Christmas South, Part VII
And so our family of four made the 10 minute journey to Grandma Sue’s, and lo Santa had visited there as well. He is wise, swift, and an excellent project manager. Huzzah to you Santa!
So here we are at Grandma Sue’s! Ian and I had gone over a couple of thing since the Johnson Christmas and also the opening of presents when Uncle Gordon and Aunt Leslie had been over. He had done really well, but I wanted him to learn not to ask for another present, and another. He’s three at this point, I know, but I don’t think it is too early to be a little grateful. See this image larger.
Hilariously, Ian interpreted this advice by saying “LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED!” for many of his presents. Here you can see that such a reaction is what Grandma Sue always wanted as well! (Of note, he really does love all the toys he got, but sometimes he followed up the above exclamation with “WHUDIZZIT?” and then it felt decidedly less genuine. 😉 The important part of all of this is, he’s a sweet kid for trying.) See this image larger.
Sometimes Ian says the most hilarious things, and the funniest of them also involve a facial expression like this one, and usually a little hand gesture he picked up from Melissa or I like the palm up in the air as he explains something. This shot is worth every penny of my camera, as I wasn’t sure I’d ever capture that moment. See this image larger.
Nina plays with a sweet light-up drawing pad, and enjoys! See this image larger.
Ian plays Santa and gives Grandma her present. Nina reads the bottom of the package *This side up, fragile, handle with care* See this image larger.
Ian loved Grandma Sue’s adjustable bed… he played with it every night. He’s wearing the baseball hat light that Grampa Ray got for all the boys… kind of a funny story, on our first day at the Johnson’s we went to a market where I almost bought one of those, but Grampa Ray talked me out of it, knowing there was one snuggled inside a stocking with my name on it. See this image larger.
Video
Click here to watch a video of Ian hypnotizing KC with his hat-light!
Thank you Grandma Sue, for your generosity! It was a great Christmas!
That was it for the 27th! More soon! (We may need to start doing a couple entries a day pretty soon, we’ve got a lot of catching up to do…)
