If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this post is going to be worth a million. And that is not even including all the times when I wished we had out our camera...
From visiting Uncle Marshall and Aunt Holly in Charlotte...
Gracie is NOT a fan. So Pink Poodle and Cousin Violet protect her...
On the 23rd, we enjoyed Daddy's first day off by spending the morning at the Children's Museum and the Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe. In the afternoon, we sorted through old toys for our friends Jeremiah and Jacob who are coming from Africa in the Spring, baked cookies, and watched Mary Poppins in an attempt to show Henry that a person could go up and down a chimney without getting harmed. He was very concerned for Santa. No, let me be more clear, he pretty much had a panic attack with any mention of Santa. He didn't want Santa to come in his house when he was asleep. He didn't want Santa touching his things. To the point that he was willing to forego new toys.
And yes, by "baking" cookies, I mean to say I sliced some dough for Henry to put M & M's on. I did, however, also make two batches of Cracker Candy and three batches of those Hershey kiss pretzel things. So yes, my Christmas cooking amounted to slicing and melting.
And despite Henry's being afraid of him and not leaving him a snack, Santa did come and leave the kids presents. We were concerned that Henry would freak out. At 3 1/2, you just never know. So much of life is a crap shoot. When we told the kids that Santa had come, Henry started crying. But as soon as he saw his new Lego track and Lego Gordon, he was all smiles. Later he confessed "I knew I heard sleigh bells last night!" When asked if he loved Santa, he said, "No. But I like him."
Henry loves the new flashlight Santa brought him. "And I even got a Arther Deet-do Potato Head!" (That's R2D2 in Henry-speak.)
Yes.
That's Gracie double fisting Chocolate Santas while eating a third one while she surveys the contents of her stocking.
Which of course was followed up by a Marshmallow Santa.
After opening all of our gifts and a yummy Christmas brunch, we went to my sister's for Christmas dinner. Anderson and Sloan sport cheese head style hats. (Please note Sloan's gift from the kids--Gamecock Critter Pants.)
The next day, after playing in our Christmas snow, we combined the new track and trains with our old track and trains, to create a giant lego Island of Sodor.
While Gracie cooked us up some grub. She is so happy to finally have kitchen cabinets she can legally empty. She spent most of the day moving the food from the sink to the fridge to the green bucket. Henry also helped her by showing her the difference between a wooden Cheez-It box and a wooden box of spaghetti.
MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!
THE KING HAS COME!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!
THE KING HAS COME!!!
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