Sorry It's Late...We Went Away

What a busy month of December.  No snow or real cold weather was a bit confusing for Colin.  We made some effort to see snow once at Legoland and again in Yosemite (next post).  Both occasions were lacking.  The snow was slush or too compact.  That didn't seem to deter his excitement though.

found a 'friend' at the dog park to throw his airplane with

Swim lessons are going very well

Headphones for daddy's computer are a bit big. Hmmmm....Christmas is coming up

There was plenty of Christmas excitement.  Anything Christmas related seemed to be the best thing ever.

Meticulously assembling the gingerbread house

Colin's work desk.  Today was a work day

All I want for Christmas is Colin

Time to clean up for the Christmas party

Farias white elephant gifts...Colin stole chocolate pancake mix

relaxing in Thomas with cousin Declan

Mommy and Aunt Kristy toasty warm

Talking with the big man. 

A little relaxing after a talk with Santa

Very helpful with wrapping

....and making cookies

It was Lego time at the Cockrell's before going to see lights

Lights with Uncle Joey and the Cockrells

There was even a train going in one yard

see

Watching a Christmas movie on Christmas Eve

Look what Santa left

Digging right in

Oh boy... a big boy bike!

Listening to music but not far from the bike

Uncle Sean reading some Dr Seuss on Christmas morning

And now time to assemble some gifts

Anyone need to hire some help for their yard???

We had the Cockrell kids for a day as their Christmas gift.  We had a great time doing a lot of things.

Setting up the forts for tonight

Everyone chipped in a bit

Getting there

Almost done

Tada!  Ready for bed

Doing some jumping at Skyzone

boing boing boing

Barely being able to reach didn't stop him

First skeeball game.  He needs another 2" clearance to throw

Helping mommy beat Kyson at air hockey

Enjoying some ice cream 

Colin's friend Luke from Massachusetts came to visit his grandparents nearby.  We had a fun visit with them.

Christmas time in San Diego?  Lets go swim in the outdoor pool.

Some slushy snow at Legoland

Making his way across

The slide and the netting were a continuous loop

Exploring the tree house

Flying the plane with Luke

Some cool Star Wars legos

We finished off the year with a trip up north.

Helping make a sandwich

How else do you fight off the sun???

I think we could have left him with cousin Tammy shredding papers.  He didn't want to stop.


Here's the link for his Christmas morning video:
Click here

Life and Death

        "How do babies come out of their mommy's bellies?"  "What about doggies?"  "Somebody died over there" (This took quite a while to figure out) "There are bones.  Somebody died." (decorations from halloween in a neighbor's driveway) We took a walk and found what he was talking about. We explained that people will be buried or something like that. "But what if people forget?  I think someone forgot."  This conversation went on for a bit.  On a side note he can identify a dog just by the bones.  Colin is coming up with more grown-up questions and is trying to figure a lot of different things out.  He'll stand pretty firm on an issue once he believes he is right about it.  A second party is usually required to sway his opinion.
       This month's excitement included a flight out to Boston and Maine to see Yaya while mommy worked, mommy's birthday, going to Legoland a couple of times and other stuff.

Making mommy's brithday 'not-a-cake'

Bowling for mommy's birthday (there's a video too)

Taking Maya for a walk

Going for a little ride

Mr Muscles carrying groceries

Back into swim lessons

sleeping or surfing???

We figured out how to attach the wagon to tricycle

We can't go to Legoland without driving a car

Before

After

 Now we ask for help getting out of the plane ride

Going for a walk with his buddy Odin in MA\

We found a dog park nearby for the dogs

Made a car with his cousins

Colin is holding the brake, in case you can't tell

Building towers is more interesting

Out riding bikes, cars, scooters....whatever with the Cockrells

He's got some serious work going on there

Very insistent that he take it up to pay. 

He was very involved in putting the pipe in the ground

Thanksgiving pie, or just the whipped cream

Some kid foosball with cousins

Taking a silly Christmas picture

Finally got him to go into the bubble for a look

Getting a good view of the pool

All aquatic life at the aquarium had to see his walrus

Going down the big slide

3x in a row and never staying upright

Building his racecar with mommy

Went to see his first movie.....The Peanuts Movie.  Why else take a picture in front of the Chipmunks??

Colin's videos
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwcX_qtUk2cyfmI3bWx6Q1puM1Y4LWxzOWpLMzFaYlhCNzE0R1FoSVdOVHIzd3FIUE4wVUE