Twas The Night Before Christmas

Storytime at the Becker's...Pay Attention!

Naughty or Nice

Griffin is acting a little more naughty than nice these days. He's into everything, he likes to hit Mr. Becker & I, he's whiny, and rather than being frightened when we raise our voices, he laughs. Apparently yelling solves NOTHING. Duh!!! Here's a photo of the little "devil" in the tub. Bathing is one of his favorite things, so of course he is actually being an angel here. We plan to take Griff to see Santa either this weekend or next week before Christmas. Santa will be able to see the truth......is Griffin really naughty or nice???

Griffin the Intellect

So, I knew Griffin liked books, but he has moved on to current events. The kid loves to "read" the newspaper. I think he tries to learn by osmosis---I tried to tell him it didn't work, but he insisted on sitting & laying on the paper. Silly boy!

Rearranged the Xmas decor

I think I like it this way.....I'm sure it will change before Christmas. I wanted to put our stockings up, but I'm afraid G-man will be able to reach them and yank them down---those stocking hangers are deadly! I'm still working on the decor for the basement.

Holiday Spirit

Tonight I made some cookies for friends, watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (a favorite in our house), played with little man, finished up some holiday crafts & took some pictures of the decorations we have diplayed in our house. I really didn't do much this year---kinda kept it simple. Less is more, right? I'm also not really into the traditional holiday
stuff. To be honest, Santa Claus scares me!

It's a bird, it's a plane, NO IT'S GRIFFIN!!

I couldn't resist picking up these adorable PJs from Wal-Mart. Our little super hero sure likes to read!

We spent Thanksgiving in Ellsworth/Jewell this year. Grandma & Grandpa E. celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary!! Pretty amazing & special! The Eittreims from Cali were back for the shindig. It was a good time. G-man was a little show off--much more entertaining this year than last! I am thankful I was able to spend the holiday with my family.