Easel

I thought I posted these but I guess not. Grandma Mariann bought Mattingly an easel for Christmas so here he is hard at work painting a masterpiece.

"Mr.Wonderboy"

"Mr. Wonderboy" came to Elim Park in Oct. to perform at the new theatre they have there so Mattingly came along with me to see him. Well he talked about him ever since and would watch the videos with Grandma Linda and ask about him. The same man is in another show "Triple Esperesso" with 2 other men and we told him "Mr. Wonderboy" would be back in March. So Mark, Mattingly and I went to that show and Mattingly had a great time. He sat through the whole thing carefully watching. After we met him and took a picture with him eventhough he didn't really want to but I told him he'd be happy if he did. So he isn't that happy in the picture but he's happy now that he has it. He watches videos from that show now with Grandma Linda too. Who knows we may have to fly out to MN to visit him.

Sleeping

Not a whole lot has been happening but my sister told me to post stuff anyway even if it's just a picture of Mattingly hanging out. So here is a picture of him sleeping on the top part of the couch. Reminded me of my cats!

Haircut

We took Mattingly a few weeks ago to get a "real" haircut. It was $16 for children but she gave us a discount b/c he was little. Don't fall over with the major discount. It was $15!! hahaha Anyway she basically did what I have been doing but she used the razor a little first and then the scissors. Mattingly was great. He sat in Mark's lap and didn't move.

SSNNOOOOOOWWWW!!!

We have definitely had our share of snow here in CT. So much so that Mattingly has not really even been able to play in it. Grandma Fitch bought him a snowman kit that we sadly haven't used yet. We were both so excited to use it....It has also been very cold and windy not making the playing outside conditions any better. We attempted to make snow angels after one storm; I was the only who did it though.

Chapstick and a vacuum (separately)

Pictures are worth a thousand words....

Christmas in Chicago!

On Dec.28th we ventured out in the car to Chicago for a Christmas celebration with my immediate family and aunt. The drive wasn't too bad! We left at 12:30am Tues morning and arrived in Chicago at 3pm. Mark drove most of the way. Somehow he was able to stay awake. Mattingly was great. He slept and watched some videos. That night my brother and sister in law came in and we enjoyed dinner. It was just the 3 siblings with no parents! =) Wed. my parents and aunt arrived. We enjoyed doing a train exhibit tour, lights at a zoo, shopping, Navy Pier, and a limo ride on New Year's Eve. That was fun. I would have liked a little more time in the limo though and wished it wasn't so windy so that the pictures came out better. We can do it again in another 5 years. =)