Here is Sam trying to entertain Tyler despite Tyler doing his own self-entertainment while jumping upstairs. We certainly give Sam a lot of credit, however, as he is usually the main one who can get Tyler to start giggling, very cute!
Grandpa got a few moments of down time during this Thanksgiving holiday when he was not in the kitchen cooking away. During one of these rare moments, Sam jumped up next to him and enjoyed his rendition of Dr. Seuss' The Sneetches.
Well, we had a terrific Thanksgiving holiday thanks to Gema and Grandpa's visit. As you can see, everyone (except me) got into the cooking spirit. Grandpa did the lion's share of the cooking and everything was great. I think it was my first totally Kosher, Gluten Free Thanksgiving. We didn't even have to skimp on the stuffing. What a treat!
Here is Sam and his good friend, Owen, dancing at the park. As you can see, they are dressed like twins, totally unplanned, but very cute.
Once I realized how much Tyler enjoyed jumping in his exersaucer, I bought him one of those over the door jumpers to see if he would enjoy it as much. As you can see, he LOVES it.
Here is Tyler jumping in his exersaucer, I think I really need to take him to a trampoline to have him really work up his leg strength. One of these days, I do believe that he is going to catapult himself out of this little yellow confine, LET ME FREE!
Sam seems to have much better luck getting Tyler to laugh than I do. All Sam has to do is look at Tyler or jump anywhere around Tyler, and the laughs start flowing. We had a great time today, just playing around and giggling.
In honor of Mike's 37 th birthday, we had a little celebration. Sam invited his friend's Anna and Owen over and I invited their mom, Vanessa. After a great round of singing, Sam blew out the candle and the kids enjoyed some gluten-free, dairy-free cookie bars. We thought about Mike a great deal today, and we were able to speak to him over the phone, and Sam was able to sing to him in real time. We hope that he had as much fun celebrating his birthday as we had here in Texas. Happy Birthday Mike!
Here is Tyler playing outside and enjoying himself. He loves to put everything in his mouth at this point, mmmm.
Tyler and I spent some quality time outside today enjoying the beautiful weather. I tried desperately to make him laugh. He really made me work for it.
After the singing, Sam and Tyler helped Martha blow out her candles. Sam even attempted a Glazier tradition of trying to smear his name from the cake (thanks for teaching him that, Gema). Sam does not quite realize that it is impolite to stick your hands in another person's cake yet. Perhaps another lesson for Gema...
It is official, Sam can sing "Happy Birthday" in 4 languages! Prior to this particular video, he sang to Martha, "Feliz Compianos Tibya" which is a combination of Spanish and Russian, but once the cameras were rolling, he remembered to say 'to you' in Spanish instead. We had a nice celebration for Martha's birthday. Sam was particularly excited about the cake.
Sam tried desperately to climb up an insurmountable bouncie mountain in socks. After all of the kids tried, the parents got in there to show them how it should be done, but we had more trouble than they had. I even got some rug burns to show for my efforts. What FUN!
Sam had a great time at Pump It Up where he celebrated Sammy Woo Bloxberg's 4th birthday party. Sam tried all of the bouncie slides and games and he had a smile on his face the entire time. To be honest though, I think I had more fun than he had.
