Elliot

The Christmas program at Elliot's school was Dec 7. Elliot was on the front row and specialized in sticking out and patting his big Santa belly. Here are some photos. I'll add some video later.

Tralfaz was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs with a 5-point loss. I thought it was a decent rookie season for the coach who made his share of mistakes but did OK. I've been referring to Tralfaz as "our team", but apparently Elliot wasn't happy with my management and insists that he wants to have his own team next year...a 6-year-old with his own fantasy football team? He was excited when I was talking about "next year" because he thought I meant January. He's got the Backyard Football computer game that he loves, and he's started writing down the stats from the games he plays (T=touchdown, S=sack, Fr=fumble recovery). Tonight I watched CostasNOW. Like always, the montage summary of the year in sports tugged at your heart strings, especially with Explosions in the Sky as the soundtrack. Also, Charles Barkley admitted that he's lost between 5 and 10 million dollars gambling.

Tonight at the Taekwon Do Christmas party, Elliot was on the dance floor and started imitating another kid who was making a rather feeble attempt at break dancing. Since Elliot has never seen it before, I told him I'd find a few example videos on YouTube. Here are a few. Also, I told him that his uncle Matt used to break dance, so maybe we can get him to teach us a few moves during the holidays.

On Monday Elliot lost his first tooth. It fell down the drain, so Lisa joked that he started a new tradition. A couple photos:

Tonight there was a hoedown at Elliot's school, so we got dressed up and went. The highlights were a donut-eating contest that Elliot and his friends entered (see the video below) and the square dancing that all four of us did.

More photos are here.