Holiday Fun!

I can't believe we are 12 days into December already! We have been very busy baking, decorating, parading, and visiting Santa. All of these activities have really put me in the holiday spirit. Ben is so much fun this year. He visited Santa yesterday at his workshop in Lakeland. We went to Lakeside Village where they have a huge Christmas tree that plays music at the top of every hour. We had fun watching the lights and listening to Mannheim Steamroller. Ben was so good during his visit with Santa. There wasn't a line when we walked in and Santa was on a break. One of the workers asked us for Ben's name and ran back to give it to Santa. When Santa walked in he called Ben's name like he already knew him. It was really neat. He gave Ben a gold coin and let him pick out a present from his huge velvet bag of toys. We got a lot of good pictures, but this was our favorite:

We made chocolate-peanut butter-oatmeal drop cookies this morning. It's a no-bake cookie so really easy to make. Ben said they're his favorite :-) My Memaw Gaffney makes these during the holidays. They are so good!

Ben eating some of the cookies after his nap today :-)

Thank goodness for portable dvd players. Ben watched Dora on the way home from Lakeland last night.

Sitting on the bench @ Lakeside Village enjoying the Christmas lights and caroling.

reading The Very Hungry Catepillar @ Books-A-Million

Ben loved these over-sized blocks at Santa's Workshop!

He would not take his eyes off the tree for a picture. He just played with my hair instead :-)

Ben and Grandpa

Ben had cabin fever so we bundled him up and played outside.

My little reindeer...Ben helped Grandma and Grandpa decorate their tree.

Ben likes to count his crayons. He'll count them in English and Spanish. (gotta love Dora!)

I was trying to take a picture before we left for dinner @ Chili's. He looks so good in blue.

I think he was saying, "wo ho ho" in this picture :-)

CHEEEEESE!

Potty training is going much better now that he has his own potty chair. This one plays music when he goes tee tee and don't you just love the toilet paper holder? :-)

Ben and Momma at the Frostproof Christmas Parade