Santa came a day early in Reston and we had our Christmas on the 24th. Christmas day we went to Culpeper. First to see my great grandfather (Pop Pop) and then to my dad’s and finally to Gillette’s house. Whew – what a day! Lot’s of fun and presents. Skylar was beginning to think that opening gifts was what you did everyday :). On the 26th she wanted to know where her gifts from Santa were…
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Skylar and Parker opened up there PJ’s from Nana and Poppa D on the 23rd. We had our Christmas on the 24th and then we went to Culpeper for the 25th. Three days of Christmas!
Parker got relegated to the jumper while Skylar opened all the gifts (including his). Sorry little man – next year…
This was Skylar and I lazying around on a Saturday afternoon in the front yard. I love her “Whatchu talkin’ bout Willis!” face:
Frying Pan Park had a meet Santa day this past weekend. This year we were smart enough to know not to put Skylar on Santa’s lap (see last years traumatic event with Halmoni).
It was Skylar’s first time on a Merry-Go-Round and she loved it. Faster horsey, faster! I have to admit I wasn’t prepared for the speed at which that ancient machine moved. Upon first start I was nearly thrown off it.
BTW – Parker lives in that bjorn. It’s a wonder he and Susan haven’t fused permanently together yet.
Saturday morning we went down to Culpeper to have lunch at Gillette’s. Laney looks so much like her mom – and has similar facial expressions and intonation!
After G’s we went to my Dad’s and had an early dinner. Sky got to play on an electric car. The batteries were a bit shot so daddy ended up pushing it about 1/2 the time. It’s good exercise after all those turkey calories.
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Skylar loves her cousins!
Thanksgiving was dominated by the grandkids who I think outnumbered the adults for the fist time. Lots of good food and chaos!
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Thanksgiving night Susan went out shopping for deals and she came home with…bread. Lots and lots and lots of bread. Let me give you the exact figure: three 60 gallon trashbags of bread.
Turns out a friend who normally donated the bread at Mclean Bible wasn’t able to offload it due to canceled activities this week so Susan volunteered to take it – all of it.
Everybody we know got bread this week! I may develop type II diabetes from the amount of bread I consume over the next 2-3 months.
I can’t imagine the conversations at the company that makes these suits:
Bob: It’s blue, fuzzy, and for 8-12 month old babies. What kind of ears do we put on it?
Steve: Rabbit. It’s gotta be rabbit ears. Everyone loves Rabbits.
Jane: Steve, you’re a moron – rabbit ears are so 1990’s. We have to go with panda ears. Panda’s are way more cuddly and fuzzy. Have you seen panda dogs?
Bob: Listen, we’ll cross rabbit ears with panda ears and everybody is happy.
We celebrated Halloween this year at a kids party on our block. It’s an annual thing and our awesome neighbors do a great job putting it together. All the kids from the ‘hood come out before going trick or treating and it’s a good time for adults as well. Here are some pics of Skylar…she wore ladybug wings and matching tutu, which was difficult to see under her jacket. The striped leg warmers were my favorite.
