Fighting Cabin Fever

We did everything we could to fight off cabin fever this winter...hopefully we'll be pulling out of it soon. As you can tell from the pictures below, Sam has learned to smile on command.

"Cheese!"

"Rain, rain go away!"
Daddy trying to be artsy with the camera.

Ready for...school!? Nah! ...but nice hat dude!

Sitting on his hideout made of couch cushions.

Chef Samuel with his bowl full of "lets pretend".
...and a huge smile.

So This Is Christmas...

From the delicious desserts and excellent dinners, Christmas was not complete without the requisite present overload for the kids. Sam had so many presents from his birthday, to Christmas (with a few extra snuck in by kind neighbors and daycare people) that I'm pretty sure he started to think he was going to get a present every day! Enjoy the images below of the madness.

Happy Birthday! Sam is Two!

What a party! Sam loved his construction themed party, complete with "birthday tree" to match. He had loads of fun with his family and received lots of cool things to play with.


Sam mesmerized by his new train set (Geo-Trax).


He especially loved the cake (in case you missed the red frosting on his lips in the picture).


"Oh my God!" Sam's words as he opened the giant fire truck.

Smile! Sam proudly showing off his Elmo slippers in front of the construction tree.

Snow Day!

Sam, Becky and Beamer enjoyed the first snow day of the season. No snow day for daddy.

Visit with Santa

We went to the Winter Wonderland event at the Family Resource Center in Plymouth. Sam got to meet Santa. He walked right up to Santa and sat on his lap. Although he would not make eye contact, he did tell the big guy what he wanted for Christmas. He was also brave enough to join the children's musician with the big kids. But his very favorite thing of the night was the model train. He was supposed to stay behind the red line. He tried REALLY hard.