Santa Claus

Sunday I took Gavin, Sarah and Jake to the mall just to walk around and ride the train. I had no intentions of Gav sitting on Santa's lap as he has been terrified to do so. He has actually asked me not to make him. After we were there a while, Sarah and Jake wanted to go see Santa and somehow managed to talk Gavin into it as well. Amazing. He talked to Santa and told him he wanted cars, trucks, trains and airplanes. He even rubbed his coat and told him it was soft. I have a feeling Santa brings him all he wants!! :-)

My Christmas Tree

Tonight Gavin decorated "his" Christmas Tree. Of course, I put the lights and bows on but he did the rest. It didn't take long as he basically put all the ornaments in one spot on the tree. It's priceless. There are branches that have 5 or more bulbs on them in bunches. :-)

Indoor Waterpark

Sunday Gavin and I spent the day at Splash Universe in Dundee swimming all day. He has so much fun. I had a blast because I had my new camera with me, which is waterproof! It was wonderful. I didn't have to lock my camera in the locker during swimming. I was actually able to not worry about whether it got splashed or fell in the pool. I was able to get tons of Gavin for a change. It was worth every penny. I tried to take a few underwater but we were in the kiddie pool most of the day. That camera got soaked, submerged and splashed the entire 4 hours we were there. It was fabulous. Gavin had such a great time that he would keep coming over to me and hugging me because he was so happy. You can see that is what he does in this video. A slideshow of pics from the day is also at the bottom of my blog.

Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Well one of Gavin's favorite games to play is Hide n' Seek. He gets really into it. Even knows how to cheat a little when it's his turn to count by skipping a few numbers (as you know if you've ever played with him). At first he starts out counting 1 to 10 and then yelling out Ready, Here I come. Eventually, he cuts out the middle numbers and you're lucky to get 1, 2, 3 - 10. He's even gotten extremely creative in hiding. He's at the age where he believes if he can't see you, you can't see him - hence the picture. No... he isn't checking out all the cobwebs under the counter. This IS his hiding place. It was so hard to find him. :-)

Turkey Hands

Gavin and I made turkey crafts. We traced our hands and then decorated the cut-outs with feathers, popsicle sticks and eyes. In case you can't tell who's is who's... Gavin's is the one with 3 eyes. Much better to see you with! :-)

Raking Leaves

Early this week we had great weather. Gavin and I got out and did some leaf raking so he could have a pile to jump in. He was such a great helper. He actually used the small rake and helped me rake leaves for almost a 1/2 hour. Needless to say, I was so sore the next day. He didn't seem phased! How nice to be young!

Amy's 21st Birthday

Saturday, November 1st was my niece, Amy's 21st birthday. Hard to believe she is 21 now. Lu, Mark, Ryan, Dan and myself took Amy to downtown Pittsburgh to the Station Square/South Side area for partying. We started with dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Good thing we did because she had food to throw up later that night! She was already hungover from partying at midnight the night before but we managed to get her to drink again. Took some time... but we got her there. We all had a great time. Happy Birthday Amy!