Cause & Effect in the 5 yr old Mind

LT: Mom, the power went out!
Mom: I know.  It's OK.
LT (concerned): Was it Godzilla?

Thanks for the nod, Associated Press . . .

. . . now can you please have a chat with the College Football Playoff committee?  They seem to be confused.

Championship Saturday

Sic 'Em Bears!

Christmas Party

Today, Little Ted and Gabriel enjoyed their first Christmas Party of the holiday season.  This party had everything a kid could want: Santa Claus, Shamu (go figure), sugar cookie decorating, arts and crafts, games, and face painting.  Little Ted could hardly contain his excitement and declared that this was the "best day EVER!"  Gabriel, who is new to this whole Christmas thing, was a little less enthused (especially when it came to that big guy in the red suit), but he enjoyed the festivities from the comfort of his stroller nonetheless.

Get Excited Baylor Nation . . .

http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120114aad.html

This is the big time!

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned our love for College GameDay here before, how it has been a part of our Saturday morning rituals as much as take-out breakfast and afternoon naps are.  LT even knows all the words to the theme song and dances with his cherry donut when the music starts.

Now . . . at last . . . College GameDay is coming to our alma mater!  All we need is a win over K State to make it the perfect Saturday.

Sic 'Em Bears!

Turkey Tango

LT participated in his very first school program shortly before Thanksgiving.  Here's a portion of the show we enjoyed:

I hope all of you enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving with family and friends.  We played host to Grandma and Grandpa Gonzalez and cousin Matthew.  They prepared our Thanksgiving feast, and we happily gobbled it up.  Our only regret was their visit was too short!  We look forward to seeing them again soon.

Itchy Winter Scalp?

Gabriel has a solution for you:

Halloween

Now that Ted is older, he appreciates the spooky side of Halloween much more.  Take, for instance, Dracula Ted:



Maybe that's why he chose to be a villain this year for Halloween.  He was so excited about his costume that he walked around the neighborhood saying, "I'm Darth Vader!  I'm Darth Vader Ted!"

Gabriel, on the other hand, was a little less convinced that wearing his costume was a good idea.  Yoda Gabriel he was.

Confusing, in particular, the ears were.

He decided that pumpkins were OK, though.  I agree.  Meet Drac-O-Lantern: 

And this is the Cyclops:

Happy Halloween!

Good Luck Charms

How can you lose when these two cuties are your fans?

Sic 'Em Bears!

First Foods

Gabriel is the kind of baby who doesn't believe he actually is a baby.  He is sure that he can do the things that everyone else can do, like eat dinner.  So, when he hit 6 months this week - the age at which the doctor gave us the OK to start solids, we thought he would be ecstatic.  Boy, were we wrong.  Meal times (all three of them) have been full of grunts of dissatisfaction.  It didn't dawn on me that he would realize he wasn't actually eating like everyone else.  But when your brother's plate is full of brightly colored food, like Cheetos, Granny Smith apples, and red grapes, the contrast between rice cereal (a.k.a. baby mush) and "real food" becomes apparent.

In this video, Gabriel's third meal, I'm trying to get him interested in his meal - which was darn near impossible since LT was sitting across from him eating an orange creamsicle.  There's never a dull moment in our household!

Baby in Motion

I see baby barricades in this child's future . . . many, many baby barricades.



This video is a couple of weeks old, and it doesn't really capture Gabriel's maneuvering skills.  He still hasn't mastered a "proper crawl," but he can propel himself forward for short distances and turn around.  When big brother is in the vicinity, he tries extra hard to get where he wants to go.