Who Loves Santa?

Hint:  His name does NOT begin with "P".

In Case You Were Wondering . . .

. . . this is why we never post.

Both parents home, backs turned for two minutes, tops.  Clearly he'd been eyeing them. 

Happy Birthday to Me!

Walt and I found two hours yesterday in the middle of soccer games, family lunch and the wedding that brought us to Murray to watch the second half of the Murray State - Tennessee Tech football game.  

Afterward, I and the good people of the Murray State Athletics Department blew his mind . . . 

 

The look on his face may have been the best birthday gift I got all day.

Note: he catches an imaginary pass on the 5-yard line.  That was all him.  Not sure who threw it.

Catch-Up

What have we been doing since September 12, when we last posted?  Oh, nothing much.  Just . . .

 

Learning how to walk (which explains much of the lack of posting since then) . . .

 

Starting to talk (he has since conveniently forgotten how to say "thank you", but does a charming impression of a baby pterodactyl when you don't give him something fast enough) . . .

Playing soccer (the kid definitely has a future in the sport -- he can flop with the best of them) . . .

Entertaining visiting foreign dignitaries (do you know how many Hollands will fit into Tennessee? because Ms. Malland's kindergarten class does) . . .

Helping to plan and execute two major community-wide events (one for Josh, one for me) . . .

Going on our first field trip (can you identify seven different kinds of gourds?  because Ms. Malland's kindergarten class can) . . .

Hanging with our buds (and watching the classic, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" in the Grishams' backyard) . . .

 

Getting better at reading and walking (though maybe not filmmaking) . . .

Learning new tricks (you should see him pull a quarter out of his ear) . . .

And just generally being cute (one of Patrick's core competencies).

So that about sums it up.  Things are pretty crazy, but also pretty great.  See you next year! 

(Kidding!!  Probably.)