Happy Christmas to All!

We hope that all of our faithful readers had as happy a Christmas as we did. I can't believe that it is all over for another year. We started out our Christmas Eve with dinner and presents at Uncle Noley and Aunt Christy's house. Aunt Jill was able to be there as well which was nice because she lives farther away then the rest of daddy's siblings. We love our favorite Uncle Noley dinner of soup and scones. Yummy as always!

Daddy always reminds me not to inhale powdered sugar - but I love how it can still get all over my face and nose when I eat it.

Mason the white nosed reindeer?Present time - we got so many fun things this year. Aunt Jill and Rian and Hayden gave me a Webkins frog. I named him "Freddie".We had a great time giving presents as well. I picked out Moose pajama pants for Uncle Noley. I think he liked them! Even Sam got warmed up to everyone and gave a few hugs and kisses. Christmas brings out the best in most everybody I think!Then the games began. Uncle Noley has this really fun Shark bowling game. After we got tired of using the wind-up shark to knock down the fish pins, we decided to use ME as the bowling ball. It's a good thing Uncle Noley's floors are shiny and slick! I went flying - and it was fun! Sam is getting his form down for his turn at being the bowling ball.Even Aunt Jill got in on the action. They got both of us going at the same time. We definitely knocked down all the fish pins.Then after we got home, I remembered to take care of two very important items of business before I could turn in and fall asleep - - - leaving reindeer snacks (and glitter) in the snow outside our house so that the reindeer could find us. Mommy said "a little goes a long way".And then I left out cookies and chocolate milk for the big guy himself. I'm pretty positive he'll like the chocolate milk - it's my own personal favorite! Sam fell asleep before we got home so he will have to help with these kinds of details next year.And then . . . . finally, Christmas morning arrived. We must have been really good boys this year because Santa was exceptionally good to us. I got some really fun toys and books. I wanted some Thomas trains and a gift card (to pretty much anywhere) and I got that plus more. Sam enjoyed his presents too. He got some cars, a new soft stuffed puppy dog, balls, books, and other fun things. We also got some really cool aluminum water bottles with our names on them that Samuel really thought were ornaments that should be hung on the tree. Silly boy! Here I am playing with my new remote controlled car. Santa must know me almost better than I know myself. We loved our presents from all our family and friends as well. And we enjoyed picking out presents to give - - Sam and I gave each other some of our most favorite things. Here's more proof that we really do love each other, most of the time. We spent Christmas afternoon at a family party at Aunt Cathy's house but mommy, who takes her camera everywhere, forgot it this time. So you'll just have to trust us that it was fun. We got to play with lots and lots of cousins and enjoy some good company.

We ended Christmas night with a little Thomas the Train movie time - the three boys and Copper and Sam's new stuffed dog. Can you see Copper eyeing Sam's chicken nugget? No, no, no Copper!Sam Alert: Hey everyone - Merry Christmas. This is only my second Christmas but I think I'm getting the hang of this thing. I got a new set of building blocks and quite enjoyed building things - and of course knocking them down. Maybe I see "architect" in my future?And here I am with my new doggie - I LOVE animals of all kinds. For a kid who has detested every stuffed animal ever shown to me, I really have taken a liking to this doggie and to Mason's new frog. Hum - maybe I really am growing up? Or maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age! Have a great week everyone!