Mmm, Cookie

Jan. 10 - Today was another unusually big snow day in the Plymouth area, so what better thing to do but to bake up warm sugar cookies! Yes, I started with the break-apart kinds for Mateo's first go at it. I didn't want to seem to ambitious ; )

I tried to show him how to arrange the cookies on the cookie sheets and he clearly had his own idea. He was so proud of himself and why shouldn't he be?

After waiting 15 very long toddler minutes of baking time and another few minutes of cooling time, it was time for some decorating. I frosted the cookies and Mateo did the sugar-shaker decorating: blue, green, yellow, orange, pink and purple. He got the hang of it right away and loved it.

Ta-da! Decorated sugar cookies a la Mateo. Now was the time to taste the fruits of his labor. He had a cup of milk to wash it all down with but all he really wanted was cookie after cookie. I have to cut him off and as you could imagine he got quite upset.



Today was a great day for being "stuck" in the house. Mateo and I had an absolute blast from baking and decorating cookies to taking a long walk out in the evening snow, while Ric was on snow duty. I must say that this was one of my most memorable days with my little man. He's growing SO fast.

Too Much

Jan. 8, 2009 - Ric always says that he's going to give Mateo big kisses until he can no longer give him big kisses. Mateo is such good sport - most of the time. He allows his Papito to give big kisses, but when he's not in the mood, he not-so-gently shoves him off and yells, "NO!"

Ovaltine Please!

Jan. 7, 2009 - A goofy smiling face is what I like to see during mealtime.

Here's he's just enjoying his cup of Ovaltine. "Pass the Ovaltine please!"

Lunch with Papito...

Somehow Ric always seems to upset Mateo during mealtime.

Clearly, Mateo was much more content once released from the clutches of his high chair.

OK, he really does prefer sitting in his high chair when it's time to eat.

Jan. 4, 2009 - While I was out running errands, Ric and Mateo spent some "quality time" together.

Where are you?

Jan. 3, 2009 - Mateo got tired of playing with his Mega Blox, so he took the bin that they were in and played peekaboo over and over and over and over, etc... again.

HAPPY 2009!

January 1, 2009 - We hope you all had a wonderful New Year celebration. We wish health and happiness throughout the year. Mr.Quincy partied a bit too much, so his rest was well deserved.

M.I.A.

I deeply apologize for being delinquent in posting updates to Mateo's blog, but our PC hasn't been all too cooperative. In other words, it broke during our Christmas break. One of Ric's co-workers was kind enough to "fix" it, but it's still not 100%. However, he saved us a bundle ; ) You will see that my picture selection is limited, but I couldn't go on any longer without a posting.