It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

We drive past the Mormon Temple on our way home from daycare, so we stopped to check out the holiday display.

Noah had a lot of fun playing with the pine boughs from the bottom of our tree. He's pretending to be a Feller Buncher.

 

It's soooooo windy!!!

Lastly, Olivia's 4 year long quest for a nativity set with non white figures has finally come to an end. We still need a stable for them, but for now, Hono the Wooden Gorilla will shelter them. This is how Noah keeps setting them up, by the way. Every time we move Mary and Joseph next to Jesus, he moves them back and puts the animals with the baby.

November Catch Up

So a little catch up...we went to Oregon the day after Thanksgiving. Noah had a great time visiting with his cousins and we all had fun just relaxing!

Riding the bear at the California Welcome Center in Anderson (a favorite potty stop).

 Trampoline Fun

 Not really sure what this face is about...

Cara's birthday cake. It's an ice cream cake. Yum!

 The toys he gets to play with when he visits his girl cousins! They had fun playing with his cars and trains as well. 

The visit is never complete without a trip out to the barn.

 Pretending to be horses.

 Noah's whinnying...

A great time was had by all!

The Many Faces of Noah

All cute of course, but then again, we're a little biased. 

Fish Take 2

So apparently Baby Blue Fish had a death wish. We found him this morning on Noah's dresser. He found the one inch by one and a half inch opening in the back of the tank and jumped. RIP Blue Fish. Due to the magic of a  14 day guarantee, everyone, please meet Red Fin!

Noah thought Red Fin might like a story about and ambulance because he's red.

Don't forget to show Red Fin the pictures!

Fingers crossed that this one lasts at least 12 hours...

Baby Blue Fish

Noah has his very first pet, a Betta named Baby Blue Fish! Here are some pictures of the little guy.

Photographing a fish is a tank with a rounded front is not an easy task!

The Ice Palace

Victor had a special presentation to make. Due to his recent trip to the Arctic (ahem...post pictures, Victor) Victor has become the zoo's official Arctic Animal Specialist. The first duty in his newly appointed unofficial role was to open the Snow Palace at the mall. Yes, Victor signed a talent contract just like the Ice Princess and Santa, to provide entertainment to the masses of mall goers on the day of Santa's arrival. Ok, so it was really a 10 minute presentation to about 50 preschoolers and some parents, but important nonetheless.

Noah made a potty run before Victor began and was super excited to find a potty that he declared to be "just my size!!!!!" in the family restroom at the mall.

Ok, here's what you were waiting for...Victor and the Ice Princess!

Here's Noah and his little friend from church who came by with her mom to see the show.

Noah kept trying to hold her hand, but she wasn't having it.

After Victor's presentation (which received rave reviews by mall management, by the way), the Ice Princess read a story and then all the kids headed off to visit Santa. Noah was afraid of Santa and instead said that it was his turn to talk about polar bears. Here he is explaining how polar bears are white and live in the ice. All in all, it was a fun morning!

Construction Time!

PG&E was removing an old transformer at Olivia's work, so Noah got to hang out and pretend to be a "construction man" one morning before daycare. Olivia surprised him by bringing his hard hat from home. Unfortunately we had to leave before the crane truck came.

The guys were sweet and gave him his very own pair of PG&E gloves to bring home.