More Celebrating!

Sunday evening we had Grandma and Grandma, Aunt Kate and Uncle Mike over for a family birthday celebration. The night before Tate helped me bake his cake and Sunday morning he helped me frost it. He is becoming quite the little "helper". :)

Tate is 3!!!

Time to take a break from Christmas and celebrate Tate's birthday!!! The celebrating started today with a party at Kidz Bounce in Issaquah. All of Tate's buddies came and a grand time was had by all!! Who doesn't love to bounce?!

Cookie Baking!

Look out Grandma Lesley! There is a new cookie decorator in town!

Oh Christmas Tree!

Last year we only had ornaments on the top 12 inches of our tree as Tate could not resist pulling them off and throwing them across the room. This year, he loved helping put the ornaments on the tree. He re-arranges them every so often which is fine, but he loves showing everyone that comes over the tree and explaining each ornament, "this is a purple ball, and this is my new hammer ornament and this is an apple" and so on.

Santa!!

This morning we headed downtown to Nordstrom for our annual Santa visit. We had a few tears last year but not this year! Tate was a little shy, but gave Santa a few high-five's, knuckle's and even a hug! When Santa first asked him what he would like for Christmas, Tate just whispered "toys please" but after a little more prompting he whispered "maybe some trucks". Just before saying good-bye Tate also asked Santa, "did you ride your sleigh today" to which Santa answered yes and told us his sleigh and reindeer were taking a break on the Nordstrom roof! It was a successful visit indeed!