Snowman without snow

We had a good time hanging out and having fun today. Our Friends John and Kathleen and their son Jack came over to enjoy a shrimp dinner. We were supposed to have snow last night but we woke up this morning with none. Paul drew this picture of a snowman in the driveway and was ready to go for ride in his sleigh.

Christmas take 1- with a toddler, of course!

On Saturday morning we celebrated the first of our Christmas gatherings. Paul had spent Friday night at Gram and BB's house (translation- date night for mommy and daddy!) and then we had a scruptious breakfast and had fun opening presents.

We learned that Paul is indeed a toddler... which meant that at moments during the morning he was not pleased with everything going on.

Example 1- he got wonderful snowman sheets but couldn't understand why the pillowcase didn't have a pillow in it.

Example 2- there is one toy you want to play with- and only that toy. Saturday it was some play doh from his teachers at daycare, which he decided he wanted to play with in the living room (away from the rest of us).

Example 3- Paul wanted to help open EVERY present.

Some other fun pictures- Daddy's "Moose Lodge" sweatshirt for use at the camp.

Outside getting some fresh (and very cold!) air- Paul was pointing to Gram and BB's reindeer that we HAD to go look at together.More blocks! You can never have enough..

Christmas preparations...

As Christmas is now only seven days away (hooray!), we had two Christmas preparations which we were able to capture on camera tonight-Little Paul's Christmas haircut and

Paul helping to lick some Christmas cards for his teachers at school on which he had done some very colorful drawings.

Christmas Tree Hunt- 2008

On Saturday morning (yes, in the bitter cold) we headed out to find the perfect Christmas tree. Of course Leigh Anne made us head to the cut-it-yourself area where they fortunately had a sharp saw for us to use. Here are daddy and Paul scoping out the perfect tree...Ah ha! We found it- probably the 2nd tree we looked at. Leigh Anne didn't waste any time cutting it down. Time to take the tree to the car...

Of course our tree was up and had lights on it within the hour... what else would you expect?

At least we weren't this family (who daddy caputred a picture of without them knowing) who were lugging around two trees and several children... oh wait- that may be us in a few years.

Holiday Party

Tuesday night Leigh-Anne and Gram took Paul III to the Gettysburg Holiday party. Here are a few photos from the fun event!