Merry Christmas to All!
Mom says that she doesn't think our house will ever be the same after Christmas this year. It's like a tornado hit and it is fantastic! But before we get to all the Christmas day fun, let's show you the start of our Christmas week.
First - we spent some time getting our energy out . . . this particular event was wrestling with dad. Sam has taken to making an unannounced flying leap on whoever is unsuspectingly sitting around. And dad - well we've always called him the Octopus - those long arms and long legs seem to come at you from no where!
We went to our first live performance . . . of anything . . . this week. A local acting company was doing a children's theater performance of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". It was FABULOUS! Here we are waiting for the performance to start.
The play was excellent! Sam and I especially enjoyed the parts where the mouse tried to mop the floor and when he tried to tape his picture on the frig. Dad and mom both said that their favorite part of the whole thing was watching us watch the play.
Our annual experiment with dry ice - Uncle Carl and Aunt Francine sent us another cooler full of dry ice (oh and yummy steaks too). Daddy helps us to play with the dry ice - it's always so much fun!
Our annual experiment with dry ice - Uncle Carl and Aunt Francine sent us another cooler full of dry ice (oh and yummy steaks too). Daddy helps us to play with the dry ice - it's always so much fun!Christmas eve - we had a nice quiet evening with just our little family. The day was spent running around with all the other crazy people trying to finish up last minute things. But the evening was nice. Here we are putting our last ornament on mom's advent calendar. We did lots of different kinds of advents this year - that is a really fun thing that keeps us busy and entertained all month.
We had a great Christmas day! Here is a picture of our living room just as we came down the stairs.
Santa always puts our stockings with our pile of presents so that we know which presents are ours. Here's my pile. He brought me some great things - cars that run on roads and a construction site are the two things I asked for this year. He brought that and more. 
Sam asked for cars and trains and he got both of those, along with plenty of other stuff. Santa must have been pleased with us this year!
Here I am with my construction site.
And here's Sam playing with some of his cars and trucks.
And a fire truck! It makes lots of noise and everything!
Mom and dad gave me this cool dinosaur book. It tells all about T-Rex's from the inside out.
We got great gifts from everyone . . . thank you all so very much! Aunt Jen Jen and Uncle Michael surprised us with pillow pets - I got this dalmatian (now named Black Spot).
And Sam got this brown puppy.
We got fun dinos that move and make real dinosaur sounds from Aunt Fran and Uncle Carl.
Here we are playing with toys after all the unwrapping was over. Thanks again to everyone! You were very generous and we are definitely spoiled!
Dad and mom made us have "nap time" for a little while - which really turned in to quiet time for about 30 minutes. Good thing we had our pillow pets to "be quiet" on!
Then in the afternoon we went over to Uncle Noley's house for dinner and to play with our cousins and aunts and uncle. They had a train at their house and of course, we enjoyed watching it go around and around. There wasn't even a tree in the middle of it so we could just turn ourselves in circles to see it go all the way around the track.
We played games . . . and more games . . . and more games.
Here we are with our cousins Rian and Hayden.
We had a great Christmas day! Here is a picture of our living room just as we came down the stairs.Santa always puts our stockings with our pile of presents so that we know which presents are ours. Here's my pile. He brought me some great things - cars that run on roads and a construction site are the two things I asked for this year. He brought that and more. Sam asked for cars and trains and he got both of those, along with plenty of other stuff. Santa must have been pleased with us this year!Here I am with my construction site. And here's Sam playing with some of his cars and trucks.And a fire truck! It makes lots of noise and everything!Mom and dad gave me this cool dinosaur book. It tells all about T-Rex's from the inside out.We got great gifts from everyone . . . thank you all so very much! Aunt Jen Jen and Uncle Michael surprised us with pillow pets - I got this dalmatian (now named Black Spot).And Sam got this brown puppy.
We got fun dinos that move and make real dinosaur sounds from Aunt Fran and Uncle Carl.Here we are playing with toys after all the unwrapping was over. Thanks again to everyone! You were very generous and we are definitely spoiled!Dad and mom made us have "nap time" for a little while - which really turned in to quiet time for about 30 minutes. Good thing we had our pillow pets to "be quiet" on!Then in the afternoon we went over to Uncle Noley's house for dinner and to play with our cousins and aunts and uncle. They had a train at their house and of course, we enjoyed watching it go around and around. There wasn't even a tree in the middle of it so we could just turn ourselves in circles to see it go all the way around the track.We played games . . . and more games . . . and more games.
Here we are with our cousins Rian and Hayden. Merry Christmas everyone - we hope your Christmas was great!
Sam Alert: Howdy - may I be among the first to wish you all Happy New Year. And let me also repeat a huge thank you to everyone for all the wonderful gifts! We even got oranges from the North Pole Orchard in our stockings - I'm wearing one of the stickers on my forehead.
I loved, loved, loved having cousins and family around to play with/entertain me! It was great.
And here I am modeling the present that Mason gave me this year - a new Thomas the train backpack. It's great! I'm putting all sorts of treasures in it to carry around - including a water purifier from Grandpa and Grandma G. Daddy said we could use it when we go camping so I'm headed out to go camping any day now. Have a great week everyone!
Sam Alert: Howdy - may I be among the first to wish you all Happy New Year. And let me also repeat a huge thank you to everyone for all the wonderful gifts! We even got oranges from the North Pole Orchard in our stockings - I'm wearing one of the stickers on my forehead. I loved, loved, loved having cousins and family around to play with/entertain me! It was great.And here I am modeling the present that Mason gave me this year - a new Thomas the train backpack. It's great! I'm putting all sorts of treasures in it to carry around - including a water purifier from Grandpa and Grandma G. Daddy said we could use it when we go camping so I'm headed out to go camping any day now. Have a great week everyone!
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