Not So Fast, Santa!

Ok, so just for kicks I took Slade to get his pic taken with Santa. That one went over like a lead balloon... I tried it because we have the pics of Gavin. You do it with one kid; gotta do it with the other, right? Ya, Slade's a different cat... He wants what he wants and he also will let you know if he does not like you; I mean something. :-) Ok, the story... the only good thing is we were the only ones there for Santa... and Santa was REALLY nice and patient. The one at Bass Pro Pearland is mean. I wouldn't go there if I were you. The Santa I'm talking about with Slade was First Colony Mall SL. Anyway nice, nice Santa! The best of all time! As soon as Slade figured out what was going on he started doing a growling cry and put the breaks on. Santa suggested I sit next to him in that big ol chair and have Slade sit on my lap. Maybe Slade will come around, right? Wrong! He went into full on hysterical, headbutt crying. The guy was apparently snapping pics anyway while Santa was very calmly talking to Slade. He didn't want anything to do with Santa's bag of tricks. Not the bells, the light up necklace, coloring book... uh, uh! The pic guy was like, "Uh, ya... I don't think he's gonna stop crying. Let me show you what I got, but they ain't good." I looked thinking it's funny when you see the pic of the kid losing it on Santa's lap. The pic guy looks at me and said, "You're not gonna buy that are you?" Slade was all blurry trying to bolt and all you could see was the top of my head because I'm trying to catch him. HILARIOUS! I didn't buy them. So we leave, Santa took a break after that Ortega madness and Slade was still in hysterical breakdown mode as he rode in his stroller while beating on his lil stroller tray and screaming until we got to the food court and he got him a Happy Meal. I had to explain to people that were pointing and some laughing that he had a Santa encounter that went sour... lol

btw, the pic above isn't even our Santa. There were no pics of any sort. I doubt we're even allowed back to the mall after that display. :-/ It's how we roll. The other day Slade did something similar at Big Lots...

Thanksgiving

Slade usually doesn't watch TV. I caught him in action after I had also busted him eating Gavin's Poptart, again...
Gavin and Art have a tradition to decorate/build a gingerbread house over the Thanksgiving holidays. I think they did a great job!
Slade is a busy body! If we don't make sure the closet is closed tight; he will get the broom and mop out and go to town. As shown... He removed all the trash bags from the box and threw them in the garbage can. Makes sense... :-)

Even though Slade has his own set of baby, plastic golf clubs; he prefers Gavin's. This is what he does... He can actually hit the ball quite well. I doubt Art had anything to do with that! ;-) This is Thanksgiving night after returning home from PaPa's. He must have left his pants there...

Gavin and Emily

Emily is Sandra and Rusty's newest precious baby. She is a very good baby and Gavin loves her so much. He now has a baby sister on his Christmas list and if Santa brings him one; he will be in trouble! :-)

We went to PaPa's for Thanksgiving. It was a lovely day. The weather was awesome! Margaret and her family cooked everything; which was great... they're my new heroes! :-) All the food was delish! My dear Aunt Pat and Uncle Ralph joined us as well; which is always such a blessing. We love them dearly and it's such a pleasure to spend time with them. It was also so wonderful to see sweet baby Emily my new niece! She's an angel. She's had a difficult time practically her entire life with her health, but you would never know it because she is so easy going and lovable. Hope to see them again for Christmas and pray her treatment goes well. After lunch PaPa loaded up the kiddos for an awesome hayride! There were so many children with Margaret's grandchildren; each kid had someone around their age to play with. They had so much fun! The Thanksgiving holidays were great for our family. The day after Art and Gavin started to putting Christmas lights up outside as I did the indoor decorating. I also did some online shopping. We do NOT brave shopping over the holiday! No way... I didn't get too many pics, but we did have a great, long holiday weekend! :-)