Macy's Parade

On the day after Thanksgiving, Macy's has a parade through downtown Seattle. We ventured down there this year to enjoy it! We rode the trolley from the Lake Union area, which is one of Ryan's favorite things to do, into downtown. We arrived just as the parade was starting. There were a lot of people, but Ryan had a perfect view from atop Uncle Michael's shoulders. His expressions were priceless. He soon became bored, so we moved on. We ended up at Portage Bay Cafe for an amazing breakfast!

Thanksgiving

Ryan and I spent Thanksgiving with the Boehms. David, unfortunately, had to work. We drove, with Uncle Micahel to Gig Harbor to spend the day at Aunt Dyane and Uncle Marv's home. Bill, Karen, Grandma Hilda and Melanie were already there when we arrived. Everyone enjoyed watching Ryan run around like only Ryan does! It was great to see everyone, and the turkey was amazing!!

Finding the pefect tree.

We drove to North Bend to find the perfect tree. With everything going on after Thanksgiving, we ended up getting our tree BEFORE Thanksgiving this year....gasp. Totally against David's ethics!! It was a gorgeous day, and perfectly quiet at the Tree Farm. We couldn't have scripted a better day. Our friends, Todd and Cynthia and their dog Toby joined us for the adventure. They found their tree right away, but David searched and searched for the perfect one. After awhile they all start to look the same to me. As always, we ended up with the first one that we looked at!

It was beautiful to walk through the quiet, breathtaking landscape.

Ryan had the best time chasing Toby. He did pause to watch the tree tip over, but was on the go the rest of the time!

Chicks Dig Me!

This is for Cousin Luke who has the same PJ's...and says, "Chicks Dig Me" better than anyone I know!

Thanks Todd and Cynthia for the birthday gift!

Yeeaaah Gophers!

I've been teaching Ryan the Minnesota Rouser. Here is a clip of him spelling out Minnesota at the end of the song!

The ice cream sandwich...

When Grandma Sue was visiting in November we took Ryan out to dinner at Maggie Bluff's (the not so fancy restaurant below Palisade, where David works). We decided it would be fun to stop in to see David...and Ryan loves to feed the fish. The first thing he does when he arrives is to go behind the bar to get the fish food. He knows right where it is and will not relent until he gets it. Needless to say, we try to eat dinner before we go up to see David. Otherwise we create quite a scene!

The kids meal at Maggie's comes with an ice cream sandwich for dessert. Ryan never gets the ice cream sandwich. That much sugar in Ryan scares me, and he usually won't even try it. I don't know if it was Grandma Sue's influence or what, but he bit right in...and didn't stop until it was gone! He was in heaven. The pleasure on his face was priceless!

I was kicking myself for allowing him to eat the entire thing later that night when he was bouncing off the walls.

Pumpkin Carving

Ryan experienced his first pumpkin carving before Halloween. He wasn't quite sure of it at first, but was very curious. He lost interest very quickly, and decided a bath would be much more fun!