Christmas 2012!!!

December 31st, 2012

I finally got to cover our house in tons of lights!!

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Our tree:

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Chevy’s note for Santa and the Reindeer!:

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Cookies & milk for Santa….before:

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Santa got caught in the act:

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…and now the Cookies & Milk are all gone…and the special food for the Reindeer disappeared too (Chevy was a little disappointed that Santa didn’t finish his milk….)

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Chevy ripping into one of many presents!!

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Even the dogs get presents from Santa!!  (Jewelie sat there patiently expecting one as she has done this for many, many years…)

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Chevy sharing her present with Cooley-dog":

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Christmas Dinner 2012!! 

Finally I had the holiday off, and I have always wanted to host the Family Dinner at our house (we had about 20)!!!

Dining Room #1:

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Dining Room #2:

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My centerpieces this year:

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Hope you all had a Merry Ho-Ho-Ho too!!  =D

Duncan the Scout Elf from the North Pole:

December 28th, 2012

 

In case you’ve ever wondered how on earth Santa could possibly KNOW who has been GOOD and who has been bad…

He sends out these little magical Scout Elves to every family with children.

The elves stay with their families every December until Christmas.  Their family gets to name them, Chevy named ours Duncan.

The elves MUST follow Santas rules. 

1. They must return to the North Pole every night and report to Santa

2. They can listen to the children but they can not talk to them. (Chevy talked to Duncan all the time and constantly showed him her things!)

3. They can not be touched by humans, they MAY lose their magic ability to get back to the North Pole…then how will Santa know how you’ve been doing???

4. Every morning the elves return to their family and sit in a new location in the house. (This is the fun part, the kids wake up and have to look for the elf!!)

…Our Elf, Duncan, is very playful and hung out with some of Chevy’s toys when she was asleep, or got into some sort of trouble in general….

This is what Duncan did and the pictures are in order of each night starting on December 1st:

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Chandelier swinging:

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Checking on the fishies:

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Hanging out with Roxanne:

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Duncan is the shortest in our family!:

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Chillin’ with some of Chevy best buddies, Tina, Cord and Bob:

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A video conference with Santa, Duncan is quite tech savvy or course!

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A self portrait:

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Sending a text to Santa on Mama’s phone…

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Roxanne taking Duncan out for a stroll:

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Messing around with Mama’s bras:

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getting dressed in Chevy’s boots and mittens:

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Helping dig out Chevy’s car:

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Of course Duncan can rides bikes….what did you expect?

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Ooops!

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Tea time at the Fisher Price house…

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Bus rides are fun!

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Duncan reading “The night Before Christmas” on the night before Christmas:

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See you next year Duncan!!

December Update!!!

December 20th, 2012

 

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Well!  Someone I know is super-stoked to go to Breakfast with Santa this morning:

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Magic Show after breakfast:

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Chatting with Santa:

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Hanging out with Cooley-dog

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Chevy and Sparkles the Unicorn:

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Our snow man!:

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Waiting for Santa to show up in the Parade at the Peachland Christmas Light Up:

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Kids Christmas Party at Nia & Kaleah’s house:

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Our visit with our regular Santa at the mall:

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…after Santa we found these guys to hang out with:

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Chevy & I made some special food for Santa’s reindeer, to help keep their flying energy up:

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Making Snowman art:

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Chevy & the Christmas Cookies:

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More Christmas art:

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!

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