Playing Catch Up: "Hurt Self on Trim!"

This is our biggest ouchie to date...10 days before Christmas, Austin was running around the kitchen when he slipped and cracked his head on a corner piece of trim. He had a goose egg before I could even pick him up. Nana, Pa and B had just left the house so we quickly called them back to assess the situation.

 

Jay happened to call as the drama was unfolding...I have a feeling the Focus went a little faster then it was supposed to the rest of the way home. Everyone decided that no stitches were needed, but we should keep him up for a few hours just to be safe.

He had to show Jay exactly where the accident happened. He kept saying "right here, Dad, on trim!"

It's amazing how quickly they he gets over cuts and scrapes. I wake up the next day still thinking about it and he doesn't even seem to notice!

Trimming The Tree

Does decorating your Christmas tree ever seem like too much work? Have you ever thought about having someone else decorate your tree for Christmas? Maybe paying someone just to put the finishing touches on it? You may want to consider it in 2011...

 

Just call his Wonder Pets phone to make your appointment! Hurry...he's booking up fast!

Playing Catch Up: Letter For Jamey

You probably remember that "Uncle" Jamey is currently serving our country in Afghanistan. We wanted to send him an extra special care package for Christmas, so we got to work on putting all kinds of goodies together for him. We packed cookies from Nana, trail mix, Skittles, M&Ms, beef jerky, gum, ChapStick, mind games and enough Turkey Hunting and IL Game & Fish magazines to last him a lifetime.

As you can see, Austin worked really hard on his card for "Shamey." He wrote his own message and dictated the pictures he wanted on the other side. (A family portrait, my cell phone and a road)

 

It only took our package 2 weeks to travel 6000 plus miles. Jamey emailed us to say he and all his fellow Marines enjoyed our treats. It's a small gesture compared to what they do for us, but it's nice to know we might have put a smile on one of their faces!

At the time of this blog post... Jamey only has approximately

8 more weeks until he returns home to his beautiful girls in sunny California!

St. Nick's Day

St. Nick was here! It took Austin a minute to even realize what was going on. Santa was in our house? He left me presents? Is he still here?

He was all about it once the house checked out to be Santa Free!

Thank you, St. Nick! A Bob movie, a Gingerbread Train kit and the Story of Christmas was just what we needed!

(Yes, my friends. Austin's tree is on top of storage tubs...the joys of moving!)

Visiting Santa

 

Visiting Santa the Monday after Thanksgiving worked out so well last year...we did the same thing this year!

The year before we waited OUTSIDE Santa's house for what seemed like forever. This year we were in and out in 20 minutes. It took us longer to find a parking spot than it did to get our pictures taken. As you see, it was once again a family photo shoot. Austin didn't cry, but you'll notice that he's about as far away as he can get...

 

Thankfully we drug Aunt B along so we were able to get at least a little smile from him. He ended up giving Santa "nucks" and saying two words: "fork lift." We left happy, $35 poorer and with our fingers crossed that Santa shopped at Rural King.