From our house to your house, we wish all our friends, family and readers a very happy holiday season and a happy and healthy new year.

This was my very first Hanukkah so I didn’t know what to expect.  Mom explained to me that Hanukkah is the festival of lights and that it is celebrated for eight days and eight nights to commemorate the rededication of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem.  She showed me the pretty menorah we have in the house and explained why we light a different candle each night.  I didn’t quite understand what she was telling me but I think each year it will make more and more sense to me.

What I’ve learned so far is that my family likes to celebrate this holiday – A LOT!  It started with the Kepner family celebration where my cousins and I received lots and lots of gifts from Grandma Lorraine and Grandpa Richie.  We were unwrapping present after present and I got lots of really cool toys.  Some I can look at now but I will need to get a little bit bigger before I can play with them.  They look like a lot of fun and I can’t wait til I can sit on the floor with Mom and Dad and learn what they are all about.

The second family celebration was a few days later.  Uncle Kenny came to visit and brought Rock Band 2 with him.  He and Daddy played for hours and hours and I watched them for nearly seven hours before it all got to be too much and I decided to spit up all over mom’s new pajamas.  I soaked her pretty good but after a few minutes I calmed down and felt much better.  That night I was truly exhausted and I slept through the night til 8:15am!  Secretly I was trying to give Daddy a break since it was his turn to wake up for my early feeding.  Sorry mommy – I’ll make up for it by pooping while you are out therefore Daddy will have to change me :-)   I felt much better the next morning but still was a little fussy when we went to Grandma Bobbie and Grandpa Ed’s for the Herman family celebration.  It was such an ordeal from the night before that I needed a little time to sort myself out.  I slept through all the presents but Mom opened them for me and again I was spoiled rotten.  I think the Herman’s bought out everything in my age category at Child’s Play in Scarsdale Village.  I am the luckiest little guy out there.  By the time the celebrating was over, Mom and Dad took me home and I started to feel more like myself again.

Looking around the living room right now, I really must have the best family.  There are tons and tons of toys like, blocks, rattles, stuffed animals, drums, shape sorters and a fabulous soft toy car that I can sit in when I’m a few months older.  Mom and Dad, the trendy folks that they are bought me the toy of the season, Tickle Me Elmo Live that I like but it certainly gives Mom and Dad a bit of a headache.  Maybe they should sell a bottle of Tylenol with it.  I’ll get that for them next year so not to bother them too much with all my ‘musical’ toys.  If this year was an indication of what future Hanukkah’s will be like, I think Mom and Dad will need to create my own little playroom fast!

To see some of our holiday fun, click here….