The kids were able to come down for Thanksgiving so we combined it with a Christmas celebration. We will go to dd's house on Christmas Eve and have dinner with her family, but for all intensive purposes, we are done with Christmas for this year. Jack and I were both sick up to the time of the holiday, which made it hard to get things done. Somehow I got all the decorating and cooking done in time.
I bought the boys matching outfits and they wore them for their picture with Santa. Jackson wasn't too thrilled with Santa this year but they got him to quit crying so they could take the picture.
He and Thomas had such a good time together. Thomas was patient and kind with Jackson and Jackson hero worshipped Thomas, following him everywhere and emulating anything Thomas didn.
We got a kick out of Jackson. His parents have a Wii and Jackson would play Wii with Thomas though he had no idea he wasn't really playing. He would swing the controller like he was playing baseball or tennis then point at the tv. He was a hoot. We bought him an Elmo live for Christmas and it is an adorable toy. He sings and dances and tells stories. He has a little plastic stool that he squats on and sits to tell stories. Well, Jackson came over, pushed Elmo over, took the stool and sat on it. Now this thing is plastic and not made for a toddler's butt, but Jackson didn't care! lol
The kids loved their gifts and the adults had fun exchanging their silly children's gifts. The little ones then took all the kids gifts the adults exchanged to the Salvation Army and gave them away.
I developed either food poisoning or the flu on Friday and was sick through the rest of the holiday. I didn't get to enjoy Saturday with them at all as I had to stay home all day. Jay and Alicia went home on Sunday and all is now quiet again at our house. I am cleaning up Thanksgiving leftovers, sent all the junk food with Jack to work and am putting things back to normal except for the decorations. We will leave them up until Christmas then take them down and pack them away again.
I am making another apple hat for my dil's niece in a bigger size, then 3 more hats for the little girl with cancer. These are the patterns I chose and will start on them when I finish with the apple hat. I also have a felted newsboy bag I have to make for my niece to hold her school books and am waiting for that yarn before I can begin it.
Hope everyone who peeks in is doing well. TTFN! Donna
