3 Years Old!

It's official now, I'm 3 years old. I woke up on my birthday and told mom I was going to eat a "Bear Cake" today. Then my friend Zander got to come over and played with me all morning! We had lots of fun, especially eating Cheerios together. After my nap Daddy came home and shortly after that we went to my favorite restaurant...The Thomas Restaurant (aka O'Naturals). They have a super cool Thomas the Train village set up and the food is pretty good too!

Then it was home to eat Bear Cake and open presents! I chose the bear's belly as my piece!
Believe it or not I was still excited to open gifts (even after all the Christmas presents) and before each one I asked, "Is this for me?" One time I said, "I'm going to open this and say 'Ooooohhh'". And I did! Everyone laughed. I even got to stay up extra late to play a little bit with my new toys. What a fun day!

Cool trick!

So I've had this bowl for over a year now and just discovered I can do this! I've been missing out on way too much fun!

Early Birthday!

When Ma and Pa were here they decided to throw me an early birthday party! Can't say no to that! Mom wanted to make me a bear cake because I often go by "Jonah Bear" and she knows that is not going to last too much longer but I insisted on a blue car cake. She tried talking me into it but I wouldn't budge. Reluctantly she made me one but on the day we celebrated I told my Pa that Ezekiel got a car cake on his birthday but I was going to get a "bear" cake. For some reason everyone laughed at that! Gotta keep that Mama on her toes! As you can see I did end up with the car cake and boy did I enjoy it! Rumor has it I'll get that bear cake too!

Ezekiel is wondering why I get cake and he's stuck with black-eyed peas and carrots!

35 months!

I'm a little behind considering my birthday is tomorrow...so I'm going to make this short and sweet.

Curious George!

For my (early) birthday Ma and Pa got me a membership to our Science Museum and they have Curious George there! I had so much fun checking out all the cool stuff! My favorite was the store and the cash register. They also had fun science stuff to do like roll balls down ramps, a dizzy tunnel and tons of other cool things to do. I can't wait to go back!

Nature Center

I took Ma and Pa to the Nature Center because they are the ones who got us a year long pass to go there whenever we want. They had never been there before so I showed them around!

Merry Christmas (Part II)

My Herzog grandparents came to visit me the day after Christmas so we got to celebrate again! It is so much fun to play with my Ma and Pa. Ma is the best cook ever and she reads books to me in the car! My Pa will play anything with me and I always pick him to read my bed time books to me. I have a few shout outs: thanks Uncle Scotty Bumps and Auntie Sarah for my cool tent! I love to read books in there. Lindy and Justin, the remote control car is the best (but it scares Ezekiel a little bit so I only get to play with it when he's taking a nap). Aunt Helen, who told you I LOVE Thomas? The trains are so fun and I love my carrying case! Aunt Linda and Uncle Dan, the clothes are great and I love the fun books you sent. Mom and dad are happy to read some new books to me too! Aunt Linda and Uncle Joe, thanks to you, I can show everyone how smart I am! You guys sure know how to spoil a guy!

My perspective...

My mom and dad take most of the pictures for my blog but since I'm almost 3, I decided it was about time that I took over! Here are a few shots from my perspective.

Merry Christmas

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Those cookies paid off! I must have been a very good boy this year because I got tons of toys! It took me nearly all day to open everything though...I had to open Ezekiel's gifts too. And I stopped to play with each toy and read every book before opening another one. Santa is not so bad after all!

Cookies for Santa

Even though Santa was a little scary I decided I should make him some cookies anyway...mom and dad said it would increase my chances of getting good toys in the morning! So here I am slaving away making sugar cookies for Old Saint Nick!

Santa Claus meets the Easter Bunny!

Just having a little fun heading out the door to go look at Christmas lights.
I'm hoping Santa will come to my house this year even if I didn't sit on his lap. Mom and Dad got me and Ezekiel all dressed up and we went to the mall to see the big guy but as we were in line I got a little antsy and hugged on to Dad's leg a little tighter. By the time it was our turn I gave him a full on cling and I wasn't letting go! I mean, come on! That guy is scary! When my mom told me about him earlier that day I told her I would cry if I had to sit on his lap but throughout the day she almost had me convinced. Until I saw him that is! She gave up on me and tried to put Zekey on his lap but he pulled out his koala hug too and wouldn't let go! One point for me and Ezekiel, zero for mom and dad! But I still want Santa to bring me lots of toys. I don't get any more specific than that. Mom said we could make him some cookies and milk and I offered to help eat them. See how nice I am?

Holiday Greetings!

If you didn't get a Christmas card yet, it's either on the way or lost...
But this is the picture we used.

I admit, I wasn't in the best picture taking mood this day but they managed to get a couple cute ones of me anyway.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Shortly after Thanksgiving we put up our tree. I'd like to tell you that we all went out to a Christmas tree farm, took a hay ride, sipped some hot cider and hunted for the perfect tree... but in reality, Dad and I just went out to the garage and brought up our fake one! It was really mom's idea to get one (she's not a big fan of bugs in the house)! And I admit, I'm not a real fan either. As much as Dad is trying to teach me not to be afraid, I spend most of my days with Mama and well, when we see bugs we scream! We don't even like lady bugs. Anyway, I put up a couple of ornaments but decided to save the rest for Ezekiel since he's big enough to help this year. But I am taking this job very seriously as you can tell.

And this year we made a gingerbread house! I was so excited to help out but I did not like the part where we had to wait 15 minutes for it to set.
I had fun decorating it with candy, and I didn't even take a taste...

You can't prove anything!

Santa's Helpers!

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Props to Auntie Sarah for this hilarious idea! Check out my great grandpa's moves! We are totally working it!