Going over the details

Now Santa, let's make sure we get this wish list right... and I feel like I'm forgetting something. Let me just tap my head for a minute to see if it helps to jog my memory. Oh yeah, toys! I'd like lots of toys. And of course I've been good. I ALWAYS make good decisions. No need to check with my mom and dad on the accuracy of that statement.

All by Myself

Much to my mom's surprise, I made my own lunch today.

Getting in the holiday spirit

This year at school we are practicing for our own production of the Nutcracker. I get to be a cookie. And after we do our own Nutcracker there is a special field trip where my mom will take me to see a real Nutcracker performance done by the San Francisco Ballet. Cool! Since this is a year of some special events my mom agreed that I could have this Nutcracker that we found at Target. He's pretty special and I'm really excited to have him on our mantle.
And guess who made a surprise appearance this morning. Schoof the Shelf Elf! Mom said that he came a little early this year just to check in and make sure that my sister and I are on good behavior.

Status update: Thumbs Sideways

I thought Robby was feeling better after Friday, but I was wrong. Today started at 6am and ended with Robby in bed at 6:30pm. He's still doing okay, but just not great. No fever, just a stomach flu. I'll spare you the gory details. Anyway, tomorrow we'll probably be in lockdown again. Ho hum... But I keep telling myself that this could be worse, way worse. At least we can enjoy the comforts of home rather than be dealing with this in a hotel room (where we'll be in a couple of weeks).

Thumbs Up!

Unfortunately Robby had to miss swim class and school today because of a slight stomach bug. Nothing major, just a little hitch in our normal plans. We took it easy today and he got to watch a lot of tv. The funny thing is that Robby has picked up this "thumbs up/thumbs down" signal system from school. So throughout the day he told me how his tummy felt by giving me a thumbs up or not. This morning he would say "mom (groan) my tummy is thumbs down." Not good. Then he felt "thumbs up!" After he ate some lunch he waffled a little bit and was kind of thumbs sideways. But I'm happy to report that he's been thumbs up the rest of today and he chowed on pizza tonight. Let's hope he's even better tomorrow and that the rest of us stay healthy.

Trick or Treat

Wow Halloween was a lot of fun this year! I loved my Mickey costume (thanks mom) and pumpkin carving was fun.
I got to wear my costume on Friday to school. We also had some special Halloween activities.

After school I got to go trick-or-treating down town at the shops. I've realized that I have a preference for candy if it involves chocolate. If it doesn't have chocolate then I'll pass. And last night we went REAL trick-or-treating with some friends. It was so much fun and I got a lot of candy. CHOCOLATE CANDY.