February 3rd 2012

Well, December 24th, Christmas Eve, we deeded to stay home as there was so much to do before Santa Clause arrived; we had to help Santa set up a table that had 100 pieces of a train set plus other great knick knacks that went with it. It took your father and me more then 4 hours to assemble it but it was worth it.

Christmas day, wow, what a great moment just watching you looking at the Christmas gifts under the tree, you eyes just lip up. Your father and I made a deal that this year him and I were not going to exchange any gifts as we decided to go on vacation in January. train that we bought in NH for you, Hex bug with there own home, little electronics hamsters, Thomas the train book with a map and small trains that go with it, a conductor outfit, an elephant that moves its truck and make noises and so much more gifts, you kept saying “encore” with a big smile. It was so much fun just watching you. Then when we went down stairs and saw your new train table with all your new trains, your face said it all. It was worth for your father and me to stay up till midnight to assemble it.

Once we finished opening all the gifts and having breakfast, we went to Aunt Leona and Aunt Pauline, there were more gifts for you there! You even got a foosball from here! I have to admit, you were pretty good at leaving your toys at home to go and see them, you did not hesitate, once we got back home, we played and played and played some more until we got to Uncle Luc’s house, where you had fun with your cousins and to our surprise, Santa Clause came to say hi and to distribute the gifts. What a great guy he is!

Now, Christmas is over, we have so much more to do and plan!! On the 27th, we went to see Katerine, we spent the day with her, we had so much fun, we even did face painting, yup, you even painted my face and Katerine’s, we were laughing so much!

On the 31st, we went to St-Hubert BBQ, with your fathers side of the family, Adam was even there with his family and his two children which are your second cousins, they are 5 and 3, and you had a blast as there is a great play area there. So you, Adam and Anthony has fun just playing there. It was fun to see you with your cousins!

January 1st, our tradition dinner at Aunt Nathalie which I love, we had fun talking with everyone, you had fun with Julian and Paolo and then of course, “pisnote”, a fun game that we have been playing for such a long time, I think you now understand it as you were getting very good at it!

January 3rd, we went to visit Lori-Ann and Emi-Ly at there house, what fun we had, they are 4 years old and almost 5 and you being close to 3 ½, it is great to see you play with children “your age” It was so funny, as you got undress, one of the girls gave you a pink undershirt with heart, you had your pull ups on, they also had an undershirt and there underwear and you were all pretending that you were going to the beach with the big blue blanket you guys put on the floor, it was so funny to watch you guys! Lucie and I could not stop laughing.

January 4th, we decided to go to St-Sauveur, at Grand-papa Guy’s house, he is gone to Florida for a few month, so since the house is empty, we asked Cynthia, Andre, Audrey and Daniel to join us. What a great time we had, all of us. You skated for the first time! Cynthia gave us cheese cutter skates for you; she even had a helmet for you too. You were so excited to skate, you did great for your fist time too, you feel a few times but I told you that everyone falls, and when he say Daniel and Audrey falling, you realized it was ok to fall too, and you continued. Once you were tired, we were able to find a sleigh that fit you and Daniel in it and Audrey pushed you guys, you were in heaven! Your father came and joins us that night as he had to work and we were all happy to see him!

The next day, we went for a nice walk, have fun in the snow then we went togobaning, LOL, you did not like falling off the toboggan that’s for sure, you got very upset, after calming you down, you were ready to do it again. Even your father and I went down the hill; Audrey was just amazing with you, as you would go down with her most of the time. We had such a great weekend!

January 17th, VACATION time! Yahoo, your father, you and I went to Cancun, Mexico; we stayed at the Sea Adventure Water Park resort. It was a great place for children, you had a blast, we had great weather each single day, what you did not do, hhmm as you did so much, you just love the beach, as soon as you saw it, you looked at me and said, maman; ou est mon seau, LOL, and of course I packed you full of toys for the beach. You just love playing with the sand and building things, I can just watch you all day, as you often say “j’ai une bonne idea” which just cracks me up, each time you say it, Also, at the beach, you had your own little paddle boat which you loved, you were able to go in and just go where you wanted in the water, (of course your father or I were about 2 feet behind you) you just love it! There were two pools and you just love going back and forth in them with your toys. The water park was great, but a bit scary for a 3 year old I would say, so you were happy with the small pool that you could just walk in. This resort also offered such a great kids program, we would go once in a while together to take a break from the sun and oh my you loved it. Each day, they would have a schedule of what was on the agenda, it was so well organized, even I wanted to play. So with the kids club; you roller bladed, decorated a chocolate cake which you eat afterward, you did a bracelet, a pirates hat for the evening show they had that night “Pirates of the Caribbean” which you wore! And on the last day, you even tried to kayak. You just had a great time! There was even one day that we decided to take a fairy and go to an island that has so much, we rented a golf cart and just went all over the island, we stopped a place for us to go and see turtle, there was so many of them, some even albino, hey were so white. There was also some fish tank that had a really neat lion fish, one tank had an ell, one had a beautiful star fish with sea urchins and a big crab and my favourite tank was the one with sea horses, there were so many of them, even babies of ½ and each long. I was happy we stopped. Then we went to a park to go and see dauphins, which was fun, there was even a park there and you were having a blast and at the last minute we saw a seal. Once we left we wanted to drive the golf cart, which you did, you sat on your dad’s lap and “helped him” to steer. You did a great job, and then you looked at me and said, you wanted to sit on my lap, I would say within 3 minutes you were sleeping. What a great feeling! We finished the day by going back to the hotel and relaxed by the pool.

Well, it was time to come home and once we got home, oh boy, you were so upset, you cried as you wanted to go back to Mexico; I guess that is a good sign, meaning you had so much fun, you just did not want to leave. I had to explain to you that the house we had was just someone who lend it to us. The next day, you looked around and saw all your toys and realized that you were home and you looked happy and Mexico was never mentioned. You even went to daycare that day as you were so happy to see your friends; I was told you kept hugging them all day. You even brought back to each of your “classmate a gift, a turtle that the head moves. You were so happy to give them each a gift, and we can’t forget all the educator, they all got something from you too.

January 28th, we were invited to Lori-Ann and Emi-ly’s 5th birthday party. We went to 123 Go, an indoor play center, we had do much fun, Richard, Chantal and there daughter was there, Manon and her daughter was there too and you also made new friends that day. From there we went to see Marilyn as she was having a B-day dinner for me, as my birthday was around the corner, we had a great time.

Now, January is finished and who knows what we have plans for you in February, I just know that what ever we do, it will be fun as always, as we love you so much!

Mom