What was I thinking?

So, after getting a full night's sleep, I thought that it would be a great idea to take Gabe to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time on his second birthday. Luckily, it was a Wednesday night, so the place was virtually empty. Gabe had a great time climbing all over, but didn't seem to get the hang of the games. To him, it was just as much fun to put tokens into the slots as it was to ride the ride/play the game. At least it wore him out enough to sleep 12 hours that night.

Look who's 2!!

Here are some photo's of Gabe's 2nd Birthday Party at the daycare. Apparently, he didn't want to get his fingers sticky with that pesky cupcake frosting.

How to feed a Flores...

So Gabe loves to eat, and wakes up starving every morning. This is his average breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs
1 banana
1 piece of toast
1/2 cup cereal
Milk
Good thing he doesn't stop running!

Thank You Santa, Thank You Santa

Snow Day- Take II

OK- So the first 12 inches of snow were fun, but the last 4, well that was just rediculous. Here are some photos of Gabe 'helping' Daddy sweep of the deck and susequently falling off the end into the piled snow.
Funny thing is, he was madder at me for bringing him back in the house than he was at falling in the snow!

Snow Day

My Little Snow Angel

Chimney Dinner

So the annual Pierce Family "Chimney Dinner" was last weekend, and a great time was had by all. The history of Chimney Dinner probably goes back 80 years, and the tradition is carried on every year a few weeks before Christmas in Eastern Oregon. Again, dinner was held at Aunt Martha's house in Pendleton. Here 's Gabe playing with second cousin Tugg.

O Christmas Tree

Who knew picking out a Christmas Tree could be such an event. Although Gabe had great fun, I think I spent the entire time chasing him up and down the hill. Thankfully, Chris has a great eye and picked out a beautiful tree.

"Helping"

"Just try and catch me, Mama"

"This one?"

A Lazy Saturday Afternoon

The Cutest Dinosaur

Gabriel had a very Happy Halloween this year. His Nana and Papa came out from Bend to spend the weekend with us, starting with a fun night of Trick-or-Treating. I expected Gabe to make a loop around the cul-de-sac and head home, but he was having so much fun we continued down one side of the block and back the other. He refused to be carried, or even let us carry his candy, so he was quite exhausted when we returned home.