Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Holiday Happenings and everything in between
Sometimes its embarrassing to see how much time elapses in between posts. We've had quite a few adventures since I last updated our blog.
The kids made out like bandits during Hannuka and Christmas. We are literally swimming in toys. My big gift to Pierce for Hannuka was a real electric train set. He likes it a great deal, but is a little afraid of it. When the train goes too fast it has a tendency to flip cars off the track (and off the table) which upsets him greatly. He's not able to control the train with great precision, so this has been a persistent problem. Pierce's favorite Christmas gift was actually a small stocking stuffer: a Thomas the Train rail car with a jet engine loaded on it. The engine lights up and "spins up/whines" when the top of the car is pressed. Pierce told me that if I, or Anna, have bad dreams he'll bring the jet car over to make us feel better.
Anna's still a little hard to shop for; so her gifts ranged all over the map. She got an electric keyboard (her "big" gift), Barbie dolls, clothes, matchbox cars and stuffed animals. She seems to like the keyboard a lot and is warming up to the dolls, but mostly she likes to play with Pierce's toys. Lately she's been doing a lot of pretend cooking on a child-size kitchen set she's had for awhile.
On December 30 we flew out to Va. Beach for 10 days to see my family. My Mom and one brother live out there and my brother in South Carolina came up during the same time. All us boys have families, so my Mom got to dote over all her kids and grandkids at once. Very fun. While we were there we hit several museums including the Va. Beach Air and Space Museum (lots of rockets), a Children's museum, and an aquarium (lots of sharks and giant turtles in very big tanks).
Both kids are great travelers and love to ride on airplanes, so our trip was pretty painless. The only kink in the visit was that we all came down with colds (it always seems to happen that way).
On a final note, Pierce has mastered the art of using the potty. He's in underwear during the day and we're just running out the supply of pullups at night before he transitions to pajamas only at bedtime. We promised Pierce (and Anna) that we'd get a dog once Pierce mastered this challenge, so Nora and I will beginning the dog hunt soon. We're going to go with an older dog that's already housebroken and has a known disposition. Hopefully we'll rescue a wonderful dog from the pound or some other charitable organization. If you have any suggestions for finding the perfect dog please drop us an email.
I should have lots of pics from our vacation on the blog shortly, so come back soon for another visit.
-Eric (Dad)
The kids made out like bandits during Hannuka and Christmas. We are literally swimming in toys. My big gift to Pierce for Hannuka was a real electric train set. He likes it a great deal, but is a little afraid of it. When the train goes too fast it has a tendency to flip cars off the track (and off the table) which upsets him greatly. He's not able to control the train with great precision, so this has been a persistent problem. Pierce's favorite Christmas gift was actually a small stocking stuffer: a Thomas the Train rail car with a jet engine loaded on it. The engine lights up and "spins up/whines" when the top of the car is pressed. Pierce told me that if I, or Anna, have bad dreams he'll bring the jet car over to make us feel better.
Anna's still a little hard to shop for; so her gifts ranged all over the map. She got an electric keyboard (her "big" gift), Barbie dolls, clothes, matchbox cars and stuffed animals. She seems to like the keyboard a lot and is warming up to the dolls, but mostly she likes to play with Pierce's toys. Lately she's been doing a lot of pretend cooking on a child-size kitchen set she's had for awhile.
On December 30 we flew out to Va. Beach for 10 days to see my family. My Mom and one brother live out there and my brother in South Carolina came up during the same time. All us boys have families, so my Mom got to dote over all her kids and grandkids at once. Very fun. While we were there we hit several museums including the Va. Beach Air and Space Museum (lots of rockets), a Children's museum, and an aquarium (lots of sharks and giant turtles in very big tanks).
Both kids are great travelers and love to ride on airplanes, so our trip was pretty painless. The only kink in the visit was that we all came down with colds (it always seems to happen that way).
On a final note, Pierce has mastered the art of using the potty. He's in underwear during the day and we're just running out the supply of pullups at night before he transitions to pajamas only at bedtime. We promised Pierce (and Anna) that we'd get a dog once Pierce mastered this challenge, so Nora and I will beginning the dog hunt soon. We're going to go with an older dog that's already housebroken and has a known disposition. Hopefully we'll rescue a wonderful dog from the pound or some other charitable organization. If you have any suggestions for finding the perfect dog please drop us an email.
I should have lots of pics from our vacation on the blog shortly, so come back soon for another visit.
-Eric (Dad)
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