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Brigham the Magician

For the Gringo's Christmas party this year we decided to bring in a magician. He did magic tricks for an hour and dazzled us all. We had a great time. Here is video of Brigham helping with the act. Forgive my annoying laughter and shaking of the camera. I will never claim to be a professional. Here is part of the Gringo's clan enjoying the show.

Ricks Elves

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Christmas Trees

I was hoping that putting up the Christmas decorations would get me in the spirit of Christmas but so far no luck so I thought we would go check out the trees at the college, and go to the Planetarium show about the Christmas star. That should get us in the Christmas spirit right!?! I am the last to say that I am ready for some snow! I think that will be the key to making it feel more like Christmas. For now, I guess all of my tactics will just have to do. We will decorate a gingerbread house for FHE and I am banking on that to get me a little closer. For now Bah hum bug!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving this year was with my Mom's side of the family. Since we were gathering as a larger group we decided to hold it at Gringos. It turned out very nice and it was fun seeing the family again. Gigi and Shaylee meeting for the first time. Rico, Scott, Brandon and Logan eating the grub. Mom, Dad, Aunt Evelyn and Mark(y)--we used to call him Marky as kids so I have a hard time not saying that now that he is an adult. Aunt Pat's Family and Gigi Kelli, Shane, Shaylee and my kids with Aunt Gail's family in the background.

Water is Blind

We had a Thanksgiving dinner Sunday with Scott's family and Grandma Ricks was filling Brigham's glass with water. He looked into his glass and said "water is blind" and Grandma and I both looked at him and asked why and he said "because you can't see it" I guess that makes perfect sense to a three year old. I got a kick out of it.

3 Year Old Dilemas

Brigham came to me today with a big dilema. "I can't draw" he says with a very defeated tone. So I proceed to tell him I would teach him how to draw. His picture of choice was a person with a backpack on so I showed him how if you use shapes and lines and put them together it will create a person. He makes an attempt (see the scribbles)comes back, not too happy once again. We go over the concept again. This time we draw Briggy with his underwear on since that is all I see anymore (I can't keep clothes on the kid). He does not like that I drew the undies but oh well. A few hours pass and Briggy finally gets a picture he is proud of. (I did help him a little but it didn't seem to phase him) He drew the shoe laces all by himself. Good Job Briggy!