Cute by 3

Christmas 2009: the year of semi-matching pajamas.

(LtoR) Daniel, Grady, Jacob

Oh no, Daisey!

I sometimes forget just how fast a 2 year-old really is.

I dropped something a few days ago and, with Daniel standing right beside me, said "Oopsie Daisey!"

Daniel: "Oh no, Daddy! What happened to Daisey!?"

I didn't know what to say. I've never met the woman, but I certainly don't wish her any harm.

11..11...11

Daniel is learning to count. He's got 1-11 down pat. Problem is when he hits 11 he sometimes wants to keep counting. We haven't told him about the other numbers yet (infinite) so the other day when he was counting I caught him doing this:

1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10..11..11..11..11..11..11..11

over, and over, and over again...

A Boy

Daniel has been referring to himself as "a boy" lately...

"A boy wants to eat some lunch."

"A boy just fell down!"

It's quite amusing to hear him narrating his life. :)

Weaponized Christmas Tree

Auntie Karen asked Daniel today if he had helped to decorate our Christmas tree. His response:

"Ya! I helped put the armaments on!"

I think he might have meant ornaments...

Videos...finally...

After resolving some technical difficulties, we wanted to share some fun videos of Daniel over the past few weeks: doing dishes, box-boy, ball bopper fun, and little drummer boy.

Ah, the domestic life. Daniel and Cora play kitchen.

There's nothing like runnning around with a box on your head!

In the spirit of Christmas, we present "Little Drummer Boy".

BALL BOPPER!

Daddy's Baby

Michele is a little over 4 months along in her pregnancy. Each night before bed, Daniel kisses her stomach and hugs the baby good night. He loves it.

Tonight Daniel asked if he could hug Daddy's baby goodnight too. Hmmm....I think those Christmas goodies are catching up with me...

Daniel's been busy

Playing with his buddies: Dominic and Audrey Bernadette

Helping with the tree....

The finished product!


Woa, didn't know the camera had that setting!

Making Dinner

Daniel was recently pretending to mix things in a bowl when I asked...

Chris: "Daniel, what are you doing?"

Daniel: "I'm making dinner!"

Chris: "Sounds great! What are you making for dinner?"

Daniel: "Guacamole, cheese, and chocolate."

Yum!

Put tears back on?

Daniel is developing quite a flair for the dramatic.

When he was crying the other day I picked him up to comfort him. As I tried to talk to him to see what was the matter, I instinctively wiped a tear off his cheek. This was a huge mistake. As I did, he became noticeably more upset and, in between sobs and wails, said the following:

"No, Daddy! Put Daniel's tears back on!"

He was inconsolable until I finally put my finger back to his cheek and pretended to wipe the tear back on.