the littlest guitar hero

i know what you're thinking, and no, we did NOT buy ethan guitar hero for christmas...but he certainly had fun playing with auntie michelle's.
it looks believable, doesn't it?
new song, new guitar.
learning from the master.
big me and mini me.

who's santa ?

i guess ethan was a good boy this year, because santa left him two presents on christmas morning, however he still has no idea who santa is (thus the puzzled look on his face). And, due to a lack of fireplace and christmas tree, santa had to use the door and left the presents on the toybox. way to improvise, santa.
ethan excitedly tore the wrapping paper off, but was more interested in the paper than the gifts.
here he is showing grandpa chan his new toy truck, and way in the background you can see the whole barrel of playdoh accesories that he got. i think the excitement of his new toys lasted all of ten minutes...not too bad.

a choi family christmas

we spent christmas eve with grandma and grandpa choi, or as ethan calls them "halmonee" and "harabojee". there was feasting and fun, but most importantly it was a special time with loved ones.
mmm. korean bbq, kimchee, and rice...the traditional choi christmas spread.
ethan helped to pass out the gifts...and open them.
there was even time to play with harabojee and the hottest toy among toddlers...tupperware.
here he is showing halmonee the calendar he gave her.

annual DGA children's christmas party

every year the dga puts on a christmas party for member and employee children. this year there were all sorts of goodies, cartoons playing in the movie theatre, balloon sculptures, and, of course, pictures with santa. we had a lot of fun, and although you can't tell from the pictures, phil was there too.
here we are five minutes after arrival. ethan already has a cookie in hand.
a quick pose by the festive christmas tree.
time for an ice cream sandwich. we also had popcorn, popsicles, and fruit punch...nice and healthy.
i can't believe i'm posing with over-sized cartoon characters now...my how life changes after kids.
in most of the photos you can see the mangled remains of an m&m cookie in ethan's chocolatey paws. here is his matching chocolatey face. if you look closely, you can even see a bit of blue candy coating from one of the m&m's. nice.
here is a closer look at the poor, poor cookie. notice how ethan was only interested in the brightly colored candy parts.
all of the kids received a christmas gift at the party. we decided to let ethan open his early. he was really excited.
just what he never knew he always wanted...play-doh. thank goodness it's non-toxic.

the elusive christmas card photo

these shots are from our christmas card photo session. you can see how smoothly everything went. i guess it wasn't the right time to introduce a new hat.
after what seemed like hours of calling his name, using bribery, and acting like fools, we finally got "the shot". (unfortunately, you'll all have to wait for it to arrive in the mail.)