SHOW SHOW SHOW

We saw the Greatest Showman a while back. I love this movie. The soundtrack is amazing. The small fries haven't seen it yet, but they LOVE musicals, so they love the trailer for this, and love listening to the soundtrack. In the main song, they sing "this is the greatest show" but for small Gecko's vocab, he just repeats 'show show show' and calls that good enough. We finally got him to sing it today, in the car. It's even more perfect because the lights in the car go down right at the end, so it seems planned and like part of an actual movie. I just love it.

Grumps Gecko

Today I went shopping with Gecko, and believe me when I say, he doesn't care for me that much. I mean, I don't take it personally because he's so young and of course prefers his mom, but it makes me laugh so much. For example, at the store, I kept trying to talk to him and finally, after I said his name one more time, he shot me this look:

He had just had enough and he was done. I gave him some food shortly after this, and that helped cheer him up, so the key to his small heart is food, I need to take advantage of that.

Cool cool hat

Whenever the boys get new clothes, they always refer to them as "cool cool _____". Gecko tried on his uncle's hat, and they all determined he looked super cool in the cool cool hat. He was more than happy to pose for some pictures haha

Park Afternoon

Today, I had the kiddos for a babysitting adventure, and we decided to go to the indoor park, at the mall. They were having a fun time running around. I asked Darth to give me a smile while he was on this bear-type thing and he gave me this smirk.

And then as we were leaving, we stopped in a clothing store, because they had super great deals. I ended up buying him these amazing hat and gloves, and he loved to act like a Dino when he had them on.

Creeper Mornings

Whenever Gecko wakes up, he's never awake for a little while. So he'll stumble out of his room, and just sort of wander around like a zombie. Another popular thing is, he comes out, makes his way up the stairs, and then he'll stand at the top, for a while, doing nothing, just staring. If he was anyone other than a tiny fry, it would be super creepy. But because he's just a small guy who isn't awake yet, it's still just sort of cute. 

Ah and also, one of his pants legs always rides up in his sleep. What a small weirdo. 

Snow Day

Today, as everyone noticed, we had a bucket of snow fall from the sky. The boys could not have been more excited. They got snow boots when they first moved here, and then we certainly haven't had any snow this Christmas! So when it started to pile up, they got super jazzed, so we put them in some snow clothes, and out they went. They had a great time, of course. 

These guys being around bring back so much innocence and fun at this sort of thing, whereas as adults, we're just mad about having to shovel it all, we don't see the fun at snow anymore. Hope everyone had a great snow day! 

Toy Making Skills

Today in Marketing class, we had to make a "toy" out of paper that we could then sell to children in a toy store. My team made this giraffe. We named him Giorgio, and are proud of him. 

Other teams certainly did a better job than us but since we have no ability to do these sorts of things, I was happy enough that he stood on his own. And now he'll be our team mascot.