For You, Grandma

Christmas Card Rejects...

It was so hard to choose...

Naughty or Nice?

We just decorated the house for Christmas and, for the first time, someone noticed there were shiny ornaments to be yanked from the tree. Brady has developed in leaps and bounds this past year. In the same year that he became both mobile and aware enough to harass the tree, he was also smart enough to wait until both of us left the room to have at it. He doesn't realize I have evidence...

Poor Frosty is still hanging by his ski boots because I get a kick out of seeing him like that every time I pass by the tree. Not only is Brady skilled enough to remove the ornaments, he's also smart and naughty enough to attempt hanging them back up before he gets in trouble. His fine motor skills won't yet allow him to hang them properly, instead he slams them into the branches hoping the ornament will stick. Thus, the Frosty yard sale.

Another new "no-no" at our house is tearing ALL of the pictures out of the PECS book over and over each day. I am so sick of hearing myself repeat the same lecture about how the "schedule book is not a toy - it's a very important book that tells Mom & Dad what Brady needs."

Do you see him looking at the book and scheming? I do. But he will wait until I leave the room to tear it apart! When I come back and give him "the look" he grabs all of the cards and tries to shove them all back into the book at once, like if he's fast enough his mom surely won't notice.

This naughty boy is getting so smart. Thankfully, there are some things that haven't changed...

...gotta love those crinkly eyes.