Pretend Christmas Two!
Auntie Karen and Uncle Jon spent Christmas in Shanghai. We saved our mutual Christmas presents and exchanged them in 2008 and pretended it was Christmas again. We went to Auntie Karen and Uncle Jon’s house in Pasadena and they had a real Christmas tree for our pretend Christmas. It was also close enough to Auntie Karen’s birthday so we celebrated that too.
Auntie Karen and Uncle Jon gave me a funky Penguin Bowling. They really aren’t for bowling but for touching and playing. They are made of many colors and textures, and each one makes a different sound. I think they should be called Bowlings Pin-guins! Get it? Bowling Pins and Penguins?? I slay myself. They also gave me a Tummy Time mat shaped like a body board. I still don’t like Tummy Time, but I’m working on it.
We all had Dot’s Cupcakes to commemorate Auntie Karen’s birthday. Mommy was happy about that. She likes all manner of cakes – no matter what size, especially ones with lots of extras and frostings. Auntie Karen got a Wii for her birthday from Ah-ma. Uncle Jon seemed happy about that.
My first trip to the Beach!
So I live pretty near the beach, but I’ve never been! I’ve never even been out for a walk in my stroller. Daddy usually bjorns me.
Anyway, on the last day of 2007, with the weather a little nicer with the sun out, the Taylor clan and Mommy walked me to the beach. My first trip to the beach wasn’t very exciting. I didn’t even get sand in my toes or sea water in my diaper.
They all ate cheeseburgers several hundred yards from the breakers while I got a bottle.
Later we went to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands to look at birds and trash. Texas Grandpa likes to look at birds when he’s not looking at me. The ground was too soft for stollers, so he carried me in the Baby Bjorn. I slept mostly (that’s what I do on outings).
