Poo Poo on the Potty and Backyard Fun

I bought Dougie this Thomas the Train potty seat, which he loves. He goes pee on it before his baths at night, and the other day I noticed that he was going poop, so I asked if he wanted to go on the big potty. He got excited and walked to the bathroom, so I put him up there and he pushed, but nothing dropped. I thought he had not gone until I went to pick him up and there it dropped. Dougie was excited to say "bye bye poo poo," and flush the toilet.
"Bye bye poo poo"

Santa brought this cool tent set and we finally put it out. Dougie had a blast with it, especially when Doug came out and started chasing him around.
Hey in there!

Snow Day

We tried to go to the snow on Christmas day, but the road, despite saying it was open, was closed. So, on our second attempt, everyone else in Southern California was trying to do the same thing. We started to go to Baldy, but the road was backed up to the freeway, so where else to go then Big Bear. Same thing! Road backed all the way to the freeway and not moving. Our second attempt was about to be a failed one as well until we looked up at the mountains and saw that the road to Crestline and Arrowhead looked to be moving quite well. So, while everyone else was sitting in traffic, we drove straight up to Crestline, then over to Arrowhead with no traffic and plenty of snow :)

We weren't sure whether Dougie was not fond of the snow, the cold, or his clothes, but at least we got him to throw a couple snowballs and slide down the hill a few times.

The view from the top of Crestline down to San Bernadino

Christmas

Christmas Eve at Nana and Papa's house

Christmas morning

We were woken up Christmas morning to the sound of Dougie playing with his toys. He has mastered the art of climbing out of his crib, so he decided to take things into his own hands. I was so excited that I had set up the movie camera the night before and was ready to see Dougie's face, but we were a little too late.


Dougie got a new toothbrush in his stocking and had to test it out.

Family pictutre at my aunts house
The kids with Santa Claus

Dougie was scared of Santa at first. We had to trick him into sitting with Santa by distracting him with ninny (candy). In this picture he is probably looking for the next piece of candy.

A new bike from Mimi and Papa

I love my cars! As I am typing right now Dougie is pointing at the pictures saying "bike, see cars, cars, see cars, dudu (Dougie), ah I see tsanta, tsanta, ho, ho, ho"

Cookies at Nana's House

My mom started a tradition of having the kids come over to cook cookies for Santa at her house. Here are some pictures of them putting the dough together. Dougie knew he had to throw the butter in the mixer, but he didn't know how to take the wrapper off.

Jacob, Dougie, Kaili, Nana, Cory, Tyler and Zachary

Thanksgiving and more

We went to the desert for Thanksgiving with the family. Dougie had a good time riding on the "go goes" with some of his cousins. He was so cute driving without really knowing how to steer.

Vroom Vroom!

Doug and Dougie going for a ride

Ummm!!! Uh oh! What can I say?