Christmas at Home

Christmas in Dubuque

Merry Christmas Grandpa Paul

Sit & Spin

Zach's New Toy

Zach went crazy over his new toy - he saw me take it out of the bag and wanted it. We decided he could have it early. It is an addition to his Little People's Farm. He is already telling us the goat and the turkey.

Sign Language

The teachers in Zach's classroom all use sign language with the kids. I had Miss Lisa show them to me and we have been using it at home too. WOW - it is really unbelievable how it works!

Zach knows - please, more, all done, bed/nightnight, eat, drink and byebye. (These are the basics they use at school) He probably knows more that we don't even know!

This week Zach has been signing like crazy. When he gets home, he takes his coat off and hangs it in his room. Then immediately signs eat, more, & please over and over and stands by the highchair.

He has also asked to go NightNight the past two nights. He will sign Bed and hold his blanket if it's around.

I think I am going to look up some new signs to teach him!

Adventures w/ Santa

Yesterday afternoon we took Zach to see Santa at the Mall. When we got there, we let him out of the stroller and he walked all around with no fear. When it was his turn, he walked right up to Santa and pointed and talked to him. Once again, no fear. The second Santa picked him up, it was all over! Tears, kicking, the works!






Here he is five minutes later with Dad and happy again!.

Merry Christmas!

Picture from the Daycare Photographer - (about 13mths old)

A Night At The Roxbury

Bundled Up

Snow Day

Since we were snowed in, we decided to put up the tree. Our tree is new this year, therefore, it took all of us to figure it out! Zach was very interested in everything we were doing, but was as good as a 15mth old could be.

I brought in a bowl of snow for Zach to play with. He was surprised at first by the cold, but then kept dipping his fingers in and licking them. We made a tiny snowman, but it melted before I thought to take a picture.