Our Saturday: Riding the Santa Train!!

Riding the train to go see Santa!…

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“Hi, everyone!!”

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“I hear a train whistle!!”

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The fun entertainment on board!

The line to see Santa!…

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“Oh, Mom, I don’t want to wait in line!”

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But son, we’re going to see Santa!

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Santa!!!

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A gift from Santa!  A wooden caboose!

Riding the train back to our car!…

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“Man alive…”

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“… This is the life!”

Easter Day: 2010

Eternally Grateful:

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The Baskets:

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Board books for Scooters!

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“I sure love animal crackers!!”

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Books for Bubbers!

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Mmmm!!

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A chocolate bunny!!

The Hunt:

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“Bwess you, Daddy!”

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The Flowers:

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The Spoils:

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The Last Two Sessions of General Conference:

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The Hanging Out:

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The Recycle Bin:

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Scoops and Diggers! (by the Bubbers King)

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Hi Everyone!  Guess what?!  I get to tell you about scoops and diggers!

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Did you know that I love scoops and diggers?  It’s true!!

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About five months ago, I developed a real passion for scooping and digging.

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So I raided my fork drawer in the kitchen every day…

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…  And excavated through the whole house!

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Then Mommy would find my abandoned excavators on her desk.

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Or on the couch.

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Or on the floor.

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And it would just make her smile.

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Sometimes we’d get out the pinto bean bucket.

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And I’d scoop and dig to my heart’s delight!

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But one day Mommy realized my digging needs were outgrowing our little bucket.

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And so she put her thinking cap on to figure out a solution.

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Then she looked at her cute little peanut.

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“Hello, my cute little peanut!”

Then she got an idea from  something she’d seen at work!  At her work, they have a big sensory table filled with pinto beans and that got Mommy to thinking…  How could she make one of those for me?

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Then she remembered!  Our generous neighbors gave us a sand/water table they’d outgrown, so Mommy brought it inside, cleaned it up and filled it with pinto beans!

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Oh, man!  Check it out…  All these little beans just waiting to be scooped!

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**Dig!  Scoop!  Pour!  Dig, dig!**

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Then Mommy broke out some other toys to add to the mix and it was great!

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(Oh!  And then she brought in the water part, so I could play cars in that side!)

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Then a special time of year rolled around… And while I preferred not to sit on his lap and tell him what I wanted, Mr. Santa Claus saw me clutching a pair of plastic scoops from breakfast

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… So then he brought me a real excavator on Christmas!!!

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And we’ve been digging together ever since!!