Nana and Papa thought I’d like to go to the Cactus Garden at Ethel M’s Chocolate Factory because you can see a whole bunch of planes fly right over head. And they were right!
Then we made a return to Lake Mead to see the ducks, coots, seagulls, and carp.
As you can see, I was Mr. Popularity among the hungry birds.
If you cross an aerial tram with a ferris wheel, you get the Vegas High Roller.
Kenji and I set a world speed record in present-opening after we finished what felt like the world’s slowest breakfast. Must grown-ups really eat breakfast on Christmas morning???
After we were done, Kenji and I decided to stand up on our boxes and scream.
Kenji liked all of his gifts, but I think the packing material was his favorite.
While Kenji napped, I opened up my new Playmobile airplane and got to some serious playing.
Also, we had snow! So I made the world’s tiniest snowman.
We headed up to Kenji’s house on Christmas Eve. The first order of business was to check out the presents.
Then I joined the boys in watching something riveting on TV. (I think it was either “The Polar Express” or “The Smurfs,” and in both cases, I had no idea what was going on.)
Chubs liked watching us eat dinner.
After Uncle Ryan’s delicious dinner (the soba was my favorite!), I did some drawing.
Meanwhile, Kenji wondered if his Uncle Eric actually tied poop bags around his arms.
Later, while the grown-ups were busy, I did a little babysitting until it was time to go to bed before Christmas.
Mommy forgot about this video on her phone that she took when Nana (and Papa) arrived a couple weeks ago.
In the past, I’d never been all that excited about visitors. But for some reason, that changed this time around. I love you, too, Papa. But I was super excited to see Nana!
That Looks Like Nana from the Dexter Video Collection.
Today we left Seattle to come back home, but enjoyed a little morning time with Kenji.
Kenji is my favorite cousin, so I gave him a little kiss.
Kenji really liked his birthday balloons!
Bye, Kenji. See you again soon!
Tuesday was Kenji’s first birthday, but we celebrated at his house today.
I taught him how to draw airplanes.
He really wanted to get into those cabinets!
I think he liked his cake! Happy 1st birthday, Kenji!
Nana and Papa went up to Seattle to visit Kenji for his 1st birthday. Then they came back to see me for a couple of days…just in time for us all to go back up to Seattle for Kenji’s birthday party tomorrow!
So today, we had a chill day hanging out at home drawing, enjoying the sunny weather, telling tales of Mommies and Jokey, and doing jigsaw puzzles on Papa’s computer.
Nana and Papa are visiting the Pacific Northwest for Kenji’s 1st birthday. But before heading up to see him today (happy birthday, Kenji!), they stopped by to visit me!
I was really excited to hug Nana. I think everyone was pretty surprised by what a hugger I’ve become.
Then we sat down to take a look at my maps. We looked at the places that all of the Hardy’s and Ludwig’s were born in. And I regaled them with my story of Mr. Pillow Head’s adventure from Oregon to Georgia.
I’m pretty sure I impressed Nana and Papa with m’ singing pipes.
Born to Sing from the Dexter Video Collection.