Our Trip to Disney…

I honestly can’t remember if I posted this video from our trip to Disney.

Our hotel was on the boat transit at Disney.  It was wonderful.  Other people had to wait for the bus but we were on the boat route.  One night after we had been there all day we were going back for our 2nd trip after our rest.  We brought Erin’s ipad with us for the lines we had to stand in. 

She got the ipad out on the boat trip to the Magic Kingdom.  Her and Annabel turned on Frozen and started singing the song.  Erin the ham started really belting it out.  Everyone on the boat was laughing.  At the end they clapped for them.  Erin was so proud. 

Erin is such a little performer.  I think we need to get her into drama or acting lessons or something. 

Youtube Video:  Let It Go

Baking With My Daddy…

Tommy had his tickets to the Texans again this year.  That means on Game days he tailgates.  Him and his buddy have a group of people they tailgate with.  It’s very organized.  They have themes and have a FB page to list what they’re bringing.

One Sunday Erin put on her baking hat and apron and decided to help him out.  I grabbed my camera just to shoot a picture but ended up shooting a video instead.  It was totally unintentional but I’m so glad I got it on video.  She did all of this on her own with no prompting from us.  She even insisted on the hat and apron without us saying a word.

This might be one of my most favorite Erin videos ever.  This is just a glimpse at what life is like with her on a daily basis.

You Tube Video:  Baking With My Dad

Christmas at Home…

We seem to always have at least 2 or 3 Christmases.  We alternate having Christmas with the Wistners every other year.  In those in between years we have our Christmas at home.  The last couple of off years Gram and Pawpaw have spent the night. 

Christmas Eve we open a couple of presents from each other and then on Christmas morning we see what Santa brought us.  This year was an off year.  Mom and Daddy were here and we had a small Christmas at home.  We went to Communion and then came home to do presents.

Everyone wears their Christmas pajamas and we actually had to wake Erin up this year.  She NEVER sleeps in but was too excited to go to sleep on Christmas Eve so she actually ended up sleeping in!

Christmas in the Country…

As per tradition we have Christmas in Centerville with the Mize side of the family.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids love going up there and to top it off it was Christmas so they really had a good time.

I think the older they get the quicker the present unwrapping goes.  Instead of taking turns they just all tear in and it’s mass chaos. 

Christmas

As I wrote before, Sparkle made a triumphant return.  We have a lot of fun with her this year.  Tommy got into it too.  I would forget to move her and I would wake up kicking myself only to find her in some creative place that Tommy had found.

Whew!