Sleep is not necessary

Daddy fell asleep after we opened our gifts.  Mommy sent him back to bed.  Gram was tired too. So we had the living room to ourselves.  (Mommy is resting on the little couch.)

Daddy asleep. Ysa playing with her new dress-up doll.

me pulling Ysa backwards so she can ride in the living room

Family Traditions

Every year we make gingerbread cookies.  Mommy normally lets us make shape cookies.  We have our own cookie cutters.  But this year we tried something different.  We made homemade ginger snaps.  They are so good.

Ysa getting ready to make snaps

Ysa making snaps

We also went to the Galaxy of Lights at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens.  We love looking at the lights. Gram really enjoys the ride.

Huntsville Train Depot

Sweet Home Alabama

Ysa driving

me navigating

Happy is....

Merry Christmas.

It's early.  It's still dark outside.  But we are wide awake.  Santa came.

We got pajamas and clothes. Hats and gloves.  A bunch of toothbrushes and toothpaste.  We got books, work books, crayons, water color paint and pencils. There were playing cards and checkers.  We even got a Dance Rave (but Mommy hasn't read the instructions yet so we can't play with it).

Ysabella gave me a Rubik's Cube.  I gave her a new babydoll (we named her Sarah).

Oh, and we also got bicycles.  And the bikes have horns!!!

This is the best Christmas ever!

5:30 am in our house

us, when we first looked at everything

Ysa and Sarah

our new umbrellas

Ysa got a tutu

I got a cape and sparkly hat

Santa Claus is coming to town

We had a school extravaganza today at lunch.

" 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" presented by the Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade classes at Lakewood Elementary.

We had fun.

My First

I lost my first tooth. It just fell out.

Halloween

I don't like Halloween.  I asked Mommy if we could skip it.  She said I could.  

Ysabella likes Halloween.  So Mommy said she could have it. 

The school said we could dress up today.  

Ysabella is Ysabella Doc McStuffins Goggans.  I am just handsome.

All Pink

Lakewood Elementary is recognizing breast cancer awareness month. All this week we had pink days. Wednesday was All Pink Day.

Check us out.

Hat Day

Today is hat day at school.

We look good. It's in our DNA.

Pumpkins

On October 4th we went to a pumpkin farm.

Today we made jack-o-lanterns.

Bli Blip

Look out jazz world!

We now have a saxophone, a clarinet, and a trumpet.  

So of course we had to jam out. There are a lot of videos but Mommy only uploaded two.  We'll load the rest this weekend.

What you are about to enjoy is a sampling of Bli Blip as played by the Lincoln Center Orchestra guest starring Ysabella Renee and Xavier Ramon.

p.s.: Mommy says we do accept tips.

p.s. 2:  Mommy says sorry for the video quality. She was in hurry to catch us.

a little later

later than night

before we left for school

Tshirts

We have a class field trip next week. Check out our school tshirts.

This is Ysabella's tshirt

This is my tshirt

We are ready for the field trip

We can be identified at a glance.  Lakewood in the house

We even have our lunches ready to go.



Lookout Tate Family Pumpkin Farm.  The Goggans Family is on the way.

Bounce Bounce

We were at the mall.  
Gram said "do you want to?"
We said "yes."

Friday

We like school. But we really like coming home after school.

First picture: us ready for the day.
Second picture: Ysa's after school shoes.
Third & Fourth: me making a basket. I hit five in a row yesterday.

We've got Swag

Mommy says the video speaks for itself.

Day 1

We had fun at school.  My teacher's name is Miss Pruitt.  Ysabella's teacher is Miss Finley.
We colored and read and ate and made puzzles and a bunch of other stuff.  We have new friends.

Mommy says we can go back tomorrow.  (Mommy also says she has to make a notebook for all of our art from school.)

Dressed and Ready for School

Today is our first day of school.

We are so excited.

I'm in room 309 and Ysabella is in room 305.

Got my bookbag and my lunch box.

Ysabella in her classroom

Me in my classroom.

Don't know how the day is going to go.  Check back later this afternoon for the review.

Getting Ready for School

Hello Kindergarten.

I am Xavier and this is my sister Ysabella.

We are so excited.

Ysabella getting her hair combed.

Me getting food cleaned from between my teeth.

We're Back

We took a vacation.  We went to Chattanooga to hang out with family.  Mommy said we were going for one week.  We had so much fun that we stayed for three whole weeks.

Too much happened to tell it all.  But here are the highlights.

   Korlon and Eva
   Pops
   Granny
   Uncle Floyd and Uncle Johnny
   Tonka (the boxer)
   the cat (had no name)
   rain, rain, rain, and more rain
   Chuck E Cheese

Below are the official pictures from Camp Machismo (Jr Edition) ~ Chattanooga '13
  

Memorial Day

We had a great weekend. The weather was beautiful. We played and stayed up late and slept in. We helped Daddy fix the backyard. We watched Mommy fall asleep on the deck. We even helped Gram on the grill.