Christmas Eve in New York City

Now that Henry and Katie live far away, grammy decided to visit Nick for Christmas.  On Christmas Eve mom got tickets for us to go to Radio City to see the Christmas Spectacular.

We took the Long Island Rail Road to New York City.

We walked into the theater lobby.   Grammy told Nick, "I used to come here when I was a little girl.  And I brought your mom here when she was little too."

We found our seats and waited for the show to begin.  Mom told Nick, "get ready, you are going to love this show!  They have Santa, and lots of dancing girls, and a Nativity scene at the end."

Henry and Katie with Santa

Henry and Katie do not live in Massachusetts anymore, they live far away in California.  Mom was on Facebook and showed Nick this picture of his cousins visiting Santa.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Nick loves Christmas because he loves the lights and having a tree in the house.  Mom told Nick, "this is also a time to give gifts to people in our life.  You have to help with the shopping, card writing, and wrapping presents."

This is a picture of Nick writing cards to his teachers and classmates at school.

Hello Christmas Tree!

On Saturday we went to The Dees Nursery to buy our Christmas tree.

Nick was happy when we pulled into the parking lot. Every year he wears his Santa hat, but this year he wore a Santa coat too!

We walked around inside the store because mom likes to look at all the holiday displays.  Nick was impatient, he wanted to go outside and choose a tree.

When we were outside mom could not decide on a tree, it took a long time, it took a long time to pick one and it started to get cold.  Finally Nick said to mom "tree home!" We asked a man to help and packed up our tree and put in on top of our car.

When we got home Nick helped dad setup the tree in the stand.

When the tree was in the stand, Nick cut the string and the tree popped open.  Then we put on the lights and decorations.

When Nick woke up on Sunday morning he turned on the lights right away.  We had breakfast in front of the tree.

Later that day we had dinner in front of the tree.  At night we sat quietly on the couch listening to music and looking at the lights.

Mom said, "this is the only time when you sit quietly with me on the couch.  But that's okay, I'll take it."

December Beach Day

Today was a beautiful sunny day.  Mom said to Nick, "even though it December and cold, we are lucky to live in Long Beach and we can go to the beach for a short visit.

We went on the ocean at Neptune Blvd.

Nick was happy, he ran on the sand to the ocean.

Mom had to stop Nick from running into the water!

Nick played with the sand on the shore line.

Then we walked back to the car.  Mom showed Nick a small building on Neptune and Shore Road.  Mom said, "this was the first place that mom and dad lived in Long Beach."

Then we went home in the car.  Mom took Nick on a detour and showed Nick another building where mom and dad lived, on Penn Street.  Mom said, "this is where we lived before you were born.  Mom and dad had a lot of years in Long Beach before Nick came along."

Best Breakfast

On the day after Thanksgiving, mom likes to eat leftovers for breakfast.  This morning mom and Nick shared sunny side up eggs over stuffing with corn muffins on the side.  It was yummy!

Family far away on Thanksgiving

Today we had fun with Bob, Susan and Jesse who came to visit us for Thanksgiving.  But we have family far away and we could not be with them.

In Massachusetts, grammy made a turkey dinner for Amelia and Alasdair.

Henry and Katie were in Arizona visiting their grandparents and cousins.  They ate dinner outside by the pool!

Ryder had Thanksgiving in California, his family moved into their new house today.

And in our house, we did Skype with Jenni, Ryan, Myles and Donna.  They called us just in time for dinner, so we put the computer next to the table so we could see them.