Calling his peeps

Yes Van was a good boy and got his special request toy from Santa-A GREEN PHONE!
Here he is calling each of you to wish you a Happy New Year 2010 style!

Lots of little moments...

The first of many days of gift opening for Van...note his comment..."Mommy, me want borrow this". It didn't take long for him to figure out that you actually get to keep presents, not borrow. Guess my lesson on borrowing from the library and giving back might be sinking in...

What a celebration!

Age 3...awesome Christmas joy...endless glee and laughter...lots of "I love it", "thank you" and "my favorite" comments...couldn't ask for a happier boy!!

Putting out the magic reindeer food

Christmas Eve at Mimi, Big Daddy and Aunt Claire's house

A Bike from Nanie and Beepa!

Our favorite stocking stuffer.

Super Why was a HUGE hit!

Wii family relaxing on a perfect Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas from Vanville!

Merry Christmas to all from Van/Whoville. We are having an awesome day playing with ALL of our loot. Santa and all his family of elves were very very good to this little boy this year. He is proclaiming "my favorite" and "I love this" every time he picks up something to play with. Rejoice, rejoice...love and peace to all this wonderful day!

Posting our fun fun Whoville visit pix for this special day...

More wintry fun!

As you all know, Van is not a big fan of clothing but mention going out in the snow and he can dress himself in a heartbeat. We made our neighborhood Christmas cookie deliveries today and got the scoop on the best toddler friendly sledding hill. We headed there without a camera sadly but had an absolute blast. Of course the immediate removal of clothing to enjoy more hot cocoa was in order...warm and cozy inside again in undies!

SNOW SNOW SNOW!!

Who loves the snow?? You guessed it...last night was the first of many outings this weekend. Homemade hot cocoa by Daddy...snow ball target by Mommy!

good hit from Scott M on Vimeo.

Legendary Santa visit

Richmond has a Legendary Santa...he's been here since the 1930s and he's pretty awesome. We've decided to make this visit a Christmas tradition. Van took an immediate liking to the guy...who wouldn't! He also enjoyed meeting the Snow Queen who you can see in the background of the video. He's very fascinated with "pretty dresses" lately...who knows where that will lead?
Can you tell how excited he is about Christmas??