It's 'No'-ing!!!

Easton can't pronounce "snow" so good--sounds like "no" but nevertheless it is snowing today. Little, stupid, wet flurries but he likes it. The first of the season but I doubt any will stick to the ground--it's too warm yet.

We went out to Gymsters this morning. Easton did well again. We played this one game where the teachers swung some bolster mats from the ceiling like a swinging gate on an obstacle course. Then, they called each kids name and they were supposed to run through and go sit on a mat on the other side and wait for their turn to run back. Well, Mr. E decided to run through just fine the first time. Then instead of sitting he climbed on some equipment that was over there. Then I went and helped him sit on the mat which he did for a bit and the kids all looked so cute sitting next to one another like good boys and girls. However, before he got called he decided to run back through and he did it yelling, "Go! Go! Go!". All the adults laughed at him. He was just so excited to play again, I guess. The gym is doing a Halloween party the Friday before Halloween so we're gonna go. You get a half hour block of time for free and he can wear his li'l costume and get treats and play. Yay!

Easton is starting to learn his colors! Yesterday we were playing with one of his train toys that has lots of different colored cars and I could say, "Can I have the blue one?" and he'd bring it! Here's a video of him but he was already starting to get ahead of himself by that point. He did it perfectly for Daddy when J got home from work but after dinner when we tried to get this video he didn't want to play quite as much. Typical.

I was brave enough to let him try self-feeding some yogurt yesterday. He does well with sticky oatmeal and mashed potatoes but this runny yogurt required more bravery on my part. Well, turns out he only wanted 2 bites anyway. D'oh!


Even though it is snowing Easton still likes to strip. So far he has only ever attempted this at home but that could always change. Anyway, this morning I asked him if he was cold and he wrapped his little arms around himself and said a shivery, "Cold". So I gave him a blanket:

For that second picture I asked him, "Can you smile?" while demonstrating a lovely toothy grin but that is the face he made. We would call that a "Tony smile" as my former brother-in-law (Tony) had a hard time smiling properly for pictures.

And...switching gears completely here...for some reason I am very excited about Christmas this year. I have been for awhile already. Don't know what it is about this year. We're already discussing this year's Christmas card too. Here is last year's:

I was rather proud of it as I had just learned PhotoShop. The idea for photographing the nekkid baby with lights and a Santa hat was very popular on the 'Net last year...not my idea...but the rest was pretty much our doing, simple as it was. I'm even such a weirdo that I'm thinking forward to future Christmas card ideas. What is wrong with me?

Okay, that should do it before I embarass myself further. Stay warm wherever you are!

P.S. I changed the "Same Time Last Year" pic and video. The pic is from E's first trip to the Botanic Gardens and the video is of him practicing standing solo.