Thanksgiving and a visit with Santa

We hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. For Thanksgiving we spent a few days visiting family in northern VA. Spencer did great in transit (he loves buses, trains, planes, shuttles) but doesn't sleep too well in a new environment. So, we had cranky, obstinate Spencer for much of the time we were there. At least he got to spend some time with great grandma, and got to help great aunt J in her pottery studio.




















I'm glad we are not traveling for Christmas or New Years this year. We have some family coming to visit, but it will be much more pleasant to have Spencer in his natural environment. Spencer is getting the Christmas spirit, though I don't think he completely understands it all yet. He has been asking for snow, but he decided that 'the trees are too tall and the wind blew all the snow away'. That's apparently why we don't see snow in GA. Last week he actually asked to go see Santa! I was amazed, considering last year he was terrified of the jolly old man and I had to be in the picture with him. So we took him for pictures with Santa, and though he was a little shy at first he was mostly all smiles. He asked Santa for Play-Doh for Christmas...so Fred and I will have an easy time playing Santa this year! He also wants to make cookies for Santa, and feed Santa's reindeer (one of his friends in preschool gave him some 'reindeer food' - oatmeal - to spread on the ground for the reindeer). There are no presents under the tree yet, but I'm sure he'll quickly learn the concept of opening gifts.


The joy of holidays with a little one!