Fall of this year was pretty crazy. Renaissance Fest, Halloween without Mommy, you finally participated (a little) in your school pageant, and you got a visit from Grandma and Grandpa on your birthday weekend.
Then came the holidays. Thanksgiving at home, Hanukkah with Brandon and Maureen, another pageant (where you did participate) and Christmas with the sniffles.
It all began with a little trip to the Ren Fair with our favorite pair, Colin and Beth.
Closely followed by additional piracy and the looting of candies. Unfortunately, mommy had to travel for an emergency, so it was just the boys on Halloween.
Then a visit from Grandma and Grandpa. Some dancing was done and then a birthday was celebrated.
Shortly thereafter, we settled in for some days off and vegan food. You had your school pageant (where you faced the opposite direction of everyone else), but you DID know all the words to the song. In fact, you wrote them for dad when you visited his office.
From there it was holiday shopping and decorating.
Then off to get Santa pics and even more SHOPPING.
Your big brother and his wife came to teach you about Hanukkah. You loved the lighting of the Menorah.
((I can’t find any pics on my phone. I’ll have to upload those later))
Then suddenly it’s CHRISTMAS. Presents, a trip to see the lights on 34th Street in Baltimore and a special treat – ICE CREAM at a place called the Charmery (GREAT homemade ice cream) because it was so very hot this Christmas.
Other significant occurrences in this period:
- You saw FOUR more movies at the theater: The Peanuts Movie, Good Dinosaur, The Chipmunks Road Chip, and Star Wars: Force Awakens (which you BEGGED to see and absolutely loved). You also let daddy know that going to the movies is your new favorite thing to do.
- You learned what curse words are and you know better than to say them. You also know a range of “bad words” which aren’t as bad, but you still correct us if we say: “Shut up”, “Idiot”, “Stupid”, or “Crap”. On the OTHER end of that, you let one of our friends know that you know but could never say, “Duck spelled with the letter F” and when your shocked parents asked how you knew that word, your reply was, “Probably on YouTube.”
- Your Wheel of Fortune obsession has waned. You still love game shows though and often talk about going to California to see Sony Pictures Studios.
- There was a weird moment where you PANICKED when you heard “kids music”, but now you just tell us you don’t want to hear it. Your musical tastes are pretty eclectic, but OTHER than kids’ music, you’ll listen to nearly anything else.
- You want a puppy. You love the neighbor’s dog and tell us all the time how you are getting one…
- Your hair cutter is named Tessie and so is the dog next door. To distinguish which, you’ve said, “Tessie snip snip or Tessie woof woof?”
- For some reason, NOW you’re a picky eater. You don’t like finishing breakfast this month and you’d FAR prefer a desert (in the form of a cookie) vs. eating anything healthy. When you’re old enough to read this, I hope you know what Mom and Dad fought you on this one.
- We have a lot of friends in our lives, but you are absolutely locked into Colin and Beth. They love you too. 🙂
And thus, 2015 fades behind us.
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