The Christmas Card 2011

Here it is!  Our 2011 Christmas card.  I have been a fan of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer for awhile.  Mom told me that she was scared of the abominable snow man (aka the Bumble), but I do not find him scary at all.  I love photo shooting these cards because we make it a family event.

We shot it in my bedroom, which is gold.  It cast a yellow glow on most of the pictures. (Mom knows better for next year.)

I tried some action shots, but Mom wanted me to just stand and smile.

I had a hard time standing still after awhile so here is : "Elf in Action!".

I also had to hug Cubby the polar bear and Chaffy.  I look forward to what my parents come up with next year.  Presently, I am STILL WAITING for Christmas.  When is it going to come?

First Dance Performance

Grandma comes for a visit!

Grandma Judy comes several times a year.  This time she came between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We frosted some sugar cookies together.

She read me some books and we played Legos.  When Grandma comes to town, we do strange things like go to bead stores.  We had fun.

We got our Christmas tree while Grandma was here.  She made some more Zombie felties to hang on it.  I helped decorating the tree this year.

I had some trouble with the bird.....Mom and I also made some glitter pine ones to put on it.  I am excited that Christmas is so close.

Lord of the Dance

Ok, NOT Lord, just the only boy.  I still really enjoy dance class.  Last night parents were allowed into the dance studio to observe the class.  It was Grandma Jeanie's birthday and she came to see what I was up too.  Fortunately, Grandma brought the camera, because Mom forgot!

We  start out by stretching.  Then we get into a circle and play the Name Game.  Everyone says their name while doing a dance move.  We had two visiting girls from the Saturday dance class.

Then we reviewed some dance moves.

Check out my arabesque!

I end up on the floor a lot.  The girls seem to stay on their feet.

I like this part, we get scarves and dance to the music.

Now it's time for tap.

We practice moving across the floor.

We make a ton of noise!  The classroom got really warm.  I am glad the adults will be out of the class when we start up again in early December.

New Coat & Dance Class

I got a new coat for winter in the Pacific NW.  It's one of my favorite colors. 

My favorite colors are: Purple, Pink, Black, & White.  Mom had to find this coat from an English Company because American boy stuff is pretty bland.  Mother looked at my new wardrobe (moved up to size 5 in all things) as was astounded by the variety of browns, greys, muted greens, and navy.  Where are the oranges, reds, purples, and greens?

The dog park is muted too.  Mt. Rainier is straight ahead-but too busy being covered by the grey.

I still go to dance class every Thursday evening.

I get really excited waiting to go in my room!

I got my friend Olivia from school to join.  I think that she has a good time in dance too.

Once in the classroom-we are supposed to stretch and not run around.

Sometimes I don't listen....but most of the time I do.

Halloween 2011

Saturday my parents took me to another carnival  close to home.  We had to exit through a haunted corridor.  I grabbed onto Dad and held on.

I was so scared.  It was dark-Mom's flash makes it look like it was well lit.

I was so glad when we got through.  It was a scary hospital theme with twitching teenagers pretending to be bodies or scary things.  I was fine once we made it outside.

Here I am ready to go Trick-or-Treating with Dad.  I went for about 45 minutes and had a good time.  I remembered my manners and always said "thank you" when I got some candy.

Thomasson Family Farm 2011

Our Co-op preschool made it's yearly trip out to this Pumpkin Patch close to Enumclaw.  I love this place. My friend Gabbi came with us.

How do you milk this cow?

Gabbi knows!  She was queen of milking this fake cow.

We made bubbles....

pumped water....

and jumped in the dried corn.

Re-jumped in the dried corn......

Played in the hay.

Gabbi had us building something.  And then she didn't want me to knock it down!

Last picture before we went home.  We stayed here over three hours.  What fun!