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“Let’s play Narnia.” I gave my best impression of Aslan, promoting myself as the most qualified actor in the car for the part of the majestic lion. Liam said, “No, Dad, you…you be Pizza and I’ll be Eggman.”

I leaned over to Carrie. “What’d he say?”

“I think he said Eggman,” she responded.

I asked Liam “Why would I be a pizza? I’m Aslan.”

He said, “No, Dad, you’re Pizza, from Narnia. And I…I’ll be Eggman.” I sat thinking for a few blocks and then figured it out. Eggman and Pizza!

Ho-ho-ho, hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha!!

Do you understand where Liam’s coming from?

Christmas fun: Check

This weekend kicked off with our family driving to the Christmas tree lot to pick out a tree. Next year we'll remember not to pick one out when it's snowing. Trying to get one of those things in the house while sopping wet is not fun!

(This is also a picture of the updated living room. I made the curtains with grommets from Joann's. Ever since we saw this home Tanner pictured sliding some curtains open to let in the sunlight. Kind of fun.)

On Saturday we headed downtown to see Santa. When the old clock hit one we saw Santa roll in over the bridge in his fancy black convertible. You can't really tell, but he was so skinny! Everyone was hassling him because of it. Beautiful suit though.

The building downtown that was set up for Santa was so amazing. It was this old hotel that was built in the 40's; a perfect set up for something like this.

You can see on the second floor the women that were singing carols. They were amazing! Being in the building with my family, listening to them sing and seeing all the decorations made me tear up!

While we were waiting to see Santa, Mrs. Claus sat on a comfy red couch and read Christmas stories to the kids. There was hot chocolate, apple cider and cookies that warmed everyone right up.

After seeing Santa Claus we walked down to the Carousel where we made some s'mores and went for a quick ride. We walked over to the river to look at it and Liam started throwing snow balls. Then we walked right into an ice cream truck that was giving away free ice cream! I tried a candy cane sundae, complete with whipped cream, chocolate and nuts.

After that we went to the library to read some Christmas books, do some crafts and warm up!

Another event they had happening was seeing some ponies by the local and favored ice-cream store. There were three ponies standing there and Julian kept running from one to the next to get in maximum petting. He LOVED it.

After hanging out down town for the day we finally got to see the main event; the Christmas parade! It was so cold so we staked out a spot 30 minutes before it began so we could stay in our warm car.

We kept thinking about heading home midway through the day, but I think the boys will always remember this weekend. I know I won't forget it! I'm so grateful for this community coming together like they did!

Fashion Show at Lunch

Liam has an awesome taste for making his clothes extraordinary:

I take him on my errands or to church just as he is. Kids have no shame, so I've got to take advantage of this time while I can. Making people smile is so much fun.

Deer Me!

I don't know if it's the time of year or what, but we've noticed that if we wake up early enough most often we will spot a deer somewhere on our lawn or property. This morning we saw this nice looking buck.

It's kind of been a game with the boys. They run into our room and ask if there is any deer outside yet.

(Outside the window)

A couple weeks ago I was cleaning the paint brushes in the back of our house. It was dark but I noticed a silhouette of a deer laying just a few feet behind me. I went on cleaning my brushes and as I left I took my flashlight and did a panoramic scan of the area right behind my back. To my surprise there were 6 other deer laying only a few feet behind me!