Seasonal Catch-Up

Zach turned 3 today.

He's now in his bed, hopefully not getting ready to barf up the 4 cupcakes plus Friendly's quesadilla dinner now. Alas, I was sifting through piles of pictures that accumulated during our last few crazy months and realized I had missed posting a few milestones in my son's life.


Halloween:

Clearly, this was a dinosaur. Right? An off-the-shelf-from-Target costume, no less - I'm almost ashamed to admit. However, while trick-or-treating, Zach was repeatedly asked if he was a dragon, or, even better, Yoshi. He still asks on a near-daily basis when it will be Halloween again.


Lightnng McQueen "big kid" bed:



This was the carrot we dangled during the long and painful process of packing up all our stuff. Various loved objects disappeared, and Zach had to spend his weekends hanging out with a guy named Adam (our realtor) instead of at the playground, so we needed something. In reality, the bed is plain wood (it was handed down from his cousin, Sarah). We just tossed on a Cars bedspread. But as far as Zach was concerned, it was the perfect Lightning McQueen bed. (For those not around toddler boys much, that movie is like crack for them.)

And as an added bonus, he was given the freedom to wander out of it in the wee hours of the night to find mom. (Which actually isn't so bad, now that we also have upgraded, to an enormous king size bed.)


Chanuka:



We had a bevy of menorahs, but no pictures. Just this stellar snapshot showing a bunch of presents, and the awesome combo of striped sweater and track pants in  matching baby blue. Probably one of those days when potty training didn't go so well.


Christmas:



Seeing as we're Jewish, we had no tree or official festivities. However, we did have a ham and a duck and a festive dinner with my mother, Terry, and the Wades. Saru was kind enough to steal this gingerbread house from a co-worker, which the kids pretended to eat for quite some time before being allowed to snap some of the nonpareils off the roof.

Also looks like we forgot to dress Zach for the day, as this was dinner time.