Holiday Mish Mosh

I have fallen way behind in blogs, so here is just a sampling of the crazy, loads of fun, Christmas at our house.

Making mini Gingerbread houses.

Night before Christmas preparations for the special arrival.

Leaving the key for Santa

And cookies and milk

Guess he liked his cookies!

Opening presents was a lot of fun.  We started with the stockings, where once again, Santa remembered the red present and the green present.  Then we moved on to the pile!!  Jocelyn literally took all day to open her presents, but it took that long because she took time to play with each thing she opened before she moved on.  She took a couple breaks in between and then was pleasantly surprised to find she still had more to open later.  It was a really nice way to spend the day.  No rushing and not much insanity.  I'm not sure that we'll always have the leisurely approach, but it was nice this year.

You may not be familiar with the show Phineas and Ferb, but around here, they are BIG, and I mean BIG hits.  Loving Perry most of all.  So our Christmas was full of Phineas and Ferb and Perry stuff - blankets, slippers, t-shirts, books, and more.

After Christmas the sickies invaded our house.  It was miserable for days and we are just now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel (as long as Pat and I have escaped it, that is).  But in between everyone's germs, we piled into the car to visit the Symphony of Lights.  Here is just a sampling.

Now that everyone is mostly healthy again, I have finally been able to start taking down the decorations, but Jocelyn is just not ready to let go of the Christmas season.  Every day she reminds us that Santa is coming
"to-my-yo".  No Honey, he's not, I'm sorry...
But she is determined to keep the spirit going.  She has decorated and undecorated these two 8 inch trees at least 10 times in the last two days.   Gotta give her credit for enthusiasm!

Here's hoping that the new year

finds you Happy,

and Healthy, and Enthusiastic too!