Dear Family & Friends,
Merry Christmas! I LOVE CHRISTMAS! What 3 year old doesn't? I had so much fun all month with Christmas activities. I have spent the last couple months adding to my wish list and every time a commercial for anything remotely cool came on the TV or showed up in an ad I said "I want that set!"
We made a Gingerbread house, decorated sugar cookies and went to Gardner Village to see the elves.
We also had lots of Christmas parties. We had one at Grandma Norberg's house which was super fun. We had a big Christmas Eve party at Grandma Chris' house. She gave us airhogs (remote control helocopters) which were totally awesome!
Then on Christmas morning we were up super early, so excited to open presents. I got a couple remote control dinosaurs as well as some movies and other fun stuff. I have had so much fun this past week playing with all my new toys!
And we definitely had a White Christmas this year! We got so much snow the week of Christmas that we got to play outside a lot. Dad even hooked the sled to the back of the 4-wheeler and took us for rides! Dad Rocks! 
Mom & Dad say that I have more personality then any kid they've ever seen. That isn't always a good thing but it does make life more interesting. I have a lot of new sayings, one of which is "That's freakin' me out!" If mom or dad try to sing a Christmas song or something like that I always tell them to stop because "That's freakin me out!" I also don't like to be told no and often threaten to kick people out the of the house if they don't do what I want. "Give me that right now or I kick you out of the house!" Sweet guy huh?
I also love to quote movie lines. This month I watched a ton of Christmas movies and so most of my quotes came from those. One of my favorites is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I can often be heard walking around the house saying "You don't have a chance, you're 8 years old and you have a beer(d)" or "The the the Grinch!" Or when I pick up something heavy I hold it over my head and say "I got you Cindy-Lo" I also loved the movie Christmas Story and love to say "Oh Fuuuudgggge!" and "You'll shoot your eye out!"
Mom has been giving my reading lessons every morning. I am on lesson #19 out of 100. I do okay, when I pay attention. Sometimes I am looking around and not at the book and just try to guess the word. But when I focus I can read quite well.
My cousins Miriam, Marcus and Amelia are here spending the last week of the year with us. It is super fun. I get to sleep in Brandon's room with him and Marcus for a slumber party. And we had a great New Year's Eve party with pizza and fireworks! Yeah!
And no, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. I did get a hair cut. Dad took me the day after Christmas and got my hair cut. Mom has been crying about it ever since. Both she and dad say that we are growing it back out again.
I got a Spy Gear. I got a motorcycle. I got a big Bumblebee (Transformer). I like to get presents. And I love the Christmas because Santa came to town. I got a robot dinosaur with a remote control. It was by the tree. And I went to the gym lots of days. (Italics are direct quotes from Eric when asked what he'd like to say.)
Love Eric James Barnhisel
