Happy Thanksgiving!

Sebastian's Thanksgiving craft from school.

We spent Thanksgiving day at the Giammarinaro's with family. Sebastian wanted to ride the tricycle, but kept falling off, so we'll have to wait a little bit for that. He didn't much care for the Thanksgiving feast, but he loved looking at Nana's Christmas decorations and singing snowmen.

Mami and Sebastian got creative and made the family Thanksgiving place cards for the table. Sebastian put the stickers on the front and...

...colored the picture inside and helped Mami do the stamp. He got tired of putting the stickers on though when I wouldn't let him take them off of the paper. Oh well. Everyone enjoyed their special memento of Thanksgiving 2008.

We celebrated Thanksgiving #2 with the Silva family at my mom's house with a Boston Market feast. Can't beat the price and convenience!!! The day was beautiful outside and we even started the Christmas decorating.

Sebastian woke up from his nap just in time for the feast. He was soooo happy to see everyone when he first stepped outside. It was pretty cute. What a face!! You'll also notice Sebastian's hair was getting a little shaggy here... Now Paul has been dying to take the buzzers to it and Mami has been freaking out about this possibility. Finally, after seeing Jackson, my friend Sarah's son with a cute short cut, I went for it. Below you can see the results. I am pretty happy with it, even though he looks like a bigger boy now. Certainly beats paying for a bad haircut because the kid won't stop screaming!!! =)

The new big boy cut (which is also a work in progress if we find pieces that are too long). It's not perfect, but when he is screaming, crying and trying to wiggle out of my grasp, we were pretty proud.

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Here he is being a cut up on his bed. He made up this game one afternoon and just thought it was hysterical. It involves talking to himself in the mirror (which is directly behind me with the camera) and falling backwards. Then he touches each one of his cars, lays down and plays with his feet and starts all over again. I think he did this for like 45 minutes one afternoon as I just sat and laughed at him. Kids are so funny and weird sometimes!

So everyone always sees the "oh, he's such a cutie" side of Sebastian, but here is the other, very real, "I'm an 18 month old little terror who likes to have his way all the time and immediately" Sebastian. I don't even recall what he was mad about here, but I couldn't help but to capture the "memory."

The terrible two's arrive a little too early...tears and everything.

Beginning of Christmas Festivities

Cold weather has arrived! (At least for the day.)

Excited to go down the slide during his pre-school Christmas Party. I love him in this jacket - he looks like a cutie Colombian baby!

His excited face. Love the eyes...



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Sebastian decorating his Gingerbread Man. He actually (and surprisingly to Mami) really enjoyed this activity. He very carefully placed the little candies on the cookie and even helped to spread the icing.

The finished product. Paul ate it once we got home.

**Edit by Paul** I did NOT eat the entire thing, it is in fact still partially sitting on the table thank you very much! **End Edit**

Shopping for the perfect "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree. Since all but one bin of our Christmas decorations are in storage and our living room is already packed with furniture and toys, we wanted to get a small tree. We got a great deal and this one was the perfect size. Sebastian kept saying "tree, tree" and was very excited touching the tree.

With Mami and the Christmas tree. More pictures coming soon once Sebastian sees the Christmas tree up and decorated! I'm sure we'll get a big "WOW!" from him!

While we were setting up the tree he kept going up to Paul because he wanted to help. Here is "Daddy's Helper," as his shirt appropriately says, taking a break. =)