On the Eve of a New Year - He's almost Two!!!

Well, here we are. Not only is it a new year, but we are embarking on a new year for our little Boo. Tomorrow he will be two years old!! We have so much to be thankful for and how we are amazed daily at the wonderful little personality that is blossoming before us. We have to thank God for his blessings!

I just wanted to post a few of the pictures from the last month of joyful celebrating when I have not been able to sit long enough to share my thoughts as I would like.


Here is our little man posing in his new tool belt that his Auntie Sondra and Auntie Janine gave him for Christmas. He cannot get enough of the tools and takes them everywhere. Thanks so much! I think he won't tire of them for a long time to come!

I liked this picture with Auntie Sondra. He was just diggin on his tools and Sondra, well, I just enjoyed the look!

Here we are at one of our celebrations here at the house. We all had a full day and still the little guy found a huge smile to share. He was very good opening all his presents. Though we chose to stay close to home for Christmas Day to allow him to absorb the tradition around Christmas, we did get to spend time with most of our loved ones before or after the day. We wanted to allow Boo time to open and enjoy his presents at his own pace rather than it be a mad dash to open them all in a short while. He took nearly all day to open and play with the few presents we did give him and he was extremely tired by the end of the day.

I know. This looks really dangerous. And it would have been, but he was well supervised. He picked this pole up out by the driveway and with Mama's supervision, he dragged it all the way to the back door to show Papa. He just knew for sure that Papa was going to need it for something. He loves to get any kind of stick from the yard and play with it, but as you can see this one was just a little too big.

Well, I also wanted to share something that I don't have a picture for just yet. The other night we were watching KCET on Grandma Linda's recommendation. An orchestra was playing and he was watching the people playing the instruments and the conductor and listening to the dramatic music and all. At the end of the song, he just started clapping and clapping with this huge smile on his face. He proceeded to do the same thing for the next song, so David got online with his laptop to look up the name of one of the instruments and found a great website that allowed Boo to listen to each instrument individually, see a picture and then hear it play with the orchestra. The song that the instruments played individually was always Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. As we listened to the 4th and 5th instrument, Boo began to sing Tinkle Star Tinkle Star along with the music. On the next instrument, though he didn't say Tinkle Star, he started singing the ABC song. At first I was thinking, No Boo, that's not the right song, but then I thought about it and both David and I laughed. We realized that they are both sung to the same tune, and he had already picked that up! David said that he hadn't even noticed that until last year, and I hadn't really thought much about it either! Boo really does have a very keen mind, so even though I am surprised, I'm not really. That's our little guy!

Well, we have a little get together planned for tomorrow and if you don't tell him, I will tell you . . . he has a little drum set waiting for him with new drum sticks!!! Yes, we are about to embark on a new adventure with our own little garage band! Papa has the guitar and is taking lessons this semester and Boo will be beginning toddler music lessons next week as well. Who knows, maybe I will take up the piano again or sign myself up for some clarinet lessons!

Chiao!