Santa's Secret Adventure

As I mentioned in an earlier post, many of these are going to come out of order. These photos are from our visit to Santa's Secret Adventure with Nene, Dani and Claudia. Above, we're waiting for our turn with Santa.

Nate leading Claudia on a tour of the Santa's Secret Adventure grounds. We were about to head home and Nate was so cute helping Claudia.

Nate getting one of his many included Pony rides. It was great that there was no lines, the kids were able to do what they wanted, when they wanted.

Nate was more into horses this time. The first time he rode the one at the Pumpkin patch he was quickly bored, but we couldn't get Claudia off.
Here we all are on one of the carriage rides.
Nate having a great time, he was all smiles.

Don't they look cute together. Only problem was Nate wanted to lean on the bear behind him and kept knocking it over.
This would have been a really great photo, but Nate decided he had to do his Incredible Hulk pose.
The people were great. Santa made a list and wrote down what all the kids wanted. For Nate it was a remote control airplane, blue. It was nice, they didn't rush us and we were able to take as long as we wanted for photos and stuff. Then they even posted teh photos up on the web for us to download for free.
It may be hard to see, but the elf had Vulcan ears. Another great Xmas for our family. Can't wait to do it a gain next year.

Back in Hawaii

Ready, set go!!! We made it to Hawaii with the Cottle's. Nate is trying his best to keep up with Shayne and Chloe. Poor little guy, having so much fun but is so tired.

As usual, we are hanging out in front of the Pink Palace.

Waves weren't too big, for most, but were more than Nate could really handle.

Hi everyone!!!
Nate now says he likes Hawaii better than the snow.

Good day or bad day?

Ski Lessons

Had a great time up in Heavenly the last few days. Nate loved the snow. Told us he wanted to stay there forever. He was really sad when we finally came home. Two days of lessons. Mid-way through the first day they moved him up a levelas he was better than most of the beginners. Although by the end of the second day he was still having trouble paying attention. He just wants to go up the big hill.


It snowed overnight and left our car buried. Nate thought it was great. Loved seeing the icicles and throwing snowballs.

Patiently waiting...

Following the instructor at ski school. Parents aren't allowed as they are too much of a distraction. We did sneak in a few photos at lunch time.

Ready, Aim, Fire!!! Snowball's away.

Still doesn't quite know how to make a proper snow ball, they disintegrate after tehy leave his hand. Sort of like a shotgun burst.



Mom and dad had fun too. It was cold and breezy most of the time. Our first day, most of the lifts were closed, which limited the different runs we could do. The second day we were able to ski the whole mountain. Maria got tired around 2:30 and went to the Gondola to pick p Nate at 3:45. In the 90 minutes from 2:30 to 4:00 before the lifts closed, I was able to get in 9 runs. No lift lines, fresh powder, it was a great time. Can't wait to bring Nate back again.

Driving Range

So I haven't posted in awhile, again. Have a backlog of things I want to post, wanted to keep it in chronological order. However, now I'm not sure when I'll get to his Birthday and Turkey day things. Therefore I'm going to post a few things now, then we can try and circle back to those other moments later.

Had some time to kill, trying to keep Nate out of the house and out of Maria's way. Decided to take him to the driving range.
While Nate was not the only kid at the course, in fact I was surprised at how many there were, he did get a lot of looks and smiles or laughs seeing him carrying the clubs. Of course this only lasted about halfway, before he was too tired and asked me to carry for him.



We'll need to work on that form, he's a little too far bent over here.
The ball's a bit forward in his stance.

At least his follow through isn't too bad, assuming he finishes standing up, which he didn't a number of times.

School Photos

These are the photos we got from Nate's Pre-school. Not a big fan of the first one, but love the next two. The one below looks like he is a model. He always has loved the camera.



More entries to come, I know it's been almost a month since my last entry, but been busy. As usual, things seem quite, a flurry of activity then quiet again. We just got through Birthday party, Turkey Day and our first Xmas event of the season, so look for a few more interesting coming this week.