Wyatt's first ski trip.

Yesterday we brought Wyatt to Sugar Bowl. We weren't sure if he'd actually make it onto the mountain or not since he protested the whole way, but once we got there he was ready to go.

Christmas 2008

We've had a VERY white Christmas in Tahoe - close to three feet of snow so far. Wyatt and Malcolm have really enjoyed opening gifts and playing with lots of new toys. Wyatt is having the Christmas of tool toys and is "fixing" everything around the house. And, of course, he's enjoyed being a rock star with new guitar hero guitar and drums. Malcolm has gotten lots of soft cars to play with and chew on but seems most interested in playing with whatever is in Wyatt's hands. Everyone has had fun sledding, except mama who had an unfortunate fall first run down the driveway. Thank goodness there are many hands around to help with diaper changes!

Aside from all the new toys we are playing with, we've enjoyed playing Wyatt's favorite game "HigenSeek" which we are guessing is the German version of Hide & Seek. You close your eyes, count to about 6 or 7 and go screaming through the house till someone jumps out at you. Very fun, guten times.

Wyatt The Hank IV Guitar Hero

Pancake Sundays

This Sunday we started a new tradition of making pancakes for breakfast on Sundays. Wyatt helped mix the ingredients and stir the batter. He loved dunking his pancakes in the syrup - so long as no syrup got on his fingers that is. Poor Malcolm just starred longingly as we ate pancakes and he ate baby food. Soon enough, he'll be eating them too. One problem with this being a once a week tradition...Wyatt woke up this morning requesting pancakes again!!! We tried to explain that it wasn't Sunday then started in with other excuses like, "we don't have anything to make them today" and "we don't have time because we have to get in the car and drive to Tahoe today!" Apparently none of those excuses cut it because when I got downstairs Papa and Wyatt were making pancakes on a Monday. Oh well.

Visit with Hector

Gissela brought Hector over on Friday to exchange Christmas gifts and let him and Malcolm do a little playing. They haven't seen each other in a few months and boy what a difference a few months makes. When Malcolm saw Hector he got so excited he started squealing and clapping his hands. He crawled right over to him and wanted to touch his amazing locks. They were interacting and even holding hands at one point. Hopefully he'll come back to play again soon.

All Bundled Up

Gissela and Malcolm are getting ready to brave the cold weather. The poncho was a gift from Gissela to Malcolm before he was born and it finally fits him. She had it sent from Peru. The bunny hat was a hand-me-down that Gammy made for Wyatt before he was born.

Pink Bunny's Birthday

Out of the blue, Wyatt declared Monday (Dec. 15th for the record) Pink Bunny's Birthday. He was very insistent and requested that we repeatedly sing Happy Birthday to Pink Bunny. I felt bad because if I would've known ahead of time, I would have had a little party set up for him. Instead we surprised Wyatt when he got out of the tub and had a little cupcake and candle ready for him to sing happy birthday. The cupcake was actually a muffin with cream cheese on top but I knew, since there was no chance Wyatt would actually want to eat a cupcake, that it didn't matter. And, you can see how we had to improvise on the candle as well. For those of you who are wondering how old Pink Bunny is, he is apparently 2 and 3/4 which is actually just about right.

Cute Baby

Holiday Party

Wyatt and Malcolm had a little holiday party today. Some friends came over to drink warm cider and make ornaments for the tree. Here are Wyatt and Lucy concentrating hard on painting. He painted three gingerbread houses (which he called a puddin house and two puppy dog houses) and one Santa. Malcolm loved hanging out with Dottie and though he is able to sit up and look her in the big blue eyes, he seemed much more taken with her bright red shoes. Both boys had fun at the party - I think we'll have to make it a tradition.

Wii Bowling

Wyatt's really been bringing his "A Game" to the Wii Bowling Alley these days - here he is almost breaking 100 (that second frame did him in).

Moose on the Loose

Malcolm is definitely on the move. I was chatting with my friend Zoe yesterday about how he was really getting up on all fours, is rocking back and forth now and crawling backwards. I was just typing that he'd be crawling very soon when I literally turned around to witness him crawling across the living room floor to get Laverne. He is a very determined little bugger!

A Turkey on Turkey Day

Turns out Wyatt loves the Macy's Parade - marching bands, song and dance, the Rockettes - he went nuts! Who would have known? Here he is watching the parade on the big screen and letting loose, a rarity for him!

Turns out Wyatt was the only turkey in the house on Thanksgiving, as we decided to go with ham this year. Everyone pitched in and made one or two dishes and we had a yummy meal with family. Malcolm, of course, chowed on the sweet potatoes...his favorite!