Just for Sam!!

Auntie Sam and Uncle Brendan in Montreal sent these cool Walkie Talkies to Carter for Christmas! They are a BIG hit - thanks guys!

He opened up the box, and pulled it out and yelled "Toy Story Walkie Talkies!! Oh WOW!". I wasn't too surprised he recognized the Toy Story aspect of it - he reallllly loves that movie. I had no idea he knew what Walkie Talkies were though. Lots of fun!!

Here's a little tidbit story from my childhood for you. Be warned...it's evil, but in a funny way! ;)

My sister Nancy is 4 yrs younger than me. My cousin Heather and I used to like to torment her, in a (cough cough) friendly big sisterly way.

Nancy and I had Walkie Talkies when were younger, and Heather and I concoted a plan. Leave one on in her room one night, and then make scary noises through it, and scare the pants off her.

Ahhh...the plan was even more brilliant when it worked! Nancy still remembers when we did this to her. Poor Spud! :)

Merry Un-Christmas!

Since we're headed away from home for Christmas (and we didn't want to drag alllll the gifts along), we decided to have a little un-Christmas opening this morning and open gifts from each other. Grammie and Bubby also sent a few heavier items with Nancy, so we opened those too! Opening a present to Daddy and Carter from Mommy....

Oooh! It's "Make your own Rootbeer" kit. Carter looooooves rootbeer!

Oooh, some Thomas accessories from his grandparents - COOL!

and a playmobile car from them too!

Daddy got a cool Olympics Shirt from Auntie Nancy! GOOOOO CANADA!

No one took photos of me (boo), but I got a pretty cool present from Steve - a new pink Kate Spade bag! Love it!!

Christmas Decor!

Carter has been coming home from preschool with some pretty cute Christmas decorations! Thought I'd share a few pics!

And lastly...he insisted on posing in front of the tree with this little lamb! So...here he is!

Mom's night out!

Last night, some friends and I decided to take a little pre-holiday Mommy's Night Out! We went to Benihana and enjoyed some yummy food and fun conversation! Can't wait to do it again! Here we are - photo, compliments of the restaurant! LOL!
Susie, Gina, Gabby, and me!

Preschool Christmas Concert!

Tonight, Dec 17th, was Calvary Preschool Christmas concert night. When you have a three year old, you don't expect too much from them as far as concerts go! ;)

That being said, Carter was pretty pumped for the concert. He knew the songs and had been singing them to us at home for the last week or so. When we got there tonight, he was jazzed to go up and sing.

What happened? He danced his way up on stage, found his spot quite well on his own, looked out at the crowd (the church was full) and blanched! You could see the look on his face - YIKES!

It was quite cute actually. He did do a decent job though. Stayed in his place, sang a little more than most of the kids in his class, threw in a few actions...and stared...and stared...and stared.
Guess Mommy's performace training didn't rub off in the womb! ;) Here he is waiting for things to being - with his girlfriend Brooke!

Do actions to "Go Tell It On the Mountain"

Got a little rhythm going here...

Twinkle Twinkle...and the blank stare :)

More staring, although Brooke (who also held the stare look for most of the concert) cracks a smile!

The best group photo we got! LOL

All in all, it was lots of fun, and I'm really grateful Carter has such kind and caring teachers. He really loves to go to school each day!

Getting Big!

We got Carter's preschool pics back yesterday. He looks so big! I loooove the expression in the second one - I call that his monkey-face. He's thinking about being sneaky! :)

My boys!!

Aren't they the cutest??! xoxo