Felice Navidad

This morning began, true to form, with our Saturday morning trip to Blackbird Bakery.

As we were driving there, Joshua and I discussed the various donut options that we could choose from, and he seemed torn as to just what to order.

In the end, he stuck with his favorite regular:  a white cream filled, chocolate iced delight.  

It certainly seemed like an excellent choice to me, so I ordered the same.  Let me just say, it did not disappoint!

From here, we headed to Bass Pro, where there just so happens to be a small man-made lake on the grounds, if one was so inclined to try their hand at fishing.

Well, you know we couldn't pass on that, right?  We went inside to buy some fishing supplies, and came out with a new hat for Joshua. (He had forgotten his at home, as well as his sunglasses.) 

and a new shirt for Marty, who seemed to think that he would blend in with the background so the fish wouldn't know he was there.

Well, he does sort of blend in with that boat, but he certainly wasn't fooling anyone else!

You can see that the weather was accommodating.  But, the fish, once again, were not.

I couldn't help but chuckle at Joshua's casual fishing stance.  Look closely, and you'll see his left hand is in his pocket.  It's probably a good thing nothing did hook on his line!

These are the fish stocked in that lake.

Well, I suppose that we'll just have to take their word for it, because this is all we saw in that lake.

In fact, the only fish that we spotted today were inside

And Joshua was content to stare at them for at least 15 minutes!  Hey, if that makes him happy, that's fine with me!

Back at the house, Grandpa gave Joshua some Ukulele playing hints, and before you know it, Joshua was strumming and singing his own made up tunes.

He just might be singing "Tiptoe through the Tulips" sometime soon!  Who knows?

This year, we decided to try a baking adventure, so I brought my Pizzelle maker with me, and Joshua and I tried his hand at making the delectable cookies.  Actually, I did most of the baking, while Joshua did the counting in between bakes. (30 seconds)

It was great fun!

With great results.

We weren't finished very long when a crazy storm rolled through, knocking out the power in the house.  We ended up leaving shortly afterwards, to head to our hotel.  

But I hear that Snoopy was playing Felice Navidad for entertainment because he runs on batteries and no power was needed.

How lucky was that?