Christmas time

around midnight - Brad has had it - and takes a break from wrapping.
we went to Silver Dollar City - a theme park - which Jackson so enjoyed - he got to see santa - pictures below - we had to hold him back as he was SO excited to see Santa - finally when our turn came he ran to the old guy and threw himself on him - I think Santa was pretty shocked and delighted as the few kids before us had pretty much just cried or were shit scared. I am not sure why J loves Santa - as he had never really met him before, we just kept saying how much mum and dad loved santa and couldn't wait to give him a big hug, then Jackson said he wanted to hug Santa, and from that point on he just couldn't wait to actually see the man.
Obsession with Polar bears began well before this giant thing arrived from Santa..... he has a polar bear book which is a favorite every night, then any stuffed animal that is white is a polar bear, and now polar bear sleeps with him.
Jackson loved this princess in the parade.
Silver dollar city waiting for the parade to start (yes i know these are all out of order)
Jumping up to give Santa his long awaited hug
Proud as punch to be sitting on Santa's lap. And yes we all know he just turned two this month, and yes it is frightful he is almost as tall as Santa.

TURKEY!!!! Jackson grabed this and wouldn't let go - he ate pretty much the entire thing.

Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas like we did!

Jackson loved Christmas Day, in the morning Ole John and Joy were here to bring in the morning, Jackson loved everything he recieved, especially the robot dinosaurs which Joy thought may scare him. He got to open one gift at a time, we took it in turns from youngest to oldest. He would take his present to his spot and unwrap it and then say "WOW!" or "Awsome!" or random other words like "I like candy canes!" In the world according to Jackson Santa brings Candy Canes - he does this as after meeting Santa at Silver Dollar City, Santa gave our boy a candy cane - when ever you ask J what does Santa bring - its always the same answer with a few extras.. example
"Candy canes aannnnnddddd lollipop!"
"Candy canes aaannnnnnddddd polar bear!"

Jackson also loved giving gifts - in the afternoon he got to hand out gifts to Paw Paw and Grandma, while watching them get opened he did get to help so as to avoid meltdown.
I cooked christmas eve dinner - and Christmas day dinner - and probably too many cakes/desserts. Everyone enjoyed the meals - and I must admit they were heavenly, my coconut, bourbon and pecan pound cake was possibly the nicest cake I'd ever made. Menu for christmas eve was simple and light, followed by the pound cake and ice cream
Frenched lamb roast
Grilled Asparagus
Rice and dill
then for Christmas we had
Roast turkey with gravy made from the pan
Green beans in blue cheese and cream sauce
Grilled asparagus
Spinach, strawberry and feta salad with rasberry vinegarette
then i had made a apple cider bread pudding with a carmel pecan sauce - however we ate leftover cake and had the pudding the next night when Mrytle and Dave came to visit.

o.k the whole time I've been blogging Jackson has been crying - he does not want to have a shower/bath tonight - he has been enjoying baths lately but not getting out and not having his hair washed. He also never sits - EVER - he only swats. Brad is now done with him - it was almost a fight to see who have him the bath tonight - as I was blogging and brad was playing guitar hero i volunteered him, brad didn't think this entirely fair. now considering the whole time I've been typing J has been screaming, I think Brad wants to strangle me just a little bit. Thats what wii boxing is for isn't it?? :)