Meeting Santa Claus

Lee and I have not done too much with Santa over the years, ever since the boys decided that he was scary back in 2008. This year is different.

Both boys have become fascinated with Santa, especially Graysen. They do everything that they are told, cheerfully go to Advent services, and are complete angels with the fear that they do NOT want to end up on the "Naughty" list. Graysen has shown concern to me that our house does not have a chimney. Thankfully, Papa's house has one and this has eased his concerns about how Santa will get into the house.

After dinner on Saturday night, we spontaneously decided to take the boys to the mall to see if Santa has come to visit and take requests from little boys and girls. He was there! Both boys were excited to see him and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Graysen said action figures and Caleb said cars. Lee and I are pretty sure that Caleb spent the 15 minutes in line stressing about how to use this one opportunity to get the perfect gift just like Ralph in "A Christmas Story." In the end we think that he went with the safe route and just said Matchbox cars.

Outtakes from our 2011 Christmas Card Photoshoot

We took the boys to Hatcher Gardens to try to get a decent photo for this year's Christmas card. Their energy (especially Graysen's) made that a bit difficult, but it worked out in the end. These are several of the photos we didn't pick for the card.

You can see more at my Facebook page by clicking here. (You don't need a Facebook account to see the pictures.)

 

 

 

Where's Caleb?

Last night, we went into the boys' room to check Graysen's temperature. (See the previous post.) Caleb wasn't in his bed and was nowhere in sight. We eventually found him curled up under his bed, sound asleep.

It's not easy to get a sleeping boy out from under a bed.

This morning, I told Caleb that he wasn't in bed last night, and he smiled and said, "Yes, I went to sleep under the bed, next to the wall." Apparently, it was intentional.

Home Base

Poor Little Gray is a pukey mess today. After puking in the car and in his room, he has been designated to a "home base" area in front of the TV.

Caleb is SO sweet and got his brother a basket of cars, operates Net Flix for him, and told me that he would clean up by himself tonight so that Graysen could rest.

I am now off to have some peppermint tea to settle my stomach after all the clean up!

Caleb's 6th Birthday Party

We celebrated Caleb's 6th Birthday last weekend with a Transformers-themed party at our house.

There was cake...

and games...

lots of friends to play with...

....and leftover cake for breakfast the next morning!

Halloween Pictures

Thanks to Amy, Len, and Cayleigh for letting us go trick or treating with them this year!

My Little Autobots