sidewalk chalk in winter

Sidewalk chalk is fun even when it is cold outside.

oh please yes

Bodhi has been saying some really cute things lately.

Me: Bodhi, would you like to take your bath now?
Bodhi: Oh, please no Mommy.

Me: Bodhi, would you like to have chicken nuggets for dinner?
Bodhi: Oh, please yes!

Bodhi: Oh I need to go pee pee. I'll be back right quick.

Speaking of which, Bodhi is finally potty trained. I had no idea it would have been such a long process. But it is so nice to not have to change any more diapers...of course I'm only going to get to enjoy it for a couple more months before our little bundle of joy arrives and then i'll be swimming in dirty diapers.

time to renew

Bodhi has been talking about going to Disneyland lately so we decided to make a trip to the happiest place. We wanted to renew our annual passports in time to see all the Christmas decorations. We had a fun day going on all of Bodhi's favorite rides, including Its a small world, Casey Jr. train, Winnie the Pooh, and the Treehouse. We even paused to see the holiday parade.

2nd Christmas

We spent the day after Christmas with Ray's family in Bakersfield. It was nice to see everyone and Bodhi loves to spend time at his grandparents house especially because they have a pool table! I think Bodhi was more interested in playing with the pool balls than opening presents.

Later in the evening we made the trip to CALM for their annual light exhibit. It has a bunch of light displays and a train that takes you around the property to see even more exhibits. We had lots of fun.

christmas day

Bodhi usually gets at least one bad cold a year, unfortunately the bad cold came on Christmas Eve. It was so sad to see him sick on Christmas Day. Once we finally made him take some medicine and it kicked in, he felt a little better and opened a couple of presents. Of course we have our new tradition of turning the yule log on TV since we don't have an actual fireplace. It's so funny...


Later in the day we packed up presents for my family and met at my sister Christina's new house to celebrate. We spent the rest of the day eating and opening presents. It was a long day and Bodhi fell asleep laying in my arms - something he hasn't done for ages. He really loved Christmas this year, seeing all the Santa lights lit up on all the houses and the lights that we put up on the tree and in his room. We left the tree up a week later than we probably should have but Bodhi didn't want to take down our Christmas decorations.

christmas list

Bodhi has been spending some time working on his Christmas List by looking through the toy advertisements and when he sees something he likes points and says, "I wish I could have one of those."

gingerbread house

We went over to Sherry's house to decorate gingerbread houses with the kids. It was so much fun. Bodhi loved decorating the house with candy. Although I think he had more fun eating all the candy off the house after it was finished.