Chocolate Liss

So Joshua thinks he is sly. He comes into the kitchen while I am washing dishes and slides the step stool into the dining room. I go to follow him and he puts his little hand up, "no mommy. stay kitchen. wash dishes. mommy go kitchen." He then closes the door between the dining room and kitchen. Of course I give him a moment and then peek through the door. There he is up on the step stool with the bowl of hershey kisses. By the pile of wrappers he had already consumed 3. He turns to see me peeking through and gives me a melted chocolate mouthed smile. I am not sure what I appreciate more - his love for chocolate or his train of thought in securing the coveted treat.

Gobble Gobble Gobble

This Thanksgiving we did something totally different - we stayed put and hosted Thanksgiving dinner for Mama, my mom (Ga) and Tim (T). Mama showed up the day before for some extra time with Joshua. I heard Mama reading with Joshua his alphabet book - enjoy the video.

Ga and T stole the show Thanksgiving when they brought in a bucket of FISH!!! Joshua spent the rest of the day watching his 5 fish swim around in their new home. Until we got the cover on Joshua tried to pet the fish.

We had a great visit and way too much food. We all did the stairs many times as Joshua led us up to show us his fish - perhaps that helped burn off all the apple raspberry pie . . . or not.

We also loved being able to see our California family via the computer.

The first Thanksgiving in Meadville was wonderful! Hmmm . . . . maybe we won't travel for Thanksgiving from now on.

More Snow!!!!!

Ok so the real snow started - in 24 hourse 10 inches of snow had fallen. Knowing the snow was coming we stopped at the Boot Box the afternoon before to get some snow supplies - snow pants, boots, gloves, and a sled. Joshua wandered around the Boot Box observing the stuffed bears, deer, moose, and whatever else can be shot in the woods.

Well they didn't have snow pants out yet but Joshua found the gloves he loved - they were purple and sized for a 6-18 month old. Of course I tried to convince him that they were too small for him, but he insisted on the purple gloves. Once they were paid for he tried them on and had a melt down for the 20 minutes saying repetatively "purple glops too small, purple glops too small!!!!" Prior to this he was upset that the purple crocs were too big - so we purchased red crocs instead. The chant continued, "Purple glops too small, purple shoes too big!" Trip to Walmart it was - once we found the toddler sized glove Joshua refused the purple ones and settled on pink gloves instead. Ever since - whenever he puts on his gloves he now says "purple glops too small, puprle shoes too big!"

The next morning prooved to be as snowy as the weather forcasted. We layered up in our warm clothes grabbed the sled and went to the backyard. Joshua thought the snow was awesome until it spilled over into the sled and got onto his gloves. So don't be fooled by these photos - he is not enjoying the winter wonderland . . . he was screaching to go back inside.

Pumpkins

So the little man never made it to go Trick or Treating but he did help carve pumpkins. He was not sure if he liked pulling the slimey pumpkins guts out or if he didn't like it stuck to his hands.

Glenn Falls

We also stopped at one of our favorite places - Glenn Falls in Williamsville. Joshua sat and watched the falls for a long time before we were interrupted by the ducks.


We waddled over to see the ducks. We seemed to be the only ones abiding by the "Don't Feed the Ducks or it will attrack rats" rule. Joshua felt left out so he did the next best thing - tried to feed them rocks. These savy ducks were not fooled - they knew the difference.


After such a long day the little guy was so tuckered out. He was sound asleep when I pulled him out of the car and placed him in Ga and T's bed. He didn't move for the next 2 hours.

Trip to Buffalo

This October Joshua made a trip to Buffalo - the 'since we are closer now let's visit' trip. One day while we were there Joshua and Papa went to the zoo while I ran in Delaware Park. On what we thought was our way out we saw the elephants coming out for a walk arounf the zoo. At first Joshua was more interested in his goldfish cracker snack.