Sleepy Colton

Last Sunday we spent the day out at Nana and Papa's house while Jake helped chop up some trees that they had dropped in the backyard. Between helping the big boys and playing with his friend Griffin from across the street he was outside and busy all day long with no nap and didn't finally pass out until we were on our way home around 9 p.m. The next morning when we took Colt to school we could see from the bags under his eyes that he was completely exhausted and that it was going to be a long day for him. Luckily his teacher is always on the spot...check out what she captured on video during what was supposed to be work time!

M-I-C-K-E-Y!!!

After months of keeping it a surprise from Colton, we finally made it to Disneyland and to say he was excited is a total understatement! He didn't really get it when we first walked through the gates, but when he saw Mickey and Goofy the real fun started. We were lucky that Grandma, Grandpa and our friends the Taovil's were able to join us to make the trip even more memorable. We spent the first day running around Disneyland going on rides and meeting all the characters.

The second day we were there we headed over to California Adventure and that's where Colton met some of his very favorite people. Woody, Buzz, Lightening and Mater! The look on Colt's face when he saw Woody and Buzz was something we'll never forget...such excitement!

This was such an amazing family trip, and we had the absolute best time! It was so fun to be there and live it all through Colton and his excitement! We were all so sad when we had to leave to go home, but Colt definitely took it the hardest, crying when we had to say goodbye to our friends and making us feel so horrible that he suckered us into one more train ride around the Magic Kingdom. Needless to say...we can't wait to go back!

Museum of Flight

Yesterday we ventured out to the Museum of Flight for the first time. Colton loved looking at all the airplanes and was even more excited about the ones that he could sit in and pretend to fly. It was such a fun place to visit and even better...Colton could just run around and look at everything on his own!

Snow Day!

Well if we were going to have to be snowed in for three days, at least we got to have some fun in it! We all bundled up and headed out to do a little sledding, build a snowman and throw some snowballs. Colton had never gone sledding down a hill before and by the look on his face it seems like he had a great time!

Happy New Year!

For New Year's Eve this year we headed out to Zoolights at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and had a great time checking out all the Christmas lights. Even though we couldn't see a lot of the animals we did see Colton's favorite...the sharks! And after checking out all the lights we ended the night on the carousel where Colt made sure he got the tiger!

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas full of family, fun and lots of presents! Colton was a very good boy this year and he was super excited to see what Santa had left for him on Christmas morning. Colt woke up to find that Santa and his reindeer had indeed come to visit and much to his liking, had left the train he had asked for and it was all set up for him and ready to be played with along with a fire truck and lots of other things. We spent the rest of the day playing with all of Colton's new toys and the new bike he got from Nana and Papa.

Time for Santa!

Hard to believe this was already Colton's 4th trip to see Santa Claus...even harder to believe that he still hasn't cried! This is one kid who absolutely loves Santa! When he was asked what he wanted for Christmas, he told Santa that he'd like toys and train tracks, cars and trucks. Then he said he was going to leave out some milk and cookies for Santa and some crackers, carrots and dip for the reindeer! We sure hope our trips to Santa stay like this!

Santa Train

Last weekend we headed out to Snoqualmie with Nana, Papa, Auntie Katie and Uncle Adam for the Santa Train. Colton was so excited to not only ride on a real train, but to see Santa at the end of it! Colt loved every minute of the train ride...looking out the window, listening to the stories from the conductor and singing Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Once the train ride was over Colton colored a picture for Santa and got to sit on his lap, then we had cookies and hot chocolate, got to play on some other trains and of course went to the candy store. Such a fun way to kickoff the Christmas season!

The Holiday Sing

Each year Colton's entire school puts on a holiday sing where each classroom (yes, even the babies!) learns a Christmas song and then puts on a performance. This should have been the first year that Colt would have really known what he was doing up there so we were pretty excited! In November we learned that his class would be performing All I Want for Christmas is You...that's right...the Mariah Carey song!  He practiced at school, we practiced at home, there was a whole routine and he seemed to know it pretty well...that is until Colton and his classmates got on stage and then this is what happened... 

As you can see the little girl behind him had been crying, the little boy next to him was having a full on cry session saying "all I want is a big hug mommy." At least Colton didn't cry, but he did sit on the ground for most of it. Anyways, because the class had a little stage fright, they taped the kids performing the song later that week and it was much better...for everyone else at least. Yes, that's Colton on the far right doing everything but singing...at least he looks cute!

A Special Delivery!

The day after Thanksgiving Colton heard a knock on the door and opened it to find a special package on the front porch all the way from the North Pole! Colt was so excited to hear that Santa himself had dropped off the present, but sad that he didn't get to the door fast enough to see him. When he got inside, and opened it up, Colton saw that Buttons the elf was back to watch over him for another Christmas season! Now, each morning Colt looks around the house to find Buttons in his new hiding spot...that is...if he's been a good boy!

3 Years Old

Seriously...three years old already? We just can't even believe it! Colton has had quite the year, one that has brought lots of firsts like swimming lessons, Cougar football games, a big boy bed and best of all...underwear! At his three year check up he weighed in at 32 pounds, 4 ounces and was 36 inches tall...tall enough for some rides...Disneyland anyone?!?! Right now Colton loves playing with his cars and trucks, going to school and playing with all his friends. We love hearing him tell us all about what he did each day and can really have a conversation with him now. Funny how we used to wish for this and now we laugh because there isn't a moment of silence...ever! At least with all the talking he makes us laugh every day and we love him so much...so excited to see what this next year brings!

Happy 3rd Birthday!

A 3rd birthday already...wow!! We celebrated Colton turning three with family and friends at a dinosaur themed birthday party. Colt had so much fun all day long and even helped Mommy set things up by picking out his favorite dinosaur toys for the table decorations. He was of course spoiled rotten by everyone, but loved opening his presents (he even had some help from Samantha!) and blowing out the candles on his cake. Colton loves birthday parties for anyone and singing Happy Birthday to everyone, so he of course sang to himself as well! Click here to see some more pics from the party!

Big Boy Underwear!

Colton's been talking about wanting to wear big boy underwear like his friends at school for a while now, but we weren't sure he was quite ready for it yet. Well he became adament about it this last weekend, so we thought what the heck and headed to Target. We let Colt pick out his favorite pairs...Toy Story and Cars of course! Later that day was the real test, we put the underwear on and waited to see what would happen. To our suprise...success! He ended up being in them for about half the day and no accidents! Colton was so excited and proud of himself and we are too!