merry merry

Another successful Christmas. Santa was a generous as ever. We had a great time over the cousins' house. Genna and Vivi got a princess table where Genna went straight to styling Lucy's hair. All of the kids had fun running around playing with all of their new toys.

While Lucy is afraid of all dogs, Beatrice went straight up to Gus's crate, stuck her fingers in, and tried to pat him. She loves puppies [woof.woof.]

In true family fashion, we tried to get a group shot with all of the cousins. Poor little Freddie seems to be getting left out of a lot of them . . . when you get a little bigger and stronger, you'll be right there with all the big kids. [Trust me, Freddie, it really is safer this way.]

Lucy and Beatrice are sporting their new, matching Christmas dresses - thank you, NanaPat, they look adorable!

Merry Christmas!

all aboard!

For Christmas, Grammy bought herself a special treat - tickets for herself, her children, and all of her grandchildren on the Polar Express!!

A local school was hosting the Polar Express as a fundraiser. They borrowed a train, decorated it with lots of lights, and the students dressed like elves. They then took us all, pajama-clad, to the North Pole. [Because we had connections, and ours was such a large group, we had early boarding and our own train car!]

On the way, we were treated to a dramatic reading of the book, Polar Express. Once we arrived at the North Pole we picked up Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph. They rode back with us while we enjoyed complimentary cookies, cocoa and a spirited sing-a-long.


I must say, they really did a great job with it - a good time was had by all! Let's hope they do it again next year.