The Grinch and Trimming the Tree

We are in the Christmas spirit here at the Dyess household.

Gibson was completely enthralled with "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas".

Gibson was such a big helper when we decorated the Christmas tree.
Trying to find a good spot.
Found it!
I think he did such a good job! And they're all so evenly distributed. :)
I think we ended up with probably 10 or so ornaments on one branch. He was soooo proud!

The finished product....at least finished in Gibson's eyes. He lost interest at this point!
Up close and personal
Sporting the Santa hat only moments before Daisy found it on the ground and ate the fuzzy ball off the end of it! Dang dog!
Gibson is moving to a big boy chair at the table! It makes me sad to put the high chair up. He's growing up too fast! His booster seat came with a step stool which is only about 3" off the ground. So he's made a game of jumping off of it. You'd think he was jumping off a cliff! He has a blast!
Ready.....Set.....
GO!!!!
Stumming on the git-fiddle (aka guitar).
I'M NOT LISTENING!!!!!
This is the kind of mood the kid was in today! Just one of those day where he figured out how to push every button I had. I'm glad these kind of days are few and far between.

I caught him admiring the Christmas tree! He likes to point out all the snowmen and Santa's. (and there are a bunch!) Usually keeps him busy for a few minutes.
(Oh and can you see the ball-less Santa hat in the corner of the pic?)
:)

Airplanes & Spoons

I'm going to warn you. I didn't take a single picture during our Thanksgiving supper. :( I completely forgot my camera at home and was too lazy to run back down the street to get it. Sorry. But here's a few pics from the past week.

Usually in the morning, I'll start a DVD for Gibson to watch while I take a shower. It's my 20 minutes of quiet time for the day. :) When I got in the shower, he was wearing long sleeve pajamas. Here's how I found Gibson when I got out of the shower. Shorts, Blue Clues jacket, sitting in his Elmo chair in the laundry basket. Crazy Kid!

Jason & I bought him a airplane at the Tinsels & Tidings craft show last weekend. It was supposed to be for Christmas but it certainly looks like he scammed us into keeping it now. He loves it!
Gibson helping Daddy play video games
Showing you where Sissy (aka Missy, Jason's partner at work) sits in the ambulance
Ambulance (on his shirt if you can't tell)! (Cue Gibson screeching the sirens)
Finally, the funniest pictures of the week.

Some of Jason's family stopped in Paris on their way home Monday and ate brunch at Denny's with Gibson & Jason. To keep Gibson entertained, Cousin Haley taught him how to stick a spoon on his nose.
Thanks Haley! You did a good job!

He's soooo proud of himself when he gets it to stay.
Did I mention he thinks it is hilarious!

Look Mom! No Hands!
This talent runs on the Dyess side of the family!
Can you believe the kid can do this?
He even tried sticking the spoon on Daisy's nose. Poor tortured Daisy!
Once I convinced him that the spoon wouldn't stick on Daisy's nose, Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde came out of my child! He actually threw the spoon at me! I was kind of in shock but Jason grabbed him, spanked his bottom and sat him in the corner. He always looks so sad but sweet when he gets in trouble.

And finally here's a short video! (Sorry it's so dark. It didn't look that dark when I was videoing him. I'll know better next time.) We've been working with Gibson teaching him how to spell his name. He can really do it a lot better now than he can just a few days ago when the video was shot. Enjoy!

OK...here's the last one! A short (but sweet) shout-out to Nana & Poppy!

The Beach-Take 2, Pumpkins & Home!

Yeah!!!! The last of the vacation blogs! (and this one is edited for content. that'll make sense in a few minutes.)

We went to the beach again hoping that Gibson would like it more the second time around. Success!

Somehow we convinced him to sit in the sand...

and he actually let the water get close to him. He had a good time as long as the water didn't go up to high and he wasn't thrilled about the salt taste. :)
Just a view down the beach
Here's where the editing comes in. I've actually got tons of pictures of Jason, Gibson and I playing at the beach but Jason and I think we look like a couple of beached whales. So, to spare you the nausea, you'll only see a few selected pics. :)

Gibson and me striking a pose
He couldn't get away from the water fast enough. :)
Another shot of the beach
Gibson showing off his beach hair
Another beach shot
So glad to be leaving the beach
Later that evening, we went to an all-you-can-eat fried chicken restaurant. It was basically like our all-you-can-eat catfish joints but just with fried chicken. While you were waiting to be seated, you had time to go on a hayride and pumpkin picking. So off we went.
On the hayride

(i also got pics of nana & poppy with gibson on the hayride but nana and poppy are making funny faces (and not on purpose) in all of the pics.)

Going on a pumpkin hunt....
Found one!
See.....actually I found a whole bunch!
Family pic in the Pumpkin Patch (with Gibson in mid-cough)

Next, we went inside and filled our bellies full of fried chicken, corn, mashed potatoes, green beans and last but not least cheesecake! :)

After a long day of playing at the beach and pumpkin picking, we headed home to get things together to fly back home.

Here is a view of something (or should I say someplace) we flew over on the way home.


The flights on the way back home went great and we were thrilled to be back home in Texas! (but can't wait to take another vacation next year!)

Chuck E. Cheese, Helicopters & The Back Yard

Another vacation blog...(I promise I'm getting close to the end.)

We started off the day at Chuck E. Cheese where Gibson rode the roller coaster ride. He wasn't sure what to think about it.

Gibson riding the bicycle ride thing-a-ma-jiggy. (i think that's the technical name for the ride.)
Gibson really liked all the games that Chuck E. Cheese had but he wasn't a big fan of Chuck E. Cheese himself. Oh well!
The slide was a big hit!
Next stop....the air station that was close to base!

Gibson standing in front of the helicopter
Family Picture by the helicopter
Gibson was going through withdrawals at this point from lack of ambulance. :) We couldn't not stop and let him get his own personal tour of the fire truck and ambulance. (somehow i didn't manage to get a picture of him by the ambulance. not sure how that happened.)
This was the highlight of his day!

Posing by the tank!
After a long day of visiting Chuck E. Cheese, helicopters and tanks, we finished the day playing in the yard.

Here's Poppy pulling Gibson around the yard.
Dad taking his turn
Gibson flying by the camera
All smiles!
On a mission
Final stop....the beach, pumpkin picking and home!