Practice Time

The big weekend is upon us. We expected a fight -- Robert wanted nothing to do with the fitting -- but he was a champ! He's very excited.

He even practiced with a pillow...

...and helped Bobo display his tuxedo as well!

Dear Santa

Well, the big man is in town, so we took Robert to the mall for the annual visit with Santa!

(No, that's not Bobo, that's Santa's bear, who happens to be Bobo's cousin.)

Before we left, Emily helped Robert write his letter to Santa:

Dear Santa,
I am a good boy. Robert want a kitchen, computer, and robots. And a gas pump. Mommy and Daddy are good. Please Mommy yarn, Daddy Metsies. Baby Claire too little. Peanut please five bones please. And five balls. Santa, I love you.

(You will note that it may be in mommy's handwriting, but it's clearly Robert's voice.)

We got there before Santa arrived, and took a few minutes to goof around:

But as soon as Robert saw Santa, he was all business!

Emily had to give one of the elves a stern talking-to when he tried to stop her from taking personal photos. We got this nice one in addition to the "official" one above:

After the photo op, Robert gave Santa his note...

...and Santa helped him put it in the mailbox for delivery to the North Pole.

Another year, another holiday season is upon us!

Trick-Or-Treating!

Another year, another costume. Elmo this time, after Daddy vetoed the Scooby-Doo costume based on the price tag ($50!). Even Bobo got dressed up:


And so did Peanut: