Magical Elf Breakfast!

Wow!  I knew Santa Claus was magic, but man!  We got home from church this morning to a great surprise!  Santa Claus sent one of his elves back to our house again this year!  This time he arrived by setting out a great breakfast for us!  He even brought our favorite - donut holes!  And all kinds, too!

We each got these cool cups with curly straws with our initials on them -- "W" for me and "M" for Madeline!

Our elf brought us a book to read too -- The Elf on the Shelf.  Mommy read it to us while we at our donuts!  In the story it told us that we can't touch our elf because his magic will go away.  And each night, he's going to go back to Santa Claus at the North Pole to tell him if we're naughty or nice! 


The story also said we had to name our elf.  I chose the name Evan the Elf.  [I have a friend at school named Evan, so that's probably how I came up with that name!]

After the story was done, Bubby noticed that there were two presents with our initials on them, too!  So Mommy and Daddy let us open them!

I got some new "bling"!  I just love my necklaces and bracelets!

I got a kit to paint a Christmas Tree ornament!  Evan the Elf knew I liked to paint!  We can't wait to see where we'll find him hiding every day.  I'm pretty sure he's going to make us laugh with all his hiding places!

Just a little Christmas

As soon as we got home from Parin's and Aunt Emmy's I was ready to start decorating for Christmas!  We weren't home 15 minutes, and I'd already pulled every stool I could find into my closet to try and get my tree out!  None were tall enough, so Mommy threw me up on her shoulders so I could pull it down!  Parin and Aunt Emmy got me this tree for my room last year and I just love it.  But it didn't take me long to realize that the lights I had for it were wooden, and that Madeline didn't have one!  So after a little insistence by me, Mommy took us to Hobby Lobby to get more decorations and a tree for Madeline!

We came home and set out to decorate.... only to realize very quickly that we needed ornament hooks.  Paw-Paw to the rescue!!  He ran to Walgreens and delivered them to us!  (We were already all in our pajamas!)  Madeline and I had fun decorating these little trees for our rooms!

Gobble! Gobble!

We spent Turkey Day at Nannie's and Uncle Kent's house (or Parin's and Aunt Emmy's, if you're William) in Fort Worth.  They just bought a new house about six months ago, and were excited to host a big gathering!  So Tuesday, around lunchtime, Grangie and PawPaw loaded Bubby and I into Mommy's van, along with all our stuff, and we headed out.  Oh, and we picked Mommy up at her office on our way.  [Daddy didn't come with us.  Instead, he flew to Atlanta to visit his Grandpa.]  It was a long long drive!  But we finally made it there.  The next night, Nannie's family arrived too.  Here I am taking a very important call on Rebecca's phone (Nannie's sister).

On Thanksgiving Day, Parin was cooking the turkey outside in something called a "Cajun Microwave".  He put the turkey inside, and set a bunch of coals outside the cooker on fire!  I watched very closely so I can do this next year!

I enjoyed time visiting with my Parin, too!  Yep, he and Aunt Barbara were visiting other family in the DFW area, so they came to lunch too!  [We also met Uncle James and Ms. Anne for breakfast Wednesday, but we didn't get pictures! :( ]

Me and Parin had lots of fun hanging out and playing together!

Miss Rebecca just loved me!  

It's no wonder... I'm just irresistibly cute!

If Mommy thinks it's hard enough to get a cute picture of one of us, it's even worse getting one of both of us together!  This was the best she got!

Thanksgiving Lunch at St. Andrew's Preschool

Last Friday was my Thanksgiving Feast at school!  Mommy got us all gussied up in our cute turkey shirts that Grangie made for us.  She dropped me off at school, and a few hours later came back, along with Grangie, PawPaw, and Gram (and of course, Madeline!).  When our class came outside for the feast, we were all dressed in our cute Indian attire we made!  I love my green feather!

We also made these cool placemats!  They have our handprints on them, and our pictures. 

Each one of us had to bring something for the feast.  Mommy signed up for desserts for the kids, so the night before we made these pilgrim hats and turkeys!  (marshmallows, fudge stripe cookies, chocolate, Oreos, and candy corn)

Once we were all there, we fixed our plates and got to feast!

After we ate, me and all my friends and their siblings were playing in the field by my school.  We stopped long enough for Mommy to take our picture.

Madeline and I had fun playing in all the leaves!

A Visit to My Hotel

For months, almost a year really, I've watched with great interest the construction of the new Marriott Renaissance Hotel on Bluebonnet in Baton Rouge.  After all, it's right down the street from our house and on my way to/from school (and just about anywhere else we go!).  Daddy promised me that when it opened, he'd take me to stay there for a night!  And finally, it opened in October, and at the beginning of November, Daddy made good on his promise!

We went on a Friday night.  On my way to school that morning, I told Mommy I wanted a room "with the black things on the windows" [the faux balcony rails on the very top floor].  When we arrived, there were three big buses there -- the Stephen F. Austin State University football team.  Yikes - there were a LOT of big guys there.  When we checked in, I asked the nice lady if we could have the room I wanted.  And she gave it to us!

We rode the elevator up to the 12th floor!  It was high, but the elevator was super fast!

We got the our floor and walked down the long hallway to our room.  I got to use the key to open the door myself!  

The room was beautiful, and the view was great!  I could see down to Bluebonnet and see all the cars!

Mommy and Daddy changed Madeline's clothes and mine so we could go to dinner to celebrate Grangie's birthday!  Grangie and PawPaw and Uncle Donald and Aunt Barbara met us at the hotel.  We all headed over to Cheesecake Bistro for dinner, then came back to the hotel to sleep.

 

The next morning, we did some more exploring around the hotel before we left.  The pool area is really pretty, but it was too cool for us to swim.  That's okay, I told Mommy and Daddy I want to go there again for my birthday!