The greatest show on earth

Wednesday night Colin and I went to the circus. My friend Kelly had won tickets and invited us along. The show was at the forum downtown, so we met at our place in Ybor so we could ride the "choo choo" aka the trolley to the show. Both Colin and Kelly's son Kyler are obsessed with Thomas the Train so the trolley was a big hit.
The show started at 730 but they had a preshow that allowed you to go on the stage floor and get a close look at some performers and the elephants. Colin was up on my shoulders for most of that and was mesmerized to see the elephants so close.( as was I!)
The actual show was quite impressive and even more impressive was that Colin and Kyler lasted a good hour in our seats before we called it a night. My favorite parts were the tigers and the acrobats...amazing but scary to watch! All in all it was a great night! It was hard to get pictures but here are a few...

Happy Birthday Colin

I can't believe my baby is 2 , if this year is any indication, I am so excited to continue to see his growth in the years to come. He brings so many smiles to my face! We've been having a blast at the beach with Grandma YiYi and Grandpa. Colin has been in a great mood and very welcoming to his Texas grandparents. During Their last visit in June, Colin was quite clingy to me, but this visit has been the opposite!

Looking forward to the new year with my little man!

A perfect Christmasy day

This morning Colin had a holiday play date with all his buds, including Santa!
Then this evening, along with his best bud Kyler and his mom Kelly,we went to the wild wonderland at Lowry park zoo. The zoo had over a million twinkling lights,snow, reindeer and holiday games..,he had a blast! Seeing him have so much fun really makes me so happy.

Hanging around

This morning i took Colin to open gymnastics "class" at the y. I write class loosely as its really just a bunch of toddlers running around the gymnastics floor, jumping on the trampoline, hanging from things ( as pictured) and having a lot of fun. I have a feeling our son is going to be quite the athlete. I often get comments from people on how strong he is or what a great throw he has. Either way this boy is happiest when he's on the MOVE!

Colin's 1st soccer class

This past Saturday Colin started his first soccer class, it is a 45 minute class once a week, and I think he really enjoyed it. He did well listening to the coaches and picked up the lessons /drills they were teaching pretty quickly. Looking forward to more classes and of course games when he is older!

Christmas decorating

We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend. We being me, Evan never has any interest but does come oh and ah over my handiwork when I'm done. It is a sentimental ritual for me, I put Nat King Cole Christmas channel on pandora and enjoy stringing the lights and getting out our ornaments. We have so many ornaments from places we've traveled and momentous occasions in our lives so far, I love the memories it brings. This year, Colin fingerpainted his first ornament so I'll look forward to seeing that ornament each year and the memory of us sitting together fingerpainting. I hope next year Colin will enjoy decorating with me!

Caught!

What is fascinating about my make up drawer kid?