December 7th: Unwrap a New Ornament and Put it on the Tree

 It's been a Jake-filled year.  

December 6th: Hang up Stockings

December 5th: Find the Pickle...Get a Present!

This last picture is P lining up his "garbage cans"...he is kind of obsessed with everything related to the garbage truck right now, and these really look like perfect garbage cans.  

December 4th: Unwrap a New Puzzle

December 3rd: Family Game Night

December 2nd: Watch a Christmas Movie

While preparing to watch The Grinch, I asked P to smile... this is what I got:

Bonus Pictures: Dressing up like Santa Claus (yes, that is a tree skirt...)

PS. No, P is not drunk...his skin is just really dry and he can't stop rubbing it.

December 1st: Decorate the Tree

Cowboy Phase...

A few weekends ago, Grandpa and Great Grandpa took P to a rodeo...and he can not stop talking about it.  He has been dressing up like a cowboy every day, and he requires me to either be a cowgirl or a horse, and Daddy is either a cowboy or a bull.  I tried to get a picture of him as a cowboy, and this is what I got: 

 He was happy to be a cowboy, he just wanted the camera.  Anyway, because of this obsession, I thought it would be fun to take him to ride a real horse at Thanksgiving Point.  He loved being a real cowboy.  

 During the ride, they had to stop all the animals for a "potty break" so that one of the horses could pee. This was P's favorite part of the ride, and the part that he reenacts now.  Tonight, he was pretending to be a bull, and he stopped...I asked him why he stopped, and he said "I'm peeing"...but he wasn't.  He was pretending to pee.  Awesome.  Potty training is going to be REALLY fun now that he is pretending to be an animal that he saw peeing on the ground...

Moab

Nana and Papa came to visit, and they took us to Moab for a day.  It was cold and rainy and super windy, but it was fun too.

Happy Halloween!

Meet Jake.  He is a Neverland Pirate.  Yo Ho Matey's Away!

Pirate Party

The Invitations:

 The Cake:

 Walking the Plank

 Breaking the Pinata:

 Digging for Treasure:

 Swabbing the Deck:

 Yo Ho Matey's Away!

 Finding Treasure Chests:

Thank you friends and family for celebrating with us!

Birthday Tradition: Pumpkin Patch

We love going to the Pumpkin Patch on P's birthday...but this year, his birthday was on a Sunday, so we went the day before.  P loves the corn pit and the maze, and he was so excited to pick two pumpkins to be Buzz and Woody on our front porch.  

Happy Birthday P!

P's birthday was on a Sunday this year, and we had a party planned for the following Saturday, so we kept the celebrating to a minimum.  He woke up to balloons hanging in his doorway we enjoyed P's favorite foods all day (eggs and french toast for breakfast, cheesy noodles for lunch, cheesy tacos for dinner.    

Thanks Aunt Jen for all the cool presents!

Dentist!

Last week, P had his first real dental appointment.  His teeth were polished, flossed and he even got x-rays.  Although he looks a little like a corpse in the second picture, he did really well.