I spent Palm Sunday in Wichita this year. Dada made some nice crosses out of the palms, and I stayed busy making silly faces during the procession at church. Papa held me during the reading of the gospel. Of course, I didn't participate when all the other kids shouted, "Hosanna!"
Every year, on Lazarus Saturday, Bishop Basil has a little party for the church kids at his house. This year was the first time I went. It was a perfect day outside, and I enjoyed all the festivities! Gum & Auntie helped me do the egg hunt, I got to see some little farm animals, jump in a bounce house, decorate cookies and be put inside of a giant bubble! I had a great time!
In February, we had a good amount of snow dropped on us. It was so bitterly cold and windy, we had to wait until it warmed up just to be able to go play in the backyard! So once we finally got out there, some of the snow had melted, but there was still enough for me to help Mama make my first snowman! I loved him. I sat next to him, just looking at him and kissing his head. I also liked digging my mittens into the deep snow, until it started to make my hands ache!
I've been to San Francisco so many times, it's starting to feel like my second home! Back in January, we went out to see Nana and the rest of the family, and to just have a good time. Like always, we had great visits with family and friends and ate lots of yummy food!
As usual, we had a few meals at our family's favorite SF restaurant, the Cliff House. On our way to Nana's, we stopped in the Presidio for some awesome pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. Sometimes I like to call it the Redden Gate Bridge. I say, "It's red, not gold!"
Nana has such a cool view. We love to hang out on the deck, watching golfers, eating a meal, or having a cocktail or glass of milk. Inside Nana's house is just as fun, though. I had a great time learning to play cards with my cousins Brian & Tyler.
One day during our trip, Mama, Dada and I took the ferry from Larkspur Landing in Marin to San Francisco. It's usually a really pretty ride, but it was so foggy on the water, we couldn't see ten feet in front of the boat! The captain kept honking a very loud foghorn to let other boats know we were there. It was a little spooky! Once we got to the ferry building, we had just enough time to grab a yummy lunch, some gelato, and peek our heads into a few of the gourmet food shops.
While Dada was busy tasting wine at Jacuzzi Vineyards in Sonoma, I lined up a bunch of their orange wine bottle stoppers on a bench. I thought they looked like cones you might see in a construction zone on the road! The nice people at Jacuzzi thought it was so cute, they let me load up a bag of "cones" and take them home for free!
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! What an awesome Christmas I had! Santa brought me the one thing I wanted more than anything... Alphie the Robot! He also brought me lots of other great treats. Mama, Dada and I had a really nice morning at home. We peeked in our stockings, had a nice breakfast and opened our gifts.
It's always hard when the last gift has been opened, because it feels like Christmas is over! But, it wasn't over yet. We packed up the car and left all of my new toys behind (that was pretty tough!) and headed up to Wichita to Oma & Papa's house.
Oma & Auntie put together a very special treat for me... Bob & Ace's! Once when Auntie was taking a video of me riding my Kawasaki, I said I was going to Bob & Ace's to get apples. It was one of my favorite imaginary things to do, so they decided to make a real Bob & Ace's store for me! I helped Auntie decorate it with apples later.
I was more than happy to have another set of gifts to open. I got some good stuff! Uncle Seany got me a machine gun that kept me busy all night, until Papa broke it! We had a great time. I was having too much fun to take a serious Christmas picture with Mama & Dada, so they decided to be crazy and silly like me! Merry Christmas! I can't wait until next year!
We started out our fun Christmas Eve by making cookies for Santa! I'm so glad I'm old enough to help! I helped Mama make the dough, then rolled each ball of dough in the sugar to make crinkle cookies. Mmmm... they were delicious! I was a great helper!
We set some cookies by the fireplace for Santa and headed over to see my cousins. I love spending time with my family... especially when they have presents for me!
