its time for pappy’s winter wonderland again

Pappy loves his inflatables and it is time to fill the yard and break into the christmas spirit!

After church on Sunday Matt helped dad pick up some pine needles from the driveway

Then we checked out what Pappy was doing

Matt soon got side tracked by the big rock pile!

Granny had to come do some sewing on santa

Oz tried to pull the wagon but it wasnt the best idea. Wrong harness type

So dad had to walk the dog and pull the wagon

Pappy putting some finishing touches on his winter wonderland

Matt must have made a dozen or more laps pulling the wagon filled with boxes

Oz got some much needed love from granny

bowling time

how we spent our saturday!

kisses from my little man

by the time dad got home we were wound up and ready to blow this joint!  we had been in the house since Thursday morning!  so we got ready and dad took us bowling! 

matt was so wound up.  i went to snap his picture and i get this..

yes his eyes are shut intentionally!

Bowling here we come…

it appears that his attention span lasts approximately the same length of time as it takes to bowl 1 1/2 games!  So after 2 games we were done!  Time for supper and a couple errands then home to a nice warm bed! 

our elf friend

 

Thanksgiving night we were visited by our new elf friend, Paul.  He has come to our house to watch over Matthew and report back to Santa each night with the happenings around here.  He is filled with magic and can only talk to moms and dads and Santa but he will listen to little boys and girls and report their Christmas list to Santa.  He flies to the north pole each night only to return before we awake.  The fun part is waking to find him each morning.  There is no telling what this little guy will get into while he is here.  Friday morning we awoke to him helping himself to some zucchini bread and the Saturday morning he was lounging on the chaise lounge with some chocolate milk! 

He spent the remainder of Saturday hanging in the living room with us.

Matthew talking to Paul

Since Paul is magic and cant be touched for fear of him losing his magic, Matthew got to pick out his very own plush version of Paul so that he has an elf to play with and cuddle.  Here he is with his play elf that he named Austin.

I love the beginnings of family traditions!  I think this is going to be a fun one! 

Happy Thanskgiving!

We were up early to head out and participate in the inaugural BoroDash!  A 4 mile run/walk for charity! 

Matt didnt want to go when he first got up so he pouted and called granny and pappy to see if he could stay there

well after eating a pre-race PB&J with dad he was in a better mood and we told him if he came with us he could play the i-pod, so he changed his mind

stretching before the race

Daphne, Mitzi and Linda

Mitzi!!

after the race Matt got to bounce!

Various pics from the race website:

me and matt at the starting line

Daphne, my running coach, towards the end

Matt and Dad almost at the finish line! 

Me rounding the final turn

After a fun race we headed home to put the turkey in the oven and get ready for some visitors!

Pa was the 1st over.  Matt showed him how to play the i-pod

Then Connie, Bobby, Abbye, Austin and Annie came over!

Oz and Annie played really well together!

Oz even shared his water bowl!

Granny and Pappy were soon over followed by More Granny and Aunt Karen and before too long it was time to eat!

 

A fantastic turkey day 2010!  Can’t wait til the next one!