Christmas Baking

I'm so happy to have a little helper in the kitchen this Christmas! Everytime I take out the flour container or turn on the mixer Nicolas comes running!

Contrary to when we're eating, when we bake, he likes to taste everything...especially the flour!

Gram-Gram's Christmas Village

Gram-Gram worked on her Christmas village for more than a week, and once it was completed, she (we) couldn't wait to show Nicolas! So we all went to visit Gram-Gram on Sunday morning! Here's the tree and the village and the train and the...well you can see it's a big crazy village that Mom loves to do for all of her Grandchildren and her kids and anyone who wants to visit!

Nicolas especially likes playing with the train! Oh and all those little cars on the road there, he likes to play with them too!

Visiting Gram-Gram

Nicolas is very lucky to have his Gram-Gram live in the same house as him. He loves going to visit. This week was difficult for him because he wasn't able to go visit because Gram-Gram was working on a surprise for Nicolas. Every year Gram-Gram does a Christmas village under the tree. This morning the village was finally ready and we were so excited to show Nicolas!

Here's a video of the village and Nicolas hanging out at Gram-Gram's.

Gram-Gram's Christmas Village

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

The holiday season is upon us and I am so happy! We have waited so long to experience Christmas with a child and we're enjoying every minute!

Santa's little helper

Daddy and Gram-Gram went to buy the Christmas trees on Friday night. After Nicolas went to sleep, Gram-Gram put the lights on the tree and this morning we had a magical moment when Nicolas woke up. Mommy turned on the Christmas lights and Daddy brought Nicolas into the livingroom. He was so very happy! 

Seeing the tree for the first time! Love that smile!

We put on Christmas music and decorated the tree! Mommy was enjoying every moment and I had to try not to think too much about what was happening or I would turn into a very happy blubbering mess.


Hanging the first decoration on the tree...a moose of course!

The other decorations Nicolas put on the tree...they're all laying on the branches in a bunch - Mommy left them there!

On Saturday, it was Gram-Gram's work party and we were all invited - Christmas is for kids afterall! Nicolas was so excited to see his cousins and his Toota's (Tito &Tita). Everyone was having fun eating and playing and then all of a sudden we heard Jingle Bells and we heard that a special visitor was arriving! When he arrived, everyone clapped and Nicolas was sitting on my lap clapping and saying over and over Santa! The moment was perfect and I was so happy seeing him happy that I started to cry...poor Nicolas looked up at me and was totally confused. I told him not to worry, that mommy was just very happy. We went to see Santa...but the litttle boy that was called before Nicolas started to cry because he didn't want to see Santa, so when it was our turn, Nicolas was nervous and not interested in sitting on Santa's lap.




Mommy better get lots of tissues for the holidays!

Magical Snow Day

This morning we woke to a beautiful white winter wonderland. Nicolas' first snow! Mommy and Daddy brought Nicolas to the window in the livingroom to see the snow. He was so excited he kept saying "NO" (snow).



Seeing snow for the first time

I went onto the front porch and made a snowball for him to play with inside. Nicolas was so excited, he wanted to touch it and taste it...so we let him...and he ate the whole thing! He kept saying "Cold", but he wanted to keep eating it.


Mommy made you a snowball



what does it taste like?

After breakfast, we all got dressed up in our snowgear and headed out in the snow! We had a blast! He was so cute in his snowsuit...looking like a little starfish. He had fun throwing snow up in the air. Daddy had fun too, picking him up and throwing him in the snow.

 

trying to catch the snow







When we came inside, Daddy made some hot chocolate for us! We spent the rest of the day with a fire going in the fireplace.

I'm so glad that you enjoyed your first snowy day, my little moose.

A family dinner





 

Love that smile!

Tonight (November 15, 2011) we had a visit from Baboo, Bapa, Uncle Dan and Auntie Shell. We also had a special visitor Baboo's brother, your Great Uncle Rob. We had a yummy dinner, you ate roast beef for the first time (you call it uap - we don't know exactly what it is that you're trying to say).

Our little karaoke star

Both before and after dinner Baboo was having too much fun playing with Nicolas...she is so excited about being a grandma! We had to gently remind her that you need some time to quiet down after supper.  Baboo took these pictures...mommy loves all of them! That smile...Oh how I love that smile! You sang with Baboo and that made her very happy! I especially like the picture of you and your Bapa. 

a cute picture with Bapa (AKA Grandpa)





pee pee

Since we've been home...every day before bath, we put Nicolas on the toilet before his bath. We do a little celebration after he says he's done. Two days ago, Eric said next time we put him on the toilet, we need to have the little squirt bath toys go pee in the toilet...so, the next day, we put him on the toilet and then we made the little squirt fish "go pee". During his bath, Nicolas told me that the fish had to go pee...so I helped the fish to "go pee" and then Nicolas put his hands up in the air and said pee...so I put him on the toilet, and he peed!! We gave him two M&M's and did a big celebration!

Today, before the bath we did the pee routine, but he didn't pee...but after the bath, we put him on the toilet and while we were getting the fish ready to help him "go pee" Nicolas peed again in the potty! So, two days in a row he peed on the toilet.

Sometimes during the day he'll say "pee" and I think he's aware that he's peeing/peed/about to pee. We're not sure if he's ready to be toilet trained, we're going to keep going as we are and we'll try to follow his lead.