We're spreading out opening Anthony's Christmas presents. He doesn't understand the concept of "THE day" and this way he gets to enjoy them individually.
Yesterday (Thursday) was my last day of work for the year. We celebrating by going with Claire and Robert to the California Academy of Sciences. It re-opened after a major remodel last year and the two times we've gone before the museum was PACKED! Not so on a school-day at the end of the year. It was great, we pretty much had the place to ourselves to explore.
Edited to add: You will notice that Anthony is wearing his "hand-holding helper". He's a bit of a runner, just like his Mama was. This way he wasn't stuck in his stroller and I didn't have to worry as much about keeping him safe. He was a real trooper and walked the whole time!
Anthony isn't quite as oral as he used to be, but he's still pretty bad. Let's just say we have to make sure that all his art supplies are non-toxic! I pulled down the crayons this evening and Anthony immediately took an enormous bite out of the purple crayon. I confiscated the crayons which led to a bit of screaming. I tried to explain that crayons are not for eating, but it was hard to keep a straight face when confronted with purple teeth and drool.
Thanksgiving Sunday we took Anthony to Los Altos' Parade of Lights. For a small town parade, I was pretty darn impressed. There were a bunch of floats, all with lights, seven marching bands and a whole bunch of characters and what-not. Anthony LOVED it. The phrase of the evening was, "Oh Mama!" which he said everytime something interesting marched by.
Now that Anthony is getting older, we're trying out all the different Christmas activities in the community. This picture is from our city's tree lighting ceremony. They brought in snow (really, very icy) and set up a 10'x10' "snowbox" for the kids to take turns with. Anthony wasn't too impressed, he thought it was cold and wet.
Anthony has so much fun in the bathtub. He loves "fimming" and playing in the bubbles. Unfortunately, he does not enjoy the actual cleansing part one bit!
Last night our friends the Donahue's (Robert's family) hosted a small Christmas party complete with a visit from Santa Claus. (Courtesy of Mountain View Parks and Recreation) Anthony took an instant liking to Mr. Klaus. Really, no sign of fear, I was a little shocked.
Really, what else could I possibly say???
Yes, I'm horribly behind on the blog. My apologies!
Anthony was home sick a few weeks ago. I was folding laundry, including his Halloween costume. He saw it and wanted to put it on. As it was a lot of work to make, I'm happy to get multiple wearings.
Let's just say that Anthony has become quite fond of candy. (At least he knows how to use a napkin to wipe his hands and face when he's done.)
No, we are not potty training yet. I don't think Anthony is ready yet. He is, however, fascinated with the idea of using the potty. We bought him one at Target yesterday. No bells and whistles. Certainly no music.
Anthony is all about airplanes. His favorite birthday present by far was the Lego cargo plane from Grandpa Vince. He doesn't really use the accessories yet, but he loves flying it around and making it do loop-di-loops. He also loves to "break it" and have Mommy and Daddy put it back together. He mostly rips off the landing gear, sometimes the engines.
Tonight was make your own pizza night. Anthony was an amazing helper, I really mean it. He rolled out his own pizza dough (with help). Then he pushed the buttons on the food processor to grate the cheese. He even ate the olives off Daddy's pizza.
Funny... Peanut Butter Cups have always been one of my favorites. Little dude begged for a piece of candy this afternoon so I gave him one. He looked at it very suspiciously, so I ate one to show him what it was all about.
