Yesterday morning Casey & I made chocolate chip cookies. He will not eat them, but he enjoys mixing things up. He even helped put them on the cookie sheet to bake.

Today we have a painter here taking down some wallpaper & preparing to paint tomorrow. Casey was very concerned that the mens were going to try to eat his sammich, and said "but it's MYYYYY sammich. I will be hungry if he eats it". Although I assured him the men would not take his sandwich, he was not completely reassured until he was finished eating. He rode his bike outside for a bit (I'm not sure if he likes the bike riding or the helmet wearing more), discussed the fact that geese invaded our neighborhood last week & left goose poo all over, then decided we should go inside to have a snack. After that & some Thomas time, we made vanilla ice cream. Casey fell asleep while watching it. He will not eat it...it hurts his tongue. But he did tell me it's fun to make ice cream.

Casey found spied this playhouse toward the back of his favorite warehouse store. He played in it, cooked me some steak on the grill, rang it's working doorbell, & had a fabulous time playing in it. Perhaps someday we'll get him a playhouse. After playhouse time, he ate a disturbing amount of Asiago cheese--he even ate the piece I was going to try off the toothpick.

Casey has been known to wear 2 different socks--usually one Lightning sock (white with Lighting on it) and one Mater sock (blue with Mater on it). This morning he needed to wear both pairs...so he had 2 pairs of socks on all day. And he informed his teachers of this. This morning he also bumped his leg on something, when I asked what happened he told me be bumped it "in this frickin thing". Wonder where he got that phrase (Matt).

Last week we went to see our friends Rachel & Pat. They have a cat names Jinx. I do not have a photo of Jinx, but he's gray & white. Casey quite enjoyed him & called him Drinks. He petted Drinks, threw balls to (ok, AT) Drinks, requested Rachel & Pat retrieve Drinks when he ran upstairs or laid under their Christmas tree. He LOVED Drinks. Sadly, I'm allergic to cats, so we won't be getting a Drinks of our own. Today, Casey found his own Drinks. It's a stuffed dog that is the same color as Drinks, so he decided it's his DOG named Drinks.

By request, from Casey

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Santa

This year's attempt to sit on Santa's lap was just as successful as our attempt last year. Instead of seeing Santa or sitting on his lap, Casey wanted to ride on the train that decorates the area around Santa.

Matt did get a picture of Casey sitting next to Santa at the annual CDC Breakfast with Santa last week.

Casey likes kashi

Happy Hanukkah

Perhaps we will get a dog like this one

Casey is making cinnamon ornaments for a holiday project. I was not allowed to leave until I watched him make one.

Yesterday we went to Jacob & Joshua's birthday party. Jacob is turning 3, Joshua is turning 1. They very much enjoyed their cupcakes.

Casey kept the hat on for slightly more than 30 seconds. He was VERy excited to sing Happy Birthday, clapped, and then licked some icing off a cupcake before moving on to ice cream cake.

Torturing Mommy on the McDonalds playground.

Casey got a puppy at Lowe's today. It sings/woofs Jingle Bells. He fed the dog "bones" yesterday, but the puppy only likes car bones. He LOVES this puppy. Yesterday it was named "it's a puppy, a doggy". Today it's Jingle Puppy.

Casey likes graham crackers

Reading

Go Yankees!

Casey got Spiderman slippers at Target today. He went to bed wearing them.

Casey wouldn't put his dog costume on to go Trick or Treating. He's lucky he's little & cute, because when he gets older that won't fly. He spent some time with Kaleigh, who was a baseball player. Caroline was visiting from NC & she was a skunk.

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Casey does not like debil dogs

Casey likes chili

Columbus Day

Sorry Papa, Uncle Danny made me

Fireman Casey