Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to All!

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Well, as Mumma suspected, Elliot was (totally!) freaked out by Santa so she had to be in our picture with the big man this year. Not me, I wasn't scared.... I hopped right up on his lap and was sure to tell him just exactly what I wanted for Christmas.... "Hot Wheels and everything else". Now all I have to do is convince the man that I have been a good boy. :)

The Nativity

My preschool class acted out the nativity and each of us had a very special part. I was a wiseman that brought frankencense.

Macklin/Bates Christmas

We got together with the Macklins and Bates for our Christmas party over the weekend. It was so nice to see everyone!! Elliot and I both had a lot of fun with my cousins and got some very nice things.

Gramma Annie, Pappa James, Aunt Jen, Uncle Eric, Kate, Jack, and Claire

Great Grandma & Grandpa Bates and my cousins

Our Macklin Annual matching jammies photo

Blizzard of 2009

Well, "they" (who ever that actually is) said it was going to be a tough winter, and so far, "they" have been right! We had a good old fashion Michigan blizzard for three days! ....it was GREAT!!!! Who cares if the wind chill was below zero, and wind gusts of 40 MPH, look at all of this snow!!! We got overall about 14-15" of the fluffy white stuff. Elliot even had his first trip out in the snow. He wasn't so sure about that cold wet stuff at first and pretty much just stood there and watched me and Daddy, but then after a while he didn't want to come inside. I don't think it's so much that he didn't like the snow, it's just that he couldn't actually move in all of his winter gear. :)

Hey Dad.... you missed a spot, and you know how Mumma can't stand a snowy driveway..... :)

Gingerbread House

Mumma and I made our first gingerbread house together. It was so much fun putting all of the candy on the house! And if you can believe it, I didn't eat any of it!!! :) Mumma put some icing "lines" on the roof for me and I placed each and every little piece of candy.

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This year we found the perfect Christmas tree. It's a lot smaller than the one I really wanted to get, but Daddy said something about making sure we can get it through the door.... It was a fun trip to the tree farm. We all rode in the big hillbilly truck (and I got to ride in the front seat) and then on the way home Daddy treated us to some gas station snack (junk) food and kid juice.

Later I got to help Daddy put all of the decorations on the tree - I even put the Angel on top.