Energetic Play with TT

Colin had fun playing with TT in their basement over the holidays. Here are some great pictures of Colin giggling in the moonbounce. Plus, what could be better than chocolate milk after a good play session?

See you at the Ridge!

Colin made it to Jockey's Ridge for the first time during this year's trip to the Outer Banks. Jockey's Ridge was a popular meeting place during Beach Week some 15-20 years...err let's not say how long ago. As always, Colin wanted to walk and yes he did walk all the way to the top. It was not as steep as the old days and I think we were on Ridge 2.0. Sand dunes are kind of fluid over the time scale from college until now. Well, that is very short on a geologic time scale. I was hoping to get Colin to participate in the group picture, but he was not in the mood. In his defense, it was pretty cold that day. This still did not lead to a nap for the little dude.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was very busy for Colin. We had Christmas morning breakfast at his cousins place followed by opening presents. I think Alison was able to get a better group picture on her camera. Colin was squirming a bit in this one. We had a bit of a break during the afternoon when we hoped that Colin would nap (no luck) before going to Carol's place for dinner. The no napping thing became a theme over the holidays. Mya and Cole were added into the mix for dinner bring the total of under 6 year olds to 5. Colin and TT show a fine example of the tone of the party in the bottom picture. Lots of fun!

Only 2 weeks behind now.

Kippmas 2009

The holiday season was quite hectic for us as we were out of town from Christmas Eve through Jan 2nd. The blog postings are therefore out of date, but I will do my best to catch up. A good place to start is the pre-Christmas festival known around here as Kippmas. My parents visited from Sunday through Christmas Eve and we celebrated Christmas at home with Colin a couple of days early. Fortunately, Santa got the message to come early to our house and was relieved to cross one delivery off of his hectic Christmas Eve schedule. Colin may be ready to reach the conclusion that Santa is not such a bad guy after all. We followed up presents with a trip to the Brandywine River Museum to see a model train display.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Colin had a wonderful Thanksgiving and was able to enjoy spending time with both sets of grandparents. He enjoyed playing with Gavin and Keira and having chocolate ice cream for dessert. He had so much fun. I think he was pretty dissapointed when we headed home. This was much better than the normal routine. Fortunately, Christmas is coming soon.

Trip to the Zoo

We finally had a nice weekend without any rain! We took full advantage on Saturday and visited the Philadelphia Zoo. Colin's favorites included the Gorillas and other monkeys, the Rhinoceros, the Giraffes, and the river otters. He reminded us frequently that there are no elephants at this zoo - a fact he learned when his grandparents visited. The Philly elephants were shipped off to Pittsburgh to have more space.

Colin is looking forward to a big Thanksgiving celebration. Only a couple of weeks away!

Halloween

Halloween was a big hit! The rain was not able to dampen Colin's spirits and he did a great job Trick-or-Treating. We made it all the way around the block plus a few more houses down the street. I am not sure if Colin was saying "Trick-or-Treat" because it sounded more like "Chicken Treat", but it got the job done. His "Roars" were more reliable and also effective at getting candy. The first picture is Colin ready to go, the second picture is Colin wanted to head back out for more Trick-or-Treating and the last one is Colin inspecting his loot.