Wheel......Of.....FORTUNE!

I love Wheel of Fortune and have for a long time! I like to watch it on TV and help Mom and Dad play it on the computer. I pick letters and vowels and get bummed when we get "Bankwumpt".

Yesterday I was hanging out with Dad and my truck was tipped on it's side. For some reason that just looked like a good Wheel of Fortune game. Needless to say my puzzle is always, "Tonka" but I am having endless fun with it! Enjoy!

Cedar Falls and Our New Years Day Christmas...

We had Christmas with Grandma D.'s side of the family on New Year's Day at Uncle Brent and Kari's house.

A couple days before that I went to stay at Grandpa and Grandma Dahlstrom's house. We had a lot of fun!

At our Christmas party I had fun playing with Kaylee and some of my other 2nd cousins. Everyone was playing Kinect on the Xbox 360 and I really thought I could join in! When they were bowling I would do all the motions and cheer like I was bowling!


Great Uncle Curt, Kinect bowling and me doing the same in the background.

Even more Christmas....

It never seems to end - which to be honest, I don't mind! Mom and I went to Harpers to visit family and I got A LOT of presents!

Granny had a surprise for me and decorated her tree in all Thomas stuff she made. I loved it and named all of the trains over and over again! She gave me some great Thomas stuff to add to my collection. I got Cranky the Crane and a track signal so I can tell the trains when to stop and when to go. I also got a fleece coat and shirt, some jeans, some coloring and activity books, and art supplies, a Thomas Fun Kit with stickers and color books, a Thomas reading book and a couple other reading books. I'm going to be busy!

Grandma Cota was out of town but we visited Grandpa Cota and he gave me gifts from him and Grandma. I got a Carhartt sweatshirt, a couple Thomas shirts, some more trains, (James, Toby and Rosie), a DVD and a horsey! Grandpa found it and had the base repainted and fixed up a few other things for me. It's a Wonder Horse and it was made the year Mommy was born - 1978. I've been having a lot of fun riding it!


The next day we went to visit Great Grandpa and Grandma Jones. She had cookies for me! Yum! Later we went to the farm to visit Great Grandpa and
Grandma Cota. I had fun playing with all the musical Santas and Frosty. I had so much fun Great Grandma let me pick one to take home. We had lunch there and then my great uncle, Ron came in from working and gave me a tractor ride! I talked about it the rest of the afternoon. He said I can come back and get another one in the summer! I can't wait!

And more Christmas...

Christmas Eve we went to Uncle Brent and Kari's house to celebrate with our Dahlstrom family. It had snowed all day and all night the night before so we weren't sure if we'd make it but we did. Mom and Dad really wanted to us to get there but didn't want drive if it was bad roads. I slept the whole way up there but they said it was a little snowy on the way up but we made it fine. The way home was another story though and I didn't sleep. I was singing and yelling in the back seat which was a little distracting to Dad so Mom put a DVD on to quiet me down. I heard them say they could only drive 35 on the interstate because of all the snow. I did see a lot of cars in the ditch too. Mom said they just had to stay there because there was a tow ban. I'm glad we got to go because we all had fun and Daddy did a good job getting us home safe and sound!

I got "Tidmouth Sheds" from Uncle Brent and Kari and some trains from Grandma and Grandpa for it. I have been having so much fun playing with them! I also got Candy Land, Kinectimals for the Xbox (Daddy got Kinect) and Toy Story 3 DVD. I'm a very lucky boy!

Today I woke up a little earlier than usual and I wasn't happy. Mommy tried to get me to lay back down. I did but it wasn't long I got back up again and I still wasn't happy. She thought if we all got up and went down stairs I'd be happy when I saw all of my presents. I tried to get excited but it didn't last long. Mom and Dad got me a train table! I had pointed it out in every toy flyer for months and told Mommy and Daddy, "I need that". As soon as I saw it I said, "You found it, Mommy! You found it!" I played with it for just a few minutes and said I wanted to go back to bed. So I did but I didn't say in there long. I got up and wanted some strawberry milk. Mommy knew something wasn't right but fulfilled my request for the milk. It didn't stay in my tummy long and I threw up. I threw up several times over the next hour or so. Every time I'd start to feel sick I'd say, "I want to go back to bed" and Mom and Dad knew to get me to the hard floor or bathroom if they could. Finally I said, "I want to go back to bed" and I did. I just went to my room by myself, closed the door and went to bed. I slept for a long time, got up, came down stairs and said, "I FEEL BETTER!" And I did. The rest of the day I was fine and got to open my presents and play with my new toys. I got a lot of great gifts. I got some new puzzles, a Leap Frog Explorer game, an Easel, my train table of course, some stuff for my Potato Head, some new undies...I must have been a good boy! My Christmas ended much better than it started.

We had plans to go to Granny's, Grandpa & Grandma Cota's and Great Grandpa and Grandma Cota's houses today but of course we didn't. Mom said we'll go tomorrow and have Christmas with them.

More Christmas....

I got my own Nativity set. I wanted to play with Mom's but she told me they could break so I couldn't really play with them. But this one is my very own Little People Nativity Set and I can play as much as I want! Mom had been trying to find it for me but everywhere was sold out. Finally she found a store that had them. I love it! I tell the story about Mary riding on a donkey to a stable, and Joseph and Baby Jesus. I know all about with 'wise mans' and the presents they brought as well as the angel and the star.



I also have been busy counting down the days 'til Christmas. I only have two ornaments left to put on my tree. The last one with the 25 on it is a shiny gold star!

Cookie baking and decorating...

Mommy and I made cookies last night. I got to help make them into shapes. We used different Christmas shapes like reindeer, Santa hats, mittens, snowflakes, trees, stockings and holly. After Mommy baked them we decorated them and I ate them. :) I didn't get much decorating done because I just liked to eat the frosting off my spoon. Here are some pictures!

Sleepover...

Parker and I had our first sleep over last night! It was their first night in their new house and I got to spend it with them. Mom and Dad had the DTI Christmas party and Holtans were gracious enough to let me stay with them. Parker and I had so much fun. When it came time for bed we didn't want to sleep in separate rooms. I was crying "Parker" and he was crying "Cohen" but we managed without each other and fell asleep.

We got to spend a lot of time together lately. Between our parents working on the new houses we've been staying together a lot with one of the parents while the other three get something done - floors, painting, moving - it's been fun!