Up on the Housetop--Whittington version 2010

Up on the housetop the reindeer paws
Out jumps good old Santa Claus
Down through the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones Christmas joys

Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Up on the housetop click click click
Down through the chimney with good St Nick

First there's a stocking for Abby

Surprises are what she'd like to see

Santa knows what she would adore

a cash register for playing store

Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Up on the housetop click click click
Down through the chimney with good St Nick

Then comes the stocking for our Andrew

He's been pretty good--consider he's two!

Cars and trucks are what he'd like

maybe a shiny new red trike?

Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Up on the housetop click click click
Down through the chimney with good St Nick

There is the stocking for Daddy Rick

his own gifts he likes to pick

gift cards fill him with lots of cheer

or fill his sock with biking gear

Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Up on the housetop click click click
Down through the chimney with good St Nick

Mom's stocking hangs from its hook

she'd like money to buy a book

beads for her bracelet would be a treat

anything to make her smell real sweet

Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn't go
Up on the housetop click click click
Down through the chimney with good St Nick

Honest Andrew

Andrew and I were at the mall a few days ago and he wanted to go talk to Santa. I strolled him over, and he and Santa had a few minutes of conversation. Then Santa asked Andrew if he'd been a good boy. Andrew answered, "I have a time out."

At church someone asked Andrew if he had a haircut, and Andrew said he had. I asked him if he was good for his haircut and he said, "No. I cry like baby."

A Thanksgiving Story

Me and My Turkey

by Abby Whittington

Me and my trkey will go to Plimith. Me and my trkey will dress like Peilgrms. We will have fun! We will play like the Peilgrms did. We will eat a big faest. We will go back home. We had a snack. We went to bed.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

2 1/2

Andrew was officially 2 1/2 years old on Saturday. I took him to his check-up today. He is in the 95th percentile for weight and 75th for height. (36 1/2 pounds and 37 inches tall) I asked if I should put him on a diet! (The doc said no, by the way. He is just a big boy!). She was very impressed at his verbal ability. He told her all sorts of things--what is was for Halloween, where Abby was, all about the Cars movie, and he counted the flags he could see from the window. Andrew wasn't too impressed with his flu shot, but the sucker he got made it all worthwhile!

Andrew pics

Silly Andrew...

PJ's, too-small hat, upside down glasses, baseball glove

now that's a look!

double trouble

Andrew loves his Cars bike helmet

the Elmo helicopter gets a lot of use

Halloween 2010

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Halloween part one

Our friend Becca Hatcher turned 2 on Halloween. She had her Halloween-themed birthday party a week before so Abby and Andrew got to dress up for that. Abby decided not to debut her Egyptian princess costume and chose to be a cowgirl (thank goodness we already had cowgirl dress up stuff!)

the firefighter and cowgirl are more interested in TV than taking a picture

firefighter Andrew with his "fire dog"

pretty in pink cowgirl

the cowgirl and the birthday girl!