I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

December marks me at 35 months. I'm such a big boy! December is usually quite a snowy month for us in Boston, and this month marked our second real snow. We woke up to about 8 inches and it kept coming. I donned my snow gear (and yes, I'm still wearing those snow pants that are just below my kness) and headed out to play.


I spent most of my time eating the snow, though I didn't eat any yellow snow. I exclaimed that the snow tasted like chocolate.


Can you find me?


Snow angels!


Mommy and I were pretending we were in a spaceship and flying to outerspace.


After shovelling snow, we jumped into the giant snow piles. Weee!


Daddy hurled me through air into the snow piles.


Our snowy Christmas village!


Daddy hard at work getting the cars out.


They even put me to work shovelling.


Yum, snow.


Christmas season brings Christmas parties, and our first stop was my buddy Kaya's party.


Scary Christmas monsters.


I was all about the Christmas season and all about the presents. I had helped Mommy wrap presents, so when Gigi and Bubba arrived with their 5 suitcases full of presents, I was all up in arms that none of their presents had bows on them. They had to have bows on them before they could go under the tree! I examined each present, asked who it was for, and chose a random bow to go on each present.


Cousin Samantha, Aunt Lauren, and Uncle Isaac joined us on Christmas Eve. Samantha and I share a turn on the sit and spin before Christmas Eve Mass.


After Mommy's work on Christmas Eve, she joined us in our matching Christmas PJ's and we helped Samantha open her birthday presents.


Cuddle time with Aunt Lauren.


I could hardly await Santa Claus's arrival. I left him some cookies and milk and some carrots for the reindeer on a special UK Christmas plate. I awoke super early on Christmas Day and couldn't wait to see what Santa brought. I woke up everyone in the house by 7am and the present opening began. Samantha was interested for a few minutes, but then it was overwhelming for her.


Apparently Mommy was super excited about something.


I opened up Santa Claus's loot first and I was thrilled. GeoTrax were my big gift and I got a train system, a big bridge, and extra tracks. Gigi and Bubba compelted my GeoTrax extravaganza with a big Cars set. Santa also brought me Candyland and Memory games, some bath colors, and some matchbox cars.


I got all sorts of other cool stuff like this game Ned's Head from Mimi and Papaw. In this game, there are all sorts of gross things in Ned's Head and you have to pull them out through his ears and nose - eew! I got clothes and movies and other great things.


Bubba and Daddy set up my GeoTrax in the dining room and it took up a whole corner. We had a blast and played this for hours at at time. It was definitely a hit!






Even old toys were a hit as we played with my kitchen.


I really got into playing Candyland, although I had to win every time. Samantha wasn't really interested, but she watched me play.


The memory game was a little too complicated with all these cards, but Mommy, Daddy, Lauren, and Isaac enjoyed playing it.


Everyone had a great Christmas. Mommy got new snowgear so she no longer has to wear three pairs of sweatpants and tennis shoes in the snow (see above). Daddy got a fancy new DSLR camera and I enjoyed posing in my cowboy costumes.




Crazy Cooper in action.






Christmas season wound down and the house became more empty. The snow melted and life became a little more boring, until next month.

He listened to me! Santa Claus listened to me!

Cooper opening his Santa Claus gifts on Christmas 2009.

Turkey Day, The Great Wall, and Preparing for Santa

Ooops. So please forgive me as I've been a little negligent on the blog posting front. I've been really busy, so I'm taking you all the way back to Thanksgiving. It's become a tradition that someone has to work on Thanksgiving, and then someone always has to work the day after, so we just improvise and this year, Turkey Day came on a Saturday.

We don't care though, as long as we get to eat yummy food. Mommy's table was make with homemade dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn pudding, rolls from scratch, and a Honeybaked Ham. What a feast! I was a big fan of the ham, and I am a ham.

Post food relaxation with Mommy.

And a little cuddle time with Daddy.

December usually marks the beginning of the season that we only see white ground for a while, and this year was no different. The first real snow was only a couple of inches. I'm not too prepared for it yet - my snow pants from last year come just below my knees and my boots are two sizes too small.

That didn't stop me from making my first snowman, complete with a carrot nose!

While Daddy and I were busy building snowmen, Mommy snuck away to New York City for a whole week to meet up with Mimi, Papaw, and Uncle Taylor. On Tuesday, they got settled into their hotel and then ate dinner at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. Yummy.

Then a little after dinner they did a little socializing with John Wall and Cousins. The Evans were staying at the same hotel as the team. How funny.

Eric Bledsoe even sat down with Mimi, Papaw, and Taylor, made himself comfortable, and ate a popsicle.

The next day they headed out to Carnegie Deli for lunch. Mimi and Mommy enjoy some pickles and a crowded restaurant.

They each order a tuna melt, and this is what came out! Whoa!

Papaw and Uncle Taylor share this one sandwich. That is crazy big!

Then they walk off some of that food, enjoying New York at its finest and decorated for Christmas. They said the window displays were really cool and the ones at Bergdorf's in an Alice in Wonderland theme were their favorites. Here's the big Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center.

And here Mimi, Papaw, and Taylor are in their UK gear in front of the tree.

Now, New York is nice at Christmas time and all, but don't think that was the real reason the Evans family headed up to New York. Oh no. It was to watch the UK Wildcats play UConn at Madison Square Garden. Go Cats! They had great seats!

Ramon Harris sinking a free throw.

Patrick Patterson sinking a three. And UK won the game! Wahoo!

Thursday, they headed out for a bus tour in the cold NYC weather. Mommy said it was the worst tour driver on the planet, and she put her iPod on so she didn't have to hear him anymore. It was a long four hours. That evening, they went to see Phantom of the Opera. Even though Mommy had seen it before, she said it was super cool. Friday, Mommy headed back to us lonely boys back in Boston.

Seeing all the Christmas decorations in New York really got her in the spirit and we put up our Christmas tree. I helped a lot, and put lots of ornaments on the bottom foot of the Christmas tree. This was Mommy and Daddy's first Christmas together that they had a fake tree.

I even got to put the star on top!

Merry Christmas. This year I really understood the whole Santa Claus thing and knew he'd be bringing me presents. I'd worked on my list all year. Next year we'll work on the baby Jesus part of Christmas a little more.

Last year I didn't get to see Santa Claus in person. This year I got all decked out and headed to the Natick Mall super early to see St Nick himself.

I did a great job sitting with Santa. As I got closer to him, I wasn't too sure about the ole jolly man, but after being promised a piece of candy if I smiled and sat with him, my Christmas picture turned out pretty cute. I even told Santa Claus I wanted a new train for Christmas.

I didn't tell Santa all the things I wanted for Christmas though. This is the list that I came up with all on my own for Santa to bring me.

1. A new train

2. A new computer to check my email

3. A new tv

4. A new phone

5. A new camera

6. New cars

7. New car tracks

8. A bucket

9. An apple

10. A letter game

Yes, this is my list. I'll be posting Christmas pictures shortly, so stay tuned to see what Santa actually brought me.