Merry Christmas!

Yeahhhh! Look at all the presents!

This is a lot of work!

And it wouldn't be Christmas without a Christmas hat craft! Reindeer and Candy Cane!

Arts &Crafts Christmas Bow Wreath

I love crafts!

Red, blue, green, white, gold....

These don't taste good.

Annual Pollnow Christmas Party 2009

There is a santa

I was just carded at Schnucks!

I do believe! I do believe!

Gallbladder...

Dear Pharmacist

I had gallbladder surgery on Tuesday. I need some assistance using the bathroom. Please provide my husband the necessary medication to bring home to me. You have to excuse him as he is a little shy.

Thanks

Hell on Heels

Breakfast with Santa and the Snow Princess

Hey Lady! I'm busy eating my waffle. Where is Mrs. Claus? Who ever heard of a Snow Princess?

Where exactly does it say naughty or nice?

Yes, still teething! I think he asked Santa for a Porter House Steak to chew on.

Arts&Crafts Candy Cane

No pictures please...I'm busy...

Mmmmm! Cotton.

This is messy!

Real video from Mexico

mexico from stacey budke on Vimeo.

Brief video from our trip to Mexico

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Snowball fight

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Happy Holidays!

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milestones or stones in the path

G3 has made huge progress in his verbal skills. His favorite new word to say is penis. He has only said this in the bath tub. I am waiting for him to announce this at dinner time with Nana. The books all say to teach your child the correct name for their body part. I guess if I would have called a tallywhacker he wouldn't have been able to pronounce that.

I had a recommendation to buy him the DVD cars. A mom told me that it was her sons favorite and that every boy should have one. So, I went out and bought it. He loves it! L O V E S! This DVD. He screams CARS! He points to the DVD and then to the tv. He says CARs first thing when he wakes up. He is obsessed with CARs now. If their is a car on a commercial he is so happy and screams car. He points to every car we see while driving in the car. I wonder if he will be a race car driver or an automechanic. His favorite car commerical is of course the Lexus. He has big dreams.

He has also learned to nap when he wants to nap. Now this works great sometimes. He will point upstairs when he is tired and go right to sleep. Yesterday, he did not want a nap and threw everything out of the crib. Sheesh!

A list of his vocabulary. I don't want to forget!

baby
brush
no (this is said with a flash of the hand)
ball
mom
bath
car
pumpkin
tree
hi
bye bye
mimi
dada
patty
rice
penis
milk
please
shoes
balloon
red
blue
eyes
nose
ice (ice cream)
bacon
pancake
chip
tractor
moon
fan
milk
flower
light
bus
boom(anything he throws)
bib( he calls dad's vest a bib) hehe!

The St. Louis Zoo Carousel rematch

Why can't Mimi ride the carousel?

Well, G3 Mimi is a troublemaker. She has to stand and wave.

Climbing the stairs...

Look mom! No hands!

Drum solo

Drum solo from stacey budke on Vimeo.

Full out participation in individual drums...

Playing the drums

Playin the drums from stacey budke on Vimeo.

He would however participate in the drums...

Skipping class to hang out with a girl

Ditchin music class from stacey budke on Vimeo.

G3 talked little Gabriella into ditching the circle and hanging out in the back of the classroom.

causing trouble at music class

Troublemaker from stacey budke on Vimeo.

G3 did not want to sit in the circle at music class today. He wanted to play his own instrument and sing his own song.

Thanksgiving Breakfast with Nana

The Husband and Nana... I made festive drum stick turkey hats...

G3 representing the Indians....

G3 playing the role as Indian... Nana playing the role as Pilgrim and of course the husband and myself as the turkeys...

Pilgrims and Indians

Happy Turkey Day! I read the story of Thanksgiving to G3. I thought we could create Pilgrims and Indians. Luckily they had a Pilgrim hat at the store. I had to create the Indian wardrobe.

We had to make our Indian outfit. We cut a vest and a headband out of a grocery bag.

Next we decorated it with crayons.

We used construction paper to make feathers for the headband.

We did not like wearing the vest. I think he didn't want to over accessorize.

Okay mimi I'm outta here!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving used to be special when I was growing up. It was full of tradition and family. I looked forward to it every year. It is now my turn to start family traditions. I was disappointed in the change in the extended family tradition last year. Now this year the change has come to my immediate family. I still have disappointment, but Thanksgiving will still be special.

http://babystepsinstilettos.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html

http://babystepsinstilettos.blogspot.com/2009/05/everybody-was-kung-fu-fighting.html

Charades

G3 has learned that if he points to something he can get it. We are now playing charades at meal time. He points to the freezer and then to the toaster oven. This indicates that he would like something from the freezer to eat. Now we get to take out many items to figure out what he wants. He does now know how to say pancake and bacon. This has been his main staple for breakfast and lunch.

Indian Corn

To make Indian Corn G3 was suppose to make finger prints... he preferred the smear method

We cut a grocery bag to make the tassel

We glued it all together.

and then we hung it up!

We need to do an emergency safety stop

Attention St. Louis Zoo Goers! Have you seen this woman?


We had an unfortunate event happen at the zoo today. We went for an innocent ride on the Carousel. The ride was free today before 11:00. G3 loves the Carousel. We carefully selected what animal for him to ride. We chose the Giraffe. He had on a Giraffe T-Shirt today. We found the Giraffe and G3 saddled up. Grandma stood by the Giraffe carefully following Zoo policy. I mounted the Horse next to the Giraffe. I thought I could get good pics of G3 and wave to him. We noticed at the start that the Giraffe did not move. Grandma handed G3 to me. We were riding the horse together. As soon as she placed him on the saddle and announcement was made. "WE NEED TO DO AN EMERGENCY SAFETY STOP" I had know clue what was going on. An older Zoo employee informed me that only one person can ride an animal at a time. I was so embarrassed that I immediately dismounted. Everyone was staring at me. It was a full ride with a long line of zoo goers waiting for their turn.

Now, after we got off the Carousel we checked the rules. It does not state anywhere in the rules that only one person can ride at a time. Now we were on a Horse not a pony or a little penguin. Was it a weight limit? The horse was still able to gallop up and down.

Do they have a zoo members alliance society that I should contact? Will I be blacklisted from the Carousel? I am sure that is the only job the old timer does at the zoo. He is sure to remember me. Will I forever be the "one" who tried to ride double on the horse? Will they not allow me to renew my membership?


I guess I should read my zoo members handbook front to back before the next zoo trip!

Zooriffic Weather

Feeding time at the penguin house.

Here Penguin Penguin.

Riding the Giraffe.

Sea Lions

Look! Mama.

Sittin on a log.