Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Josiah was way more into opening presents and Mom and Dad were here to share the day with us.

Here are some pics from the week of Christmas...


Josiah's decorating his sugar cookie with sprinkles.


"Can I eat it now Mom?"

Mom's doing the work and I'm sneaking a cookie.

We let Josiah have one of his presents on Christmas Eve to play with. Nani and Pawpaw bought him an easel with a chalk board on one side and a white board on the other. There was chalk everywhere!


Right before bed on Christmas Eve, we read the Christmas story.


This is Josiah coming down the stairs on Christmas morning.


He got a rocking motorcycle from Aaron and me. I don't know how many miles he's already ridden on that thing...

He's loving his new Tigger.





We had to stop in the middle of opening presents so Papa could read one of the new books Josiah got from Aunt Elaine and Uncle Richard.

Pawpaw and Nani


Family Christmas picture

Josiah playing with his basketball set and tub crayons from Uncle Greg.

Josiah and Nani sharing a chocolate milkshake from Dairy Queen.

Big News!!

Straight from the Goccia household - we have some BIG news!! Are you ready......?

MEL'S PARENTS ARE HERE!!! :) They arrived this week and they'll be spending the next 6 weeks with us...if they can stand us that long. They're slowly getting over the jet lag (23 hours of traveling) and we'll have pictures up really soon.

Oh yeah, and Josiah's going to be a big brother in July... :)

Merry Christmas!!

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Videos

We can't afford to give Starbucks all our money (yes, we have Starbucks here in Thailand) Anyway, I LOVE the Pumpkin Spice Lattes that they serve this time of the year. So I looked online and found a recipe that was delicious!

Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1 cup strong coffee (I used 3 T of grounds to make 1 cup)
2 T canned pumpkin
2 t vanilla
Sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves to taste.
Mix all ingredients in pot, cook over low heat til steaming.

I also have a new favorite blog that I'm following. This woman is my hero...she made a New Years resolution to use her crock pot every day for the year 2008. And so far, she's done it! Here's the blog address

And here are the videos that wouldn't upload yesterday. The first one is on it's side and no matter what I do it cannot be fixed - I'm sorry! I normally wouldn't even upload it but it's a really good one of Josiah singing and dancing to the hum of the washing machine.

The second video is of our little elephant tamer feeding the elephant at the zoo.

The Last Few Weeks

Josiah's been keeping me busy the last few weeks. That's going to be my excuse for not posting some of these pictures sooner...

About two weeks ago Josiah pooped in the potty! What a big boy! He was so happy to find that not only were Mom and Dad thrilled, but he got a goodie!


You can see he's very proud of himself!


Josiah loves the washing machine. The one we had in India was a top loader so he didn't get to see what was going on inside. He loves to stand outside and watch as the clothes go round and round.

Josiah helps me water our plants everyday. He really likes to play in the muddy water afterward!




Friday we went to the Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium. We mainly went for the aquarium part. Josiah was fascinated by all the fish.

At this aquarium they have the largest underwater tunnel in the world. It was a lot of fun to see Josiah try to figure out how the fish were swimming above his head.


Here's a family picture inside the aquarium.



People who own elephants here have a hard time feeding them, since they eat so much. We've been to a few tourist places here where people bring their elephants and charge money for a basket of food that you can then feed it. We thought Josiah might enjoy feeding this elephant in the zoo....actually I thought he's be scared...but he showed me! That boy fed the elephant 3 baskets of food and then proceeded to stick his whole hand up the elephants trunk...it was slimy and disgusting. So now we call him our little elephant tamer!


I tried to post some videos but it would only upload one. I'll try the other two again later. This one is of Josiah saying "Jesus"...it's too cute!