GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

usually there's a fireplace screen blocking our way. don't think that stops us, though, from trying to get golf balls, tennis balls, any kind of ball really, into the back of the fireplace. today, though, in the big after-christmas clean-up, the screen was gone and the game was on!

present pictures

i paid good attention to all the present-opening this year. i liked to open my presents and was available to help other people, too. i also had to check out everything. mommy got some new juice glasses, and i had to give those a try:



i had my own little bag of goodies here that occupied me for a long long time.



some new geotrax for dean and i to share.



some silliness. i really like present-opening!

dean and i with our faves :)

what a special christmas day treat: time with both our mimi and our sue sue! dean and i enjoyed our dinner sitting on the piano bench surrounded by our favorite ladies :)



after dinner, i had to relax under the tree with froggy binky, my other favorite.

'twas the night before christmas..

..and dean and i had our matching pajamas that santa sent back with our elf, aggie. (there's the ubiquitous, thread-bare binky one in front of dean's mouth. but don't i look great? and so big?!)



we were ready for the jolly old guy to bring us some treats!



we've been mostly good this year, we promised.



and just in case there's any last-minute points to be earned, here are some of sue sue's yummy cookies for santa and some carrots for the reindeer to help sweeten santa up!

more mealtime shenanigans

no, it's not self-tanner i have all over my face here. it's spaghetti sauce. i thought it would be really funny to rub this sauce all over my face and in my eyes the other night. mommy and da were less than impressed, and i went straight to the bath when i left my chair.



this morning, i had a huge fit and refused to sit in my chair for breakfast (i'm starting to try to exert my will a little bit more often these days). mommy let it go, and i waited patiently for a few minutes for dean to vacate his chair then climbed right up just like a big boy. the times, they are a-changin'.

gingerbread house

we had lots of company this weekend. part of the fun one afternoon was decorating a gingerbread house. ty ty helped dean and i with the icing, but we did all the decorating.

we put on lots of little candy pieces to make it just beautiful. i used my rapidly growing vocabulary to tell her exactly where i wanted her to put the icing. :)