Category: celebrations + holidays

Merry Christmas. This year we headed to Florida to see some family.  The main purpose was to see Pops who wasn’t feeling well. In fact he ended up going into the hospital for surgery while we were there. He was fine and got out the day we flew back to Albany. As usual you caught a fish at the pond near his house. Before visiting Pops and M.A. we went to Universal Studios to Harry Potter World. It was awesome. You and I went on the Escape from Gringots ride after waiting in line for 45 minutes. You bought a magic wand that activates different displays around HP World. After visiting the grandparents we went on Jacksonville to stay with the Wrotens and see Grammie and Gramps. You had great time playing with the cousins. You went to St. Augustine, went geocaching, and played around the neighborhood. 

Merry Christmas 2015. This year we stayed in Delmar on Christmas Day. Nonna and Papa came for the day to have dinner and open presents. This was the year of the remote controlled objects. You received a small drone (quadcopter) with a camera. This will take some time to learn to fly. The crash protection unit is on it’s way. You also received a Sphero. It’s basically a  ball that you control with your iPod. There are games and other apps that can be used with it. I’m curious to see what you come up with. You’re always pushing the boundaries of what can be done with your toys and devices. Keep doing that.

In the past it’s been Minecraft Steve, a tiger, a pirate, but this year I believe you turned a corner — a zombie. Based on this photo I would say that you’ve seen lots of zombie movies and tv shows, but I don’t know if that’s possible. Maybe some kids zombie book. Some day I’ll introduce you to Dawn of the Dead, The Walking Dead, and World War Z. FYI, the shirt says “You will be next.”

This is such a dad thing to say but I can’t believe you’re nine years old. I love you so much jack. You are such a sweet funny kid. This ninth birthday was awesome. February 15th started out like any over Saturday. Mom went to her yoga class and us guys stayed home. At 10am you started to get ready for your usual Saturday morning karate class. And this is where the day got a little different. Mom, Tyler and you went off to karate class while I stayed home. What you only found out later was that I was home rearranging the bedrooms. Moving things out of the guest bedroom and moving your stuff into the guest room which would become your own bedroom. We borrowed mattress from Kim and Jack and we lent them our wicker couch because the futon had to be moved to the solarium. We had the time to do this because after karate you went I David’s house and Tyler went to Dermot’s house until 2:30. You and your brother were booth quite surprised went you got home. You then opened some presents from Nonna and Poppa. And at 4:30 we went back to the Dojo for you birthday party. Lots of fun. We then came home with David and you guys spent the evening putting together Legos and watching a movie. David spent the night and the next morning continued to build Legos. Everything is awesome!