. So, if I don't say it another time this week, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

What a List.....

First, let me say that this picture is from last year - we do not have our tree up, that is done the weekend after Thanksgiving. The picture is just for "Christmas season" effect!

So, we asked Emily to compile a list for Christmas and boy is it a list. Some things obtainable, others not quite. In the end, these are the items she dictated to me.
* Bratz Diary - We don't condone Bratz items but this item has just the logo on it and Emily likes it because of the password system
* a fashion pup - its a stuffed animal (are you surprised)
* a cat - you knew that was coming if you've been keeping up with the blog
* a my meeba - too hard to explain, it is a toy
* a play kitchen
* T-rex
* Triceratops
* My Little Pony - toy pony
*Polly Pockets
*Rudolph Slippers
*new dresses
*lemurs, 1,000 of them
*raccoon - a toy (also a stuffed animal)
*the girl Star Wars figure
*toy ice cream truck
*toy cat (hey, if you can't get a real one)
*toy dog
*trophies, pony ones ????
*new wedding dress
*pony jacket
*pokemon toys
*American Girl - Mia
*ladybug vase - another ????
*gumball machine
*Dora snow princess & horse & talking house
*Barbie animal helper with a panda
*Tinker Bell jewelry box
*Tinker Bell bike - the Barbie one she has is old school
*fish tank with 1,000 fish (she's into the 1,000 figure)
*Barbie Christmas toy
A pretty exhaustive list but that is what you get when you ask a 6 year old what they want for Christmas. We haven't done Matt's list yet but I'm sure that will consist of fire engines and trains with a few other things inter meshed.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Every year Matt's preschool (Puzzles Academy) does a "field trip" to NYC for the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City. This was our second year attending and we had a great time. Emily loved the "Rockets" - Rockettes. She has decided that that is what she wants to do when she grows up. I don't have the heart to tell her that she probably won't meet the height requirement and that she should already have a few years of dance classes under her belt if that is her desire. Matt loved Santa. When we asked him what was the best part of the show, that was his reply "Santa". I love the live nativity scene they do at the very end of the show, with real camels, sheep and a donkey. The show started at 11 and lasted until 12:30 and we planned on spending a good part of the afternoon in the city. We did get to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree before it was put up...it was erected by the time the show was over but we had other places to go and will go back to see it lit up. After lunch, we went to Time Square and into the Hershey and M&M stores. Emily got a pair of green M&M socks that she absolutely loves....she would wear them with every outfit if she could. She also got a stuffed bear (a stuffed animal that's a surprise -NOT) from the Hershey store. Matt got a M&M fire truck snow globe. Both kids did really well in the city. Matt only sat in his stroller when we went to Time Square, which was good because of the amount of people. Emily was the one who decided when it was time to leave, she was tired of walking. We took the ferry over from New Jersey so we had to wait for a bus to take us to the ferry. It was a long wait for the bus because the time Emily decided she wanted to leave was right when the non peak and peak hours for the bus were changing. All in all it was a great day. No nap for Matt but he did great considering. It was a wonderful family day starting the Christmas season for us.