12/25 Part one (Christmas)

 

 

12/24/2011

Setting out cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer

Lohman Christmas

12/17/11

After several attempts to get a group picture with Grandma, Grandpa, and all the grandkids and great grandkids…this is what we got.  (I’ll bring the tripod next time I visit!)

The Elf on a Shelf

Meet Chippy. He’s magic. Every night after bedtime, he flies home to the North Pole to tell Santa if Elora should be on the naughty or nice list.  He flies back home before she wakes up, always landing in a new place. Elora gets a kick out of looking for him in the morning. I get a kick out of saying things like “Elora, Chippy saw that.” or “You better stop or Chippy will tell Santa.”  and “Lets clean up this mess, Chippy will see how nice and helpful you are”

Decorating the Tree

The kiddos did a good job helping…notice all of the ornaments at the bottom.

Later, I got them all arranged just right.  and then Vincent began to pull them off again.

Thanksgiving

  We celebrated turkey day at my brother’s house.

While we were there, Elora got to play with all of uncle Chris's old He-man toys.Vincent stayed occupied, running around looking for things to get into.

Chris smoked some turkeys and mom and I brought the sides.  I made cranberry salsa and pumpkin pie.