Candy Cane
Silly boy.
One of Sam's friends gave him a candy cane at his Christmas party. Sam had tried one a few weeks ago and didn't like it, but this one made him quite happy, and silly!
Mahna-Mahna!
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine who used to work for Disney posted a link on Facebook to a Muppets clip from 1970-something in celebration of the opening day of the new Muppets movie. I watched the clip and thought Sam might like it, too. I showed it to him one morning on my phone and he thought it was hilarious!
We've added Mahna-Mahna to our morning ritual now. Brian gets up and gets ready around 5:30. Sometime between then and around 7:30 or so, Sam shuffles into our room with Binkie, Blankie and Hop-Hop. I pull him up on the bed and we either go back to sleep for a couple hours, or lay there lazy for a while. Either way, we always watch a little Muppets on my phone before starting our day.
Want to take a little trip down Muppet Memory Lane? Here's the Mahna-Mahna clip:
Galleria Tree
That is one BIG tree.
Sam and Gram and I visited the Galleria yesterday to see the tree-mendous tree and watch the ice skaters. The tree was sooo big my camera couldn't fit it all in, so I pulled out my phone and was able to get some good shots! The first and last pictures show
almost
the whole tree! So much fun going to Galleria with Sam since I used to come here at Christmas when I was little, too! Next week we're heading out to Northpark for more Christmas-y window shopping. Let the holiday fun begin!
Beanie Baby
Forgot to post these pics of my handsome beanie baby.
We stopped by Target on our way to the Holiday shoot a couple weeks back and saw this hat on an endcap for just one dollar. It was in the boys department, and while it fits Sam, I have to admit it's a little poofy. But it will have to do, as all the toddler hats are too small! :) It was fun to take pictures of him wearing something new. I shot these at a pretty park in McKinney. He was cooperative for the most part, but in order to get the shots on the stone wall I had to bribe him with the promise of fruit snacks and an extra Oswald when we got home.
He held me to it, too. He's almost impossible to trick!
In the Leaves
Just a few shots from a playdate this week.
Sam was rather anti-social for much of the playdate, but decided at the end to semi-cooperate. He taught a couple of friends a listening game he and Gram play - "Stop & Go". I don't know if "taught" is the right word...more like "yelled". The girls were having fun running around at Sam's command and they were very sweet to him. As grumpy as he was at the park, as soon as we got in the car he told me how much fun he had playing "his" game with his friends and has talked about it several times since. I just never know with this little boy sometimes!
